SPoKE Art Documentary: 2024 Competition now closed
2025 Competition Dates TBC
SPoKE is an art historical documentary film competition designed to challenge students to link the visual and the verbal in an imaginative and creative manner, underpinned by solid academic research. It is not aimed exclusively at art history students.
Any one work (painting, sculpture, drawing, print, multimedia, conceptual or performance art, building) may be chosen as the subject of a 5-7 minute film.
First Prize = £200
Second Prize = £100
Third Prize = £50
Fourth Prize = £50
The 2024 Competition Winners
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FIRST PRIZE: Amara O'Neill
Amara’s first prize film looked at Sutapa Biswas’ Housewives with Steak Knives
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SECOND PRIZE: Maddie Parker
Maddie won second prize with her film on Chris Ofili’s Requiem
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THIRD PRIZE: Penelope Ceccato
Third prize went to Penelope for her film on Romaine Brooks’ Le Trajet
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FOURTH PRIZE: Emma St George
Fourth prize was won by Emma for her film on Marina Abramović’s Rhythm 0
SPoKE 2024 Compilation
This film features short clips from every submission from 2024.