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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.
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In Focus: Alia Syed
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.
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Alia Syed: Meta Incognita
Sep 1 — Sep 11
Mimosa House
Syed’s films draw from personal and historical realities in order to address the subjective relationship to gender, location, diaspora and colonialism.
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In Focus: Alia Syed 1
Thu 09 Sep, 20:45
ICA
In Focus artist and filmmaker Alia Syed will discuss her practice.
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Masterclass: Alia Syed
Sat 11 Sep, 13:00
Festival Hub
The first retrospective of Alia Syed's work in the UK.
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In Focus: Alia Syed 2
Sun 12 Sep, 17:40
Genesis Cinema
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.
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In Focus: Alia Syed 3
Mon 13 Sep, 18:15
Genesis Cinema