We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher

‘We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher’ Film Screening
5pm – 6.30pm Tuesday 17th March 2026
Reid Lecture Theatre
Free but ticketed – Book via Eventbrite

We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher is a 65-minute cinematic experiment exploring the continuing relevance of the late theorist’s ideas on capitalism, culture, and the future. Directed by Simon Poulter and Sophie Mellor (collaborating as Close and Remote) the film was made in 2024-2025 using Instagram (@markfisherfilm) as a methodological tool to find collaborators, generate research and disseminate content.

With over 70 invited contributors listed the film blends documentary, performance, new music, and hauntological fiction. The main narrative follows Parkins – a time-slipped character – through ghostly landscapes and digital spaces, tracing Fisher’s thoughts from the 1990s to our algorithmic present. A second narrative emerges from interviews conducted with theorists, journalists, and artists whose life and work have been influenced by him.

The film embodies Fisher’s call for collective imagination beyond capitalist realism. It ends in the room with a discussion about agency and what we can do next.

The film tours across Scotland on week beginning 16th March 2026, with screenings and Q&A events at The Glasgow School of Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Gray’s School of Art and Edinburgh College of Art.

Touring Curator and Associate Producer: Judit Bodor. Contact: [email protected]

Simon Poulter is an artist curator trained at Central St Martins and Norwich School of Art.

His current projects include the films We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher and Alice in Wonderland FFS, both developed with his long-term collaborator Sophie Mellor as Close and Remote; and a series of paintings and online works where he documents the ‘New Normal’, now retitled ‘Slow Doom Scroll’.

Simon has substantial experience of working also as a facilitator, producer and lead artist working on a number of large scale projects commissioned across the UK, including We Are What We Are for Creative Barking and Dagenham, Lost Characters for Sefton Borough Council/The Atkinson Zone for FACT/Mersey Forest and Life Chances , commissioned by the University of Bristol, investigating issues affecting residents of Bristol and Cardiff and the UK benefits system

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Image: Close and Remote/FFT Dusseldorf, 2025

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