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Alia Syed made her early 16mm films at the London Film-Makers’ Co-operative in the mid-1980s, using the Co-op’s optical printer as a means to explore issues of identity and representation. Read More

In Focus: Alia Syed

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Meta Incognita: Missive II is the second part of a triptych of films that utilises different histories while focusing upon recognisable locations along and within the River Thames: from Millbank Prison (now the site of Tate Britain) to Second World War architecture on the Essex coastline. Read More

Alia Syed: Meta Incognita

Sep 1 — Sep 11

Mimosa House

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Syed’s films draw from personal and historical realities in order to address the subjective relationship to gender, location, diaspora and colonialism. Read More

In Focus: Alia Syed 1

Thu 09 Sep, 20:45

ICA

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In Focus artist and filmmaker Alia Syed will discuss her practice. Read More

Masterclass: Alia Syed

Sat 11 Sep, 13:00

Festival Hub

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The first retrospective of Alia Syed's work in the UK. Read More

In Focus: Alia Syed 2

Sun 12 Sep, 17:40

Genesis Cinema

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Wallpaper is a performative documentary in which four generations of women in the artist’s family attempt to recreate a wallpaper design that was painted by Syed’s grandmother when the artist was a child. Read More

In Focus: Alia Syed 3

Mon 13 Sep, 18:15

Genesis Cinema