Portraits Archives

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While The Gods Were Busy With Another Child

This deeply exploratory work is drawn exclusively from the eclectic personal and public archive, in multiple formats, of Andrea’s life until their lasting estrangement from

The Glass Booth

The Glass Booth casts a cinematic spotlight on the role of the interpreter, revealing their complex role as both witness and mediator. First employed prominently

A passage in an art gallery in-between exhibitions shows a white wall with a sheet of white plywood leaning against it, lit by a single light, with industrial-looking columns running down the center of the passage and along the opposite edge from the wall. On the image is a caption over a black bar that reads: on the on that on that wood or whatever that is, that metal.

Expressions

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Pitcture of a person in a grey dress hunched over writing something on a piece of paper with one hand and holding a sweater.

The Fist

An intimate portrait of modernist style factory Guinness Brewery located in Ikeja, Nigeria.

Afterthoughts of a Walk on the Naze

In the year of his death, my great-uncle, the artist Nigel Henderson, wrote a letter addressed to my future self. In his letter, he asked

Layered Black and White Still of a Woman Standing facing the camera in multiple positions.

Shedding

A performance for the Bolex camera in which dimensions of stasis and movement are physically enacted by filming at varying frame rates. A still figure,

N’importe Quoi (Extérieur – Jour)

The second part of the N’importe Quoi series, the first being N’importe Quoi (for Brunhild), also comprises footage of Brunhild Meyer-Ferrari at her home in

Prelude

“Prelude” is part of a series of very short videos that Medoidze is producing. This series employs both original and archival material, showcasing her distinctive

Being John Smith

“An autobiographical reflection on his unassuming name leads the filmmaker down a wayward path through family photographs, personal archives, and internet searches. Alternately wry and

Caco, João, Mava and Rebecca. From nothing to something to something else, part 2

‘Caco, João, Mava and Rebecca’ follows 4 teenagers improvising with dance and movement. The camera follows each of them in long continuous shots, observing an

Bella, Maia and Nick

Bella, Maia and Nick witnesses the reunion of three teenagers surrounded by musical instruments in a room overlooking the sea. They play the instruments or

Oumi. From nothing to something to something else, part 3

Oumi is the third and final part of From nothing to something to something else, a series of three portraits of teenagers. While the first

Girl in Grass

At the side of a field a girl sits bored, listening to the idle chat of bargain hunters. A camera is placed in the grass

Oberon

Oberon (2023) was commissioned by BFI, as part of their landmark Powell and Pressburger exhibition, exploring the early genesis of their film The Red Shoes

Elephant Boy

Elephant Boy (2016) sees Krishna Istha re-enact the introductory sequence of Zoltan Korda’s Elephant Boy (1937), in which child actor Sabu recites lines by rote

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