What would it take to convince you that something was real?
Artist Andrew Wilson explores the intersection of coercion, democracy, and trust via a video-collage made entirely from footage painstakingly identified from existing online media platforms.
In August 2025 Andrew hosted an artist film lab titled From Film Collectives to Community Journalism which explored the limitations of our existing media platforms whilst introducing collective alternatives.
Andrew is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, he is a studio holder at The NewBridge Project, a steward for the community co-operative Dwellbeing Shieldfield, and a member of West End Housing Co-op
Director Biography
Andrew Wilson is an artist based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Working both individually and in collaboration with many others. Andrew’s work tends to result in collective projects with a specific interest in peer-led models of education, alternative political possibilities, and the collective experience of joy. www.iamandrewwilson.co.uk
Director Filmography
Related Projects by Andrew Wilson:
100 People: A Portrait of Co-existence (2023)
a documentary feature film demonstrating the interconnected relationships between ordinary people within in a small inner suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Dwellbeing Shieldfield Community Archive (2022-present)
A framework for the common ownership of the recordings from 100 People, held by the community co-operative Dwellbeing Shieldfield and co-owned by its members.
We Are Our Media (2016-19)
a co-created alternative to tabloid journalism offering peer-led education and distributing 28,000 issues of its tabloid (The Eclipse) across the NE region.
