About this Event
SONIC SCREEN LAB
Research Workshop
Retracing Kampala: Questions of Memory – Screening and Discussion
A film project by Said Adrus with Daniel Saul
Wednesday 8 May 2024 3.00-4.30pm
Room MLG06, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London
As part of the Retracing Kampala project we will be screening and discussing the Riddle of Bakuli (2020) with the filmmakers Said Adrus and Daniel Saul.
Bakuli, a district of Kampala is retraced as part of a larger artistic project is a work in progress - a ‘montage’ of film, stills and sound. It draws upon artwork created during Said’s research for which the artist visited Kampala (Uganda), the city where he was born but which he left as a child over forty years ago because of the country’s political situation. He was displaced to Switzerland in the 1970s before arriving in the UK.
Movement, displacement, persecution, memory and migration remain urgent issues today. For Said, these life-changing events have been a key influence, like threads woven through all his corpus - reworking questions of postcolonial history, cultural identity and digital aesthetics in relation to contemporary globalisation.
Said discusses his research and working practice, and his collaboration with Daniel and LCC Animation students in the making of this film.
The event is free. Booking required via Eventbrite.
Said Adrus is a London based artist working in film, printmaking and installations. As an international artist Said has over four decades experience in practice, exhibiting, research, activism and teaching. Some his noted shows include: Recaptured (2014), a solo project critically explored the Centenary of WW1 and was showcased by New Art Exchange, Nottingham. Lost Pavilion & Pavilion V (2017) screened at Autograph. Said participated in the seminal exhibition The Place is Here (2017) at Nottingham Contemporary. He was also selected as part of Speech Acts (2018) exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery & Museum. He has also worked on Public Art projects such as Cultural Mapping project in Leicester.
Recent film work includes Riddle of Bakuli (2019) which is part of a larger Retracing Kampala project and Wisdom Man (2023), group show at Paul Stolper Gallery London. Other notable shows include: Havana Biennale, Cuba, Black People & The British Flag, Cornerhouse, Manchester & Tour, Transition of Riches, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery & Tour, Transforming The Crown, Bronx Museum of Arts, New York, Belonging - Shedhalle, Zurich Switzerland.
Daniel Saul is a filmmaker whose work is rooted in painting and animation. He has also worked as a documentary maker, exhibition curator, theatre maker and leader of large-scale community arts projects.
Daniel’s work is generally concerned with interpersonal biography and working across art-forms. He has made commissioned work for Television, news broadcasts and for museums and theatre companies, including The British Library, The Science Museum, The Natural History Museum, The Museum of London, Channel4 Television, BBC World, and the Tate Gallery.
In 2016, Daniel founded R&D Studio Ltd, an interdisciplinary arts practice with his collaborator RACHEL DAVIES to make work that is collaborative and innovative, and socially inclusive. R&D Studio, has worked with theatre companies including Quarantine in Manchester, Graeae in London, and Attakkalari in Bangalore. The company also has a track record in working with socially relevant themes in participatory settings.
http://www.rachelanddaniel.co/
Retracing Kampala is supported by Arts Council England.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
UAL London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
