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Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
‘Who Knows Where the Time Goes?’ is an ongoing collection of eco-printed tapestries and moving images archiving personal wanderings and wonderings, be it of literal forays across either new or well-treaded territories or of drifting and converging internal reflections, memories, imaginings, and emotions. These works are diaristic in nature, acting as highly personal and emotive glimpses into certain moments in time.
Supported by Arts Council England DYCP funding
‘So come the storms of winter (+ other musings)’ is a mixed media ode to cycles, communal making, communal play, and nurture. The film comprises of self-portraits and collages collected over three years, a game of mahjong, and the creation of two dyed fabrics made by many hands. It forms part of ‘Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
Screening History
- Film Diary NYC III: Satellite Screening, San Mei Gallery, London, 17 Jan 2024
- Film Diary NYC III: Coldest Winter, Millennium Film Workshop, New York City, 24 Jan 2024
- ‘Who Knows Where the Time Goes?’, Radical Film School Exhibition, The Foundry, London, 22 Mar 2024
- Darkroom Festival, Whirled Cinema, London, 27 Sep 2024
- Light Beams Under A Bridge: Volume 12, Street Soundsystem, London, 27 Sep 2024
- ‘Dream Sequence 2’, Hundred Years Gallery, London, 8 Nov 2024
- ‘DREAMS’, ANYONE / ANYWHERE, Brooklyn Public Library (Williamsburg Library), New York City, 9 Nov 2024
Shown in early/alternative formats at:
- PROYECTOR/Festival de Videoarte, Madrid, 15 Sep 2023
- ‘Cor- Welcome Fundraiser’, Rich Mix, London, 26 Sep 2023
- ‘Analogue Short Film Screening’, not/nowhere, London, 14 Oct 2023
- Markets, Memories and Mangoes’, Creative People & Places Hounslow, London, 14 Sep 2024 – Sep 2026
There’s so much sky, so much garden
Drawing on the themes of ritual, repetition, and transformation rooted within cycles of cooking, ‘There’s so much sky, so much garden’ muses on the pasts, presents and futures of inherited worlds.
Created as part of the ‘AMPlify 2020/21’ residency with Wysing Arts Centre
Currently on view at Wysing Broadcasts
‘Mira + Mei’
‘Mira + Mei’ is an experimental short fiction film following the reminiscence of a romantic relationship between the two titular characters.
Exhibited as part of ‘Concrete Salon’, Barbican Centre, London, 27-28 Apr 2019.
To view excerpts, click here.
Workshops
Alexis facilitates workshops for numerous schools, universities, youth groups, and arts organisations across the UK and beyond. These workshops cover a range of approaches and processes including direct animation, expanded cinema, and eco-printing.
1-3: Direct animation workshop at annual Creative Youth Festival, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, 2023. Photo credit: Nurbanu Asena; 4-6: Collaborative cameraless filmmaking and expanded cinema workshop for Stage 2 BA Fine Art students at Central Saint Martins, UAL, London, 2023; 7: Parol-making workshop with Theo Bolante for ‘I Said Fruit Salad’ exhibition at Hypha Studios, London, 2023; 8: Cyanotype workshop for Year Seven St Peter’s School students at Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, 2024.
‘A Creative Community History of Hounslow’s Diaspora Food Markets’ is an ongoing archival project that celebrates the heritage of Hounslow’s Food Markets and highlighting the diverse diaspora communities who use them.
Throughout 2024, Creative People & Places Hounslow will be collaborating with local artist Alexis Parinas to work with volunteers and local people to create a new archive of material that will form the basis of two new touring exhibitions, ‘Market Stories’ and ‘Markets, Memories and Mangoes’ that will be on display in London Borough of Hounslow Libraries from September 2024.
This project has been made possible through a substantial grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players.
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