Not-for-profit · CIC · East London
Digital arts,
made consciously.
For people, planet
and an urgent world.
Films, video art and living archives, made with people and shaped by our way of seeing.
Two decades of filmmaking, from Mozambique to East London.
Why we exist
The stories that matter most are the ones almost nobody tells. So we tell them. With the people who lived them.
Digital arts, made consciously ● Radical togetherness ● Art that acts ● Listen first ● Lead with love ● East London to Mozambique ●
The work
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Footprints of Love
A living LGBTQ+ archive of Newham. Decades of love, protest and community, told by the people who lived it.
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CLIMACTION
A participatory art movement turning climate anxiety into action, made with young people. The pilot is complete and the next chapter is in the making.
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The 3HO Podcast
Conversations on Kundalini yoga for 3HO Europe, shaped like films. Series two is coming soon.
Proof, not promises
1st
permanent LGBTQ+ archive for Newham, in the making
60yrs
of hidden queer history traced, 1960s to today
30
oral histories recorded for the very first time
20yrs
of filmmaking with communities, from Mozambique to Newham
What we mean
con·scious / adjective
Conscious
It starts in stillness. Rooted in meditation, we listen before we speak, feel before we film, and trust what we sense in the room. Then we respond, as artists.
dig·i·tal / adjective
Digital
Stories travel, and stories last. Film, 360 video, live-streaming and living online archives. Technology that helps us listen better, never talk over people. The tools change. The eye is always human.
In their words
Historians of the future will be grateful for this archive.
Kathryn Bell · Co-founder, GEMMA
We would have no hesitations about doing more work with Cameye Arts.
Bill Hopkinson
Newham LGBT Seniors
It was really affirming to learn about all the LGBTQ+ history surrounding us in such a fun and inclusive way.
Lauren Minto
Mind
The interviews you managed to collect were incredibly important.
James King
Newham Heritage Month, London Borough of Newham
Three ways in.
01 · Commission
Got a story that matters?
Films, filmed oral histories and podcasts, for organisations, charities and festivals whose values match ours.
02 · Collaborate
Let’s build it together.
Artists, archives, heritage bodies, community groups, cultural venues. If you’re doing something that matters, we want to hear from you.
03 · Fund
Back work that leaves something behind.
Skills, confidence, belonging and memory that outlast every project. As a not-for-profit CIC, every pound goes back into the work.
Funders and partners
National Lottery Heritage Fund
Newham Council
Newham Heritage Month
Bishopsgate Institute
Newham LGBT Seniors
Mind
UCL East
University of East London
Tell us
your story.
Commission us, collaborate with us or fund the work. It all starts with a conversation.