Village & HPPH are pleased to present a special screening and in-conversation with artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers, to mark the recent launch of Rivers’ Urthworks book, published by MACK.

Join us at 6pm on Friday 12th September y Hyde Park Picture House. Pay What You Can tickets now available:

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE. 

Adapted from Rivers’ Urthworks film trilogy, the book takes the form of a visual novel set on a future planet, imagined across three distinct stages following environmental collapse. Interwoven with texts by acclaimed science fiction writer Mark von Schlegell, Urthworks merges speculative storytelling with visual experimentation.

The evening will include a screening of two Ben Rivers’ films – Slow Action (2010, 45mins) and Urth (2016, 19mins) – followed by an in-conversation between Rivers and Leeds-based artist  Karanjit Panesar.

18:00: Doors

18:20: Intro

18:25: Films Slow Action (2010) & Urth (2016) 

19:30: Conversation + Q&A 

Programme:

Slow Action (2010, 45 mins)
A post-apocalyptic sci-fi work that blends documentary, ethnography, and fiction. Set on Earth in the distant future, where new islands and archipelagos have been formed after catastrophic sea-level rise, it re-imagines the remnants of civilization.

Urth (2016, 19 mins)
A reflection on isolation, sustainability, and human ambition, inspired by the experimental ecological project Biosphere 2.