Antenna was a bi-monthly screening of unseen, underground music videos that took place at London's National Film Theatre from September 2002 until November 2006. Over the four years, there were 20 core Antenna shows, which featured a panel of video industry insiders including Spike Jonze, Garth Jennings, Shynola, Edgar Wright, Lynne Ramsay and Johan Renck. Each show included highlights from the panel's work, which was discussed during a Q&A with the audience, and a selection of recent videos from all over the world. To top all that off, each show was marked with a poster designed exclusively for us by a director who had a video in the show, using that video as inspiration.

We can't wind back the clock but if you missed the shows, or if you were there and want to remember the name of that crazy video that stuck in your head for days afterwards was, you can see info on who was on all the panels, plus the posters, and the programme notes from each show below. Look 'em up, that's what YouTube is for, isn't it?

In its third year, Antenna undertook a project with the British Council which saw Antenna screenings celebrating the work of British directors and bands taking place all over the world. The project went on for one year, during which time Antenna UK profiled four of the UK music video industry's leading talents, Shynola, Dougal Wilson, Daniel Levi and Woof Wan-Bau. Screenings took place across the planet, from Berlin to China and Australia to Kazakhstan. We never felt so international!

In its last year Antenna also threw a special one-off show in London celebrating the best work in videos featuring artist performance, which took the grand total of Antenna reels to 25. We also appeared at The Big Chill and Sheffield's Auto Festival, just for kicks.

Four years of the most amazing, exciting, and sometimes baffling underground music videos, four years of brilliant people bravely taking the stage to join in our panels, four years of humblingly beautiful posters being designed for us by heroic directors whose work we adore, and what's the brightest memory at the end of those four years? You lot, the audience, laughing and clapping your socks off.

We got this whole show on the road because we knew of so many videos that were going unnoticed and unloved, and we knew that there was an audience who would go crazy for them, if only they ever got to see them. And that's where you, quite literally, came in. We have loved the videos we've shown, and we've adored our panels for taking the stage for us, but most of all we've loved the fact that so many of you have loved it all too. So the biggest thanks goes to everyone who came along and joined in.

Antenna would never have been possible without our friends at the NFT giving us a roof over our heads and their biggest screen to do with whatever we like (which was pretty amazing of them, when you think about it). And we also have to thank all the edit houses who made our reels for us, particularly Clear/VTR who seem to be staffed by superheroes. Huge thanks also to the lovely people at Design UK who built us a website, and who always offered to build it into a mighty site too, if only we'd got round to it. We also owe thanks to Bates Wells & Braithwaite for their guidance and to Xfm for making so much noise about us as well as all the press that have given us their support.

Both Antenna's founders, Jordan McGarry and Vez, are still working in the industry and will always be keen to stay in touch with Antenna fans or anyone producing great music videos. So drop 'em a line and say hi at Jordan.mcgarry@gmail.com and vez@veriarti.com

"Antenna is for me one of the most exciting things to go to. it is like going to an exhibition but not really having a clue what you are going to be seeing. It is important for musicians and directors alike for it gives us ideas for people to work with or just plainly to be very inspired. It is also a chance to see brilliant works of art that TV will never show. And for me as a lover of music visuals I have a chance to throw my underpants at some of my favourite music visual directors when they are on the panel...which is good."
Emiliana Torrini

"Antenna gets big love from the Coldcut crew. Each event is a fascinating slice of an emerging scene: the realisation of creative life beyond the straitjacket of the straight pop video is taking hold. And here's the evidence, both in the work and in the enthusiasm of the audiences, that shared buzz that there is something new and special kicking up."
Matt Black, Coldcut

"After two years of tireless championing, this music video showcase has become the best of its kind, not just in the UK, but the whole of Europe, which could explain why industry insiders fly in from abroad especially to catch it."
The Guardian Guide (Film), 15.01.05

"When Antenna annexes the NFT, it's music video - but not as we know it. Antenna has what the music and TV industries lost years ago: the buzz that comes from membership of a whole secret scene."
Word Magazine

"As the 1990s rave paradigm becomes a fading memory, the notion of what constitutes a club is shifting…few nights have played with the concept of a club as much as Antenna."
London Metro (Metro Life) 21.10.04

If you'd like to tell us what you think of Antenna, drop us a line at antennapromo.co.uk.

Antenna would like to thank: media partner XFM, and support in kind from NFT, Design UK, Baites Wells & Braithwaite and Condor Post Production


SHOW ARCHIVE
Below is an archive of all of our shows. Each Antenna invites a video director to design the corresponding poster these can be viewed via the links below too.

