Jordan Baseman's video installations mess with the traditions of documentary film – particularly the monologue voiceover. Nasty Piece of Stuff overlays a speech by Alan Wakeman, a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front, with fragmented images of central London filmed from a car in night-time neon light. Be unsettled at Aberdeen Art Gallery until 24 February Photograph: PR
With this installation, the art world's kid brother continues his study of gaming culture. Beat the Champ (2011) tinkers with bowling videogames from the 1970s to 2000 as looped, scoreless games create a walk-in sound and video collage. Be playful at the Curve, the Barbican Art Gallery, from Thursday until 22 May Photograph: PR
In a claustrophobic and darkened room, this experimental duo project a video of fireworks let off in a similarly claustrophobic and darkened room. As it fills with smoke and explosions, the screen resembles a wonderful kinetic 3D abstract painting. Be dazzled at Whitworth Art Gallery until 30 June Photograph: PR
When Forsyth and Pollard want to use music in their work, they call the band – or simply make their own. Publicsfear is a survey of their recent work, including a reenactment of a famous gig by the Cramps at the Napa Mental Institute, California. Be electrified at South London Gallery until 18 March
Photograph: Alison Wonderland
Another show that indicates an increasing engagement with back-to-basics drawing among radical artists. Laura Lancaster's ghostly drawings (including 2009's Untitled, above) are based on found photographs of strangers, while Jane Millican distils realism from the impasto gestures of abstract paintings. Be drawn in at Gallery North until 23 February Photograph: PR
A packed month for Starling fans is kicked off by the Recent History review at Cornwall's foremost gallery. In The Long Ton (2009) two hanging blocks of marble – one large, from China, one small, from Italy – become strange twins, balanced by an ingenious pulley system. Be weighty at Tate St Ives until 2 May Photograph: PR
Cubist geometries, the beguiling moods of Renaissance art, punk rock and theories of perception all feature in this set of Morton's head-spinning canvases. Pieces such as 2009's Figurine (above) are lush with thick, expressive swabs and light dashes of brightly hued pigment. Be disorientated at Sadie Coles HQ, W1, until 26 March Photograph: Serge Hasenböhler
Dyer gives you the Paul Robeson Research Station, dedicated to the renowned 20th-century singer, actor, writer and civil-rights campaigner, as part of this venue's series of installations in the making. Be experimental at Site Gallery by 19 February Photograph: PR
