• ‘Fragment’ – what you submit for inclusion in the journal via our online submission form
• ‘Collection’ – a regular editorial gathering and reflecting on the Fragments submitted.

Back in April we were very excited to take Fragments to the BAFTSS conference in Bournemouth. Our panel ‘Method, Messiness, and Meaning: Collecting the Fragments of Videographic Process’ was an opportunity for us to bring our young journal into the conference space and we were delighted at the response we got in the room. Cormac reflected on some of the inspirations behind Fragments’ conception, while Jemma’s presentation included thoughts on vulnerability and empathy, along with a short video that she hopes to share more widely in due course. We were very pleased to be joined by Alan O’Leary, who acted as a respondent to our panel. Alan has been kind enough to share his videographic presentation with us and you can view it here. We are very grateful to Alan for joining our panel, given how important his work has been in shaping some of the thinking that formed this journal.

And so to the interlude. Before the conference we (the editors) were keen to ensure our experimental videographic panel had some experimental videographic work to show. We have all, in various forms, enjoyed working with parameterised practice, whether undertaking the Video Essay Podcast exercises back in 2020 or more recently partaking in communal activities such as Ariel Avissar’s Parametric Summer Series (2024). In the spirit of these formative exercises we decided to launch our own ‘Playful Parameter’ and invite submissions which would then screen at BAFTSS. Our exercise, originated by Cormac, is called ‘Reels’ and the guidelines and a little more background on it can be found here. We got a great response to the call and are very pleased to present all the submissions in this collection. 

Thanks again to all our contributors and to those who attended our BAFTSS panel – it was wonderful to connect with lots of fellow videographic practitioners in person. We hope you enjoy these Reels and stay tuned for more Fragments as we move into the autumn!