BLKNWS: Phrases & Situations opens The Underground Cinema at 180 Studios

The movie’s soundtrack options authentic music by Klein and tracks from Robert Hood, Aphex Twin and Kelsey Lu.

180 Studios has opened a brand new house devoted to movie known as The Underground Cinema, which is able to rejoice the medium of movie in all varieties, from feature-length motion pictures and music documentaries to artist commissions and collaborations.

The Underground Cinema launches on Friday 27 February with a month-long theatrical residency of Kahlil Joseph’s BLKNWS: Phrases & Situations, a feature-length work tailored from his acclaimed video artwork set up, BLKNWS.

BLKNWS: Phrases & Situations mirrors the sonic textures of an album or mixtape, weaving fiction and historical past in an immersive journey the place fictionalised figures of W. E. B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey be a part of artists, musicians, Joseph’s household, and even Twitter chats, in a imaginative and prescient for Black consciousness.

“BLKNWS: Phrases & Situations is a movie conceived with the fluidity and creativity of an album,” says Joseph. “This method allowed me to suppose past conventional boundaries, embracing a course of that seamlessly incorporates the contributions of different administrators, artists, and collaborators. Poets, writers, editors, designers, musicians, students, and extra have all left their mark on this undertaking, enriching its texture and increasing its scope.”

The movie options authentic music by Klein plus tracks from Robert Hood, Aphex Twin, Sampha, Kelsey Lu and Flying Lotus. Joseph has labored throughout the mediums of set up, music video and movie all through his profession, directing movies for Kendrick Lamar, Sampha, Flying Lotus and Beyoncé.

180 Studios has collaborated with Joseph for a decade. His work featured in The Infinite Combine (2016) and Reverb (2024), and 180 Studios commissioned his 2018 movie Fly Paper.

BLKNWS: Phrases & Situations runs from 27 February to 27 March 2026. Tickets can be found from the 180 Studios web site.

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