Rabz Lansiquot

Rabz Lansiquot is a filmmaker, programmer, curator, and DJ. They are one half of the artistic and curatorial duo Languid Hands, alongside Imani Mason Jordan, who are currently Lead Curators at 198 Contemporary Arts & Learning, Brixton. Languid Hands were the Cubitt Curatorial Fellows for 2020-22 and have curated multiple exhibitions and programmes in the UK, Europe and USA, including their moving image work and curatorial project Towards A Black Testimony. Rabz was Curator-In-Residence at LUX Moving Image in 2019, developing a public and educational programme around Black liberatory cinema. Their first solo exhibition where did we land, an experimental visual essay exploring the use of images of anti-black violence in film and media, was on view at LUX in Summer 2019, presented alongside a programme of screenings and a study day. They have also convened courses on Black Liberatory Cinema on the MFA at Goldsmiths, and are currently teaching on the BA short course Diversity in British Cinema with the University of Pittsburgh at Birkbeck. They have put together film programmes at the ICA, SQIFF, Berwick Film; Media Festival and were a programme advisor for London Film Festival’s Experimenta strand in 2019 and were on the selection committee for Sheffield Doc Fest 2020 and a programmer in 2021. Rabz also co-founded South London's WET nights, and has a monthly radio show on Balamii.