ANTENNA @ NFT - September 26 2002:
Poster designed by: Alexander Rutterford, using a still from Autechre: Gantz Graff. View here
Panel: Shynola (Gideon Baws, Jason Groves and Chris Harding), John Moule, Lindsay Wesker
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ANTENNA @ NFT - December 5 2002:
Poster designed by: Lynn Fox, using a still from Bjork: Nature Is Ancient. View here
Panel: Robin Dean, Mathias Hoene, Mig Moorland
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ANTENNA @ NFT - February 5 2003:
Poster designed by: Edgar Wright, using a still from 80's Matchbox B-Line Disaster: Psychosis Safari. View here
Panel: Edgar Wright, Dan Dickenson, Chris Cowey
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ANTENNA @ NFT - April 29 2003:
Poster designed by: Directors Shynola, taken from artwork from Queens of the Stone Age: Go With The Flow. View here
Panel: John Hassay, Blue Source, Shane Walter
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ANTENNA @ NFT - July 24 2003:
Poster designed by: Ed Holdsworth, using artwork from Four Tet: She Moves She. View here
Panel: Kieran Hebden, Julia Parfitt
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ANTENNA @ NFT - October 9 2003:
Poster designed by: Tim Hope. An exclusive birthday card design to celebrate Antenna's first birthday. View here
Panel: Richard Kenworthy, Dougal Wilson, Ruben Fleischer
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ANTENNA @ NFT - February 19 2004:
Poster designed by: Glenn Marshall, using artwork for his personal project "The Drop". View here
Panel: John Moule, Sam Arthur, Karl Badger
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ANTENNA @ NFT - May 13 2004:
Poster designed by: Joel Peissig using artwork from Frou Frou: The Dumbing Down Of Love. View here
Panel: Joel Peissig, David Knight, Jamie Grant
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ANTENNA @ NFT - July 22 2004:
Poster designed by: Fizzy Eye using a still from Wagon Christ: Shadows. View here
Panel: Vernie Yeung, Vez, Ben Rollason
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ANTENNA @ NFT - October 21 2004:
Poster designed by: Dan Gordon and Peter Richardson using a still taken from the documentary "A State of Mind", which became the video for Faithless: I Want More. View here
Panel: Tim Pope, Dan Gordon, Si Atkins (Si & Ad)
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ANTENNA @ NFT - January 20 2005:
Poster designed by: Director Clemens Habicht , using an image from Motor: Din 10. View here
Panel: Johan Renck, Clemens Habicht, Jet
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ANTENNA @ NFT - March 24 2005:
Poster designed by: Associates in Science using artwork from Beck: Black Tambourine. View here
Panel: Lynne Ramsay, Toby Hyde, Ben Dawkins
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ANTENNA @ NFT - May 19 2005:
Poster designed by: Laith Bahrani using artwork from Nizlopi's JCB Song. View here
Panel: Mat Kirkby, Phil Lee
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ANTENNA @ NFT - July 6 2005:
Poster designed by: Nagi Noda, using an image from Yuki: Sentimental Journey. View here
Panel: Chris Cairns, Tim Nash
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ANTENNA @ NFT - October 27 2005:
Poster designed by: +cruz/W+K Tokyo Lab using artwork from Hifana: Wamono. View here
Panel: Spike Jonze, Garth Jennings
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ANTENNA @ NFT - December 15 2005:
Poster designed by: Laith Bahrani. An exclusive Christmas card design for our Best of 2005 show View here
Special Guest Host: Ken Korda (aka Adam Buxton)
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ANTENNA @ NFT - February 23 2006:
Poster designed by: Cat Solen using artwork from Bright Eyes: At The Bottom. View here
Panel: Karni & Saul, Mary Calderwood, Lisa Moult
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ANTENNA @ NFT - April 27 2006:
Poster designed by: Garth Jennings inspired by Hot Chip: And I Was A Boy From School View here
Panel: Daniel Levi, Richard Weager
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ANTENNA @ NFT - June 29 2006:
Poster designed by: Oceanmonsters using artwork taken from Coldcut: Aid Dealer View here
Panel: Nick Goffey, John Madsen, Ben Cronin
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ANTENNA @ NFT - July 20 2006:
Poster designed by: Daniel Levi using images taken from Plan B: No Good View here
Panel: Dougal Wilson, Nima Nourizadeh, Mike O'Keefe
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ANTENNA @ NFT - November 10th 2006:
Poster designed by: A storyboard of Antenna by Dougal Wilson View here
Host: Special guest Ken Korda (aka Adam Buxton)
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ANTENNA UK POSTERS

ANTENNA UK - Spring 2006:
Poster designed by: Ben Dawkins inspired by Jimmy Edgar: Is This A Real City? View here
Profiled director: Shynola


ANTENNA UK - Summer 2006:
Poster designed by: Woof Wan Bau using artwork from Coldcut: Whistle and A Prayer. View here
Profiled director: Dougal Wilson


ANTENNA UK - Autumn 2006:
Poster designed by: Trunk using artwork from Psapp: Hi. View here
Profiled director: Daniel Levi


ANTENNA UK - Winter 2006:
Poster designed by: Dan Lowe inspired by Field Music: In Context View here
Profiled director: Woof Wan-Bau




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