A Collection of Six Films
Anthony Ellis
The Collection
Natural Systems brings together six films by Anthony Ellis, created over a five-year period, alongside Anthony’s correspondent practices in photography and writing. The films explore landscape, place and the formal properties of film, across urban and rural environments.
The Films
The works were originally exhibited in two parts, released separately in October and November 2025. This new iteration presents the films in a revised order, with all the works now available to view in a single showreel format. This version will be available online until 8 July 2026.
Natural Systems | 9 January—8 July 2026
1. Natural Systems | 4’28” (2025)
2. Gardening | 1’40” (2024)
3. Field Works | 2’26” (2023)
4. Deansgate–Cornbrook | 2’37” (2022)
5. Ford–Ford | 2’12” (2022)
6. Wales–Ireland | 3’29” (2023)
Booklet with Accompanying Texts
A booklet, with extended introduction and accompanying film texts, is available to download here.
About
Anthony Ellis studied at Manchester School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. His interdisciplinary practice often utilises a repeating formal structure, focussing on correlative and reciprocal trajectories, across symbolic and material forms. He has exhibited, presented and screened work at various galleries and museums including Tate galleries, Castlefield Gallery, Exhibition Research Lab (LJMU) and Holden Gallery (MMU). He has written for Corridor 8, Screenworks and The Double Negative.
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