https://fragments.video/https://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3mhsjwvr5r22s'Video Essay alert' A new issue of [in]Transition to enjoy. Find it here https://intransition.openlibhums.org/issue/1729/info/24 Mar 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsjwvr5r22shttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3mhi7vxrpjs2tFragments is heading to the BAFTSS conference in April and we'd like to invite you to take part in our 'Playful Parameters' videographic interlude. Find the instructions to our short (and hopefully) fun videographic exercise at the link below. 9th April deadline https://fragments.video/reels-a-playful-parameter-developed-by-cormac-donnelly/20 Mar 2026 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhi7vxrpjs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3mgrv4qol4c2gOur 4th Collection of experimental videographic practice is now live. This themed collection comes courtesy of Alan O'Leary, comprising outtakes from his videographic project 'Men Shouting: A History in 7 Episodes' and featuring a response letter by Will Knowles. Find it all here fragments.video11 Mar 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrv4qol4c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3mg5h3eksas2o"A multipart video essay both examining and imitating The Show About The Show". From Jason Mittell, now published in Open Screens https://www.openscreensjournal.com/article/id/24412/03 Mar 2026 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5h3eksas2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3melgwa4xqc2oWe now have a letters page (who doesn't love getting a letter). Our first letter comes courtesy of Qinran (Leo) Wang, a PhD candidate studying at the University of Birmingham. Thank you Leo for your letter, and we hope you all enjoy reading it as much as we did. fragments.video/letters/ https://fragments.video/letters/11 Feb 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3melgwa4xqc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3md3ifq27yc2w"The presence of the filmmaker here is felt deeply through the use of a handheld camera (in this case a Tyco kids video camera)." John Bradburn's fragment published as part of our 3rd collection. Read more here https://fragments.video/2025/11/13/departure/23 Jan 2026 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3ifq27yc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3mcyqvj2ej22fThe online exhibition Metric Imagination, curated by @veronikahanakova.bsky.social and @jirianger.bsky.social, is now live on Artyčok.TV "featuring five video essays that reflect on, and hint at ways of overcoming, our society’s obsession with metrics and quantification." https://artycok.tv/en/post/interfaces-01-metric-imagination22 Jan 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcyqvj2ej22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3mcjqkfv5jc27"At once commenting, reflecting, reinforcing, and completing each other, propelled along by a perfectly chosen accompaniment" Joel Blackledge's fragment published as part of our 3rd collection. Read more here https://fragments.video/2025/08/27/take-five/16 Jan 2026 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcjqkfv5jc27https://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3mc7o42qfuk2eGreat new episode of The Video Essay Podcast from @willdigravio.bsky.social featuring @jirianger.bsky.social https://thevideoessay.com/jiri-anger-on-towards-a-film-theory-from-below12 Jan 2026 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc7o42qfuk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3mbojrfa5dc27A brilliant new videographic initiative! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jan 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbojrfa5dc27https://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3ma7onbuyjk2rSight & Sound Magazines Best Video essay poll is out for 2025. So much to watch and enjoy (and a small shout out for Fragments as well 😀) https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/best-video-essays-202517 Dec 2025 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma7onbuyjk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3ma3rvs4pw227"Sarah uses the adjective ‘uncanny’ at the end of her description, and her subtle deployment of ‘the sound of hand cream’ is instrumental in creating this feeling." @horror-scholar.bsky.social's fragment published as part of our 3rd collection. Read more here https://fragments.video/2025/08/27/experiment-substance-skin-hand/16 Dec 2025 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma3rvs4pw227https://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3m7pcaxvtls22Our 3rd Collection of experimental videographic practice is now live. 12 fragments (from nine creators). Read our editorial and view them all here fragments.video11 Dec 2025 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pcaxvtls22https://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3m5u7uv4tik2lVolume 16.1 of Screenworks is out. New peer reviewed creative practice from Cassandra Tytler, David H. Fleming, Miguel Mesquita Duarte. t.co/C75H6yhJjm https://t.co/C75H6yhJjm17 Nov 2025 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5u7uv4tik2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3m5lyqmoqek2wPéter Lichter and Bori Máté's fragment shows "just how much the definition of a fragment can be stretched". Read their extended exploration of the making of the film and watch it as part of our 2nd collection of fragments. Find our more here https://fragments.video/2025/07/28/the-philosophy-of-horror/14 Nov 2025 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5lyqmoqek2whttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3m4pwsjqkrs2p"It’s a subtle (and welcome) reminder of how seemingly insignificant details can, when collated, lead to new ideas or prove worthy of greater aesthetic appreciation." Andrea Comiskey's fragment published as part of our 2nd collection. Read more here https://fragments.video/2025/06/19/pyaasa-onion-ring-bokeh-and-other-concentric-circles/03 Nov 2025 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4pwsjqkrs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3m2oqxdgcss2u"is it a humorous piece? Disturbing? What is the broader context from which this fragment comes? Will it feature in the final essay film or, like the damp loaf, is it now to be discarded?" @bolddecade.bsky.social's fragment in our 2nd collection. Read more here https://fragments.video/2025/06/19/stabbing-a-wet-bag-of-wonderbread-repeatedly-with-a-butcher-knife/08 Oct 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2oqxdgcss2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3m2m32it4o22p"In Joel’s piece (and his description) I enjoy the idea of returning to a ‘safe’ videographic space, in this case the supercut, though one which is less ‘cut’ and more ‘blend’." Joel Blackledge's fragment published as part of our 2nd collection. Read more here https://fragments.video/2025/07/03/transcendental-etude/07 Oct 2025 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2m32it4o22phttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3m27csik3b227"There is something in its constructed-ness that seems to demand a normative reading of the video, i.e., what it is saying about this character—the wrestler—and how he is treated by the film and by himself." @arielavissar.bsky.social's fragment in our 2nd collection. https://fragments.video/2025/06/19/the-wrestler-random-vignette/02 Oct 2025 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27csik3b227https://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3m22wv2mijs2z"The physical recreation of a footage bin...from magazine clippings combines with the carefully arranged Cheezit timeline and other elements to be entirely familiar as an editing space" Benedetta Andreasi's fragment published as part of our 2nd collection. Read more https://fragments.video/2025/06/25/cheezit-timeline/30 Sep 2025 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m22wv2mijs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fragmentsjournal.bsky.social/post/3lzo23gypx22dOur 2nd Collection of experimental videographic practice is now live. 9 fragments (from eight creators) ranging from 35 seconds to an hour. fragments.video25 Sep 2025 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:yrd2vs7wltcxs7cejamcwrj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzo23gypx22d