They say we are “daring, adventurous and militant.”
We believe in the power of mass communication and are inspired by new modes of storytelling. We seek not to emulate the monolithic forms of the past but look to new possibilities reflective of new digital forms.
JAPC was founded by award winning artists Poulomi Basu and CJ Clarke and was forged out of the radical guerilla spirit of Just Another Photo Festival, a photography, film and new media festival that democratises visual media by bringing it back to the world itself and forging new audiences.
Film or photography, analog or digital, interactive or virtual reality - we make no distinction. We constantly evolve, adapting to the needs of the audience, the requirements of our partners and the stories that we tell.
We believe that Tarkovsky put it best when he said, “The beautiful is hidden from the eyes of those who are not searching for the truth.”
Our work is held in several public collections:
Victoria & Albert Museum (UK)
Museum of Modern Art Library - Special Collections (USA)
Harvard Art Museums (USA)
Autograph ABP (UK)
Martin Parr Foundation (UK)
Rencontres d'Arles (France)
Olympic Museum (Switzerland)
WORK
FILM / TIME BASED MEDIA ART / IMMERSIVE
Maya: The Birth, Special Jury Mention Award, New Voices Immersive Competition, Tribeca Film Festival, USA 2023
Shortlisted, BFIxCHANEL Filmmaker Awards 2023
Maya: The Birth, UN Women, Games for Change, UN HQ New York (USA) July 2023
Maya: The Birth of a Superhero, Meta x Women in Immersive Grant 2022
Fireflies, Winner, Best Experimental, Aesthetica Film Festival, UK 2022
Moon Palace, Unseen/Unbound, Amsterdam 2022
Centralia: Ghost Dance, The Photographers’ Gallery, Jun 2021 - Sep 2021
Maya: The Birth of a Superhero, Official Selection, Production Bridge, 78th La Biennale Cinema Venice 2021
Blood Speaks, Selected Sundance New Frontiers Lab Fellowship 2017
Maya: The Birth of a Superhero, Digital Catapult/UK Arts Council, Creative XR Grant 2020 & 2021
Blood Speaks, SXSW 2019.
Blood Speaks, Margaret Mead Film Festival, American Natural History Museum, New York, USA, Oct 2018
Blood Speaks, Nominee: Sheffield Doc Fest Alternate Realities Commission Award 2018
Blood Speaks, Selected: Sheffield Doc Fest Alternate Realities Meet Market 2018
Blood Speaks, Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF), Nepal 2018
BOOKS
Centralia by Poulomi Basu, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2020
Magic Party Place by CJ Clarke, Kehrer Verlag, 2016
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
(Upcoming) Centralia, Collection Display, Victoria & Albert Museum, June 2024-
(Upcoming) Sisters of the Moon, South London Gallery, March-June 2024 (group)
Olympism Made Visible, National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, Oct 2023 (group)
Centralia, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Paris Photo, Nov 2023
Maya: The Birth of a Superhero, Victoria & Albert Museum, Sept 2023 (solo)
Fireflies, East Gallery, Norwich, Oct-Nov 2023 (solo)
Centralia, Barbican, Oct 2023 - Jan 2024 (group)
Fireflies, Autograph ABP March-June 2022 (solo)
Eruptions, Side Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, Oct 2021- Feb 2022 (solo)
Centralia, Porto Biennale, Portgual 2021
Centralia, TJ Boulting Booth, Photo London Fair, September 2021(solo)
Centralia, The Photographers’ Gallery, Jun 2021 - Sep 2021 (solo)
Centralia Deutsche Boerse Foundation HQ, June - September 2021
Centralia, Photo Works, Festival in a Box, Sept-Oct 2020
Centralia, Paris Photo 2020
Centralia, Rencontres Arles 2020
BIRTH, TJ Boulting, London Oct-Nov 2019
Who is Looking at the Family Now?, Mothers of ISIS, London Art Fair, UK, Jan 2019
Centralia, Getxo Photo, 2018
Blood Speaks, Cortona on the Move, Italy, July-Sept 2018