For Michael Snow- in Memoriam
“Continuum” acquired by FMAC, Geneva and exhibited in “Hidden on Tape”, ZKM, Karlsruhe (2026-2027).
My early videotape “Continuum” (1977), made in collaboration with Gabrielle Bown has been acquired by the FMAC (Collection d’art Contemporain de la Ville de Genève) for their video collection.
https://www.fmac-geneve.ch/oeuvres/collection-videos
“For Michael Snow- In Memoriam”, new site-specific installation, Aug-Sept 2026
“For Michael Snow – In Memoriam”: a site-specific installation for the At Home Gallery, Samorin, Slovakia, August-October, 2026. Conceived as a tribute to Michael Snow (1928-2023), this site specific installation explores the window as a threshold space, between inside and outside, presence and absence, life, and memory.
athomegallery.org/www.athomegallery.org/NEWS_2.html
You Are Cordially Invited: An Exhibition of Early Video Art, March 20th-26th.
“Continuum” (1977-78), my earliest existing videotape, made in collaboration with Gabrielle Bown, is being presented in an exhibition curated by MA Curatorial students at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee: 20-26th March, 2026.
Here & Now: Artists’ Video From the UK, MuSA, Pietrasanta, Italy, Sept 2025.
Extract of Review of “The Grandfather Paradox”
“The personal and the historical converge beautifully in Ambrose’s work, highlighting how fiction can preserve cultural memory and revive lost truths. As readers immerse themselves in this richly woven narrative, they are invited not just to witness history but to feel a part of it—heralding hope in the face of adversity and making the past a living, breathing entity within contemporary discourse. Such works remind us that history is not a fixed narrative but an evolving dialogue that connects generations.”
Nancy Park Hall, “Whispers of History”, 30/06/25
Interview on Talk Radio Europe
I was interviewed on Talk Radio Europe (28/05/2025) on the publication of my first novel “The Grandfather Paradox”.
https://charlesambrose.com
“Ca’foscari Short Film Festival”, Venice; March 19th-22nd, 2025.
A single screen version of my video “Nothing Beside Remains” will be screened at the “Ca Foscari Short Film Festival” in a programme of recent UK work entitled “Lo Sguardo Sospenso” (“The Suspended Look”), curated by Elisabetta Di Sopra & Laura Leuzzi.
Keynote Speaker
I will be a keynote speaker at the First International Conference on Creative Arts (ICCA), taking place in the College of Art & Design, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, Jan 27th-29th, 2025.
Sound/Image Festival, Greenwich University
Nothing Beside Remains
The work was shot at Xlendi Bay, Gozo and originally presented in a continuous repeating looped sequence in a site-specific installation at Valletta Contemporary as part of my exhibition Meta Landscapes, April-June 2022. The sound track is Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel (1978), performed by Leonard Roczek (cello) and Herbert Schuch (piano).
Nothing Beside Remains