Rehana Zaman Wins 2023 Film London Jarman Award
Zaman, who for the past five years has been making a film in collaboration with women impacted by incarceration, was praised for her 'sensitive navigation of issues of social justice'.
EWIDWOP Collective, Everything Worthwhile is Done With Other People (2023). Video still. Courtesy EWIDWOP Collective.
London-based artist Rehana Zaman was named the winner of the £10,000 Jarman Award at the Barbican today. She was chosen from a shortlist of artists that included Ayo Akingbade, Andrew Black, Julianknxx, Sophie Koko Gate, and Karen Russo.
Speaking for the Award's jury, Michelle Williams Gamaker said they 'appreciated the humanity in Zaman's work, whereby there is a sensitive navigation of issues of social justice, and space for the viewer to experience the resilience, joy, and community to counter the hostile policies, which greatly impact the individuals in Zaman's work.'
To create Everything Worthwhile is Done with Other People (2018–2023), Zaman collaborated with women of colour affected by incarceration.
In Alternative Economies (2021) she spoke with medical herbalist Rasheeqa Ahmad and financial services regulator Rachel Bardinger to contrast different systems of exchange.
Films by all six shortlisted artists will be screened at Whitechapel Gallery from 25 to 26 November.
The Jarman Award was established in 2008 to support artists working in film and moving image. Previous winners include Grace Ndiritu (2022), Jasmina Cibic (2021), and Hetain Patel (2019).
Adrian Wootton, chief executive of Film London and the British Film Commission said, 'The Film London Jarman Award is central to our support of artist filmmakers, celebrating their spirit of experimentation and imagination.' —[O]
