180 Studios in London will screen Kahlil Joseph’s BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions as part of a one-month residency to open its new cinema space.
The residency has been described as a “hybrid experience” that is “part screening, part installation.”
Adapted from Joseph’s seminal video art installation, which was shown at the Venice Biennale in 2019, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions interweaves fictional and historical characters in an immersive story that spans 247 years across land and sea. In its mix of fictional and documentary forms, the film is inspired by W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Saidiya Hartman, and other thinkers, juxtaposing their ideas with archive material and images from YouTube, social media, film, television, and journalism.
The film debuted at last year’s Sundance Film Festival before a series of much-talked-about screenings at the 2025 Berlinale. James Shani’s Rich Spirit released the film Stateside with a series of boutique screenings in select cities.
Joseph is the kinetic artist best known for his intellectually and emotionally dense installation works and music videos for artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Sampha, Flying Lotus, and Beyoncé, including the Emmy-nominated Lemonade. His gallery work has been shown everywhere from the Tate Modern to the Hammer Museum. 180 Studios has collaborated with Joseph for a decade, from staging his Kendrick Lamar ‘m.a.A.d’ installation as part of The Infinite Mix (2016) to commissioning his film Fly Paper (2018).
180’s theatrical space will be known as The Underground Cinema. Joseph’s exhibition opens on 27 February and ends on 27 March.
