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Two black people hunched over are grabbing each other by shoulders with arms stretched out.

The names have changed, including my own and truths have been altered

This is a story of the artist’s grandfather, the story of the ‘land’ and the story of an encounter with Nigeria—retold at a single point

Specialised Technique

William Sellers and the Colonial Film Unit developed a framework for colonial cinema, this included slow edits, no camera tricks and minimal camera movement. Hundreds

Sitting on a Man

Traditionally, women in Igbo speaking parts of Nigeria, came together to protest the behaviour of men by sitting on or making war on them by

Grain

‘Grain’ (2016) is a portrait of Anna Halprin’s Mountain Home Studio built by her husband and environmental architect Lawrence Halprin (1916-2009). A voiceover from Daria

Totally on Fire

Totally on Fire is a conversation across time that restages an exercise from the Esalen Institute, California in the grounds of the secular community Braziers

Correspondência um

Correspondência um. is a collaboration with dance artist Susanne Mayer, taking its title from a year long correspondence and studio practice. The choreography for this

Nature Nurture (sketch)

Nature/nurture sketch is a video performance that looks at cross-cultural translation soundtracked by drum ’n’ bass. It is an attempt to give language to a

Ebi Flo

Ebi Flo is a refrain. Ebi Flo is a family becoming. Ebi Flo is nature yet an artificial construction, an overwriting undermining. A gift. A

Hella Trees

Follows a young obsessive, Rafiki whose artistic practice focuses on trees, their individuality and presence.

I Die of Sadness Crying for You

“So what moves us when we hear copla? Are we weeping for them? Can we hear the residue of suffering in their performance, in the

Home

A short film depicting a woman putting her children to sleep, cleaning dishes, then dancing with a ghost. Shot on Super 16mm film, Home uses

Looking For Gary

Set on Essex Road among an established local community in Islington London, this film looks at the complex relationship between people and place. Growing up

To the microphone, please (with Mrs Soprano)

This film was made in collaboration with artist Rose O’Gallivan: To the microphone please (with Mrs Soprano) contains the dramaturgy of a press release in two languages posing

Common Ground

‘Common Ground’ was made for an event at the ICA programmed by Lucy Reynolds about experiments in sound, film and performance to accompany the exhibition

THE ARK COMMUNITY RESEARCH VIDEO FRANCE

Silent film of the architectural design and layout of The Ark community in France, founded by Grace Ndiritu.https://www.thearkcenterexperiment.comCreated by artist Grace Ndiritu, The Ark: Center

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