TIME LOSS
The work considers time as something we possess and lose simultaneously. Measured, recorded, preserved, gone. One of a series created for The One Minutes Collection, Netherlands Institute of Sound and Vision.
THE LONG WALK
Unfolding over seven and a half hours, The Long Walk follows local women as they walk to collect water in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains.
Filmed continuously, Ali immersed herself to reveal the extraordinary endurance required to survive amid civil war and the threat of personal violence.
First presented publicly on a 30-foot LED screen in Trafalgar Square 2006 it was accompanied by Hilary Benn - then Secretary of State for International Development, London Mayor Ken Livingstone and WaterAid CEO Dame Barbara Frost. The work then went on to be exhibited on large screens around the world including the UN Building in Brussels, Union Station in Washington DC, Victoria City Centre Australia, Grand Central Station in New York, the Eden Project Cornwall and Glastonbury Festival in the UK where it was shown for five consecutive years.
Its final screening took place in at the Cathedral of St John the Divine New York, as part of an evening of witness organised by the Magnum Foundation and accompanied by a live orchestra
TO BEGIN
A 30-minute film shaped by the continuous rhythm of walking and conversation. The work seeks to capture the physical and emotional weight of essential labour, led by voices that honour women’s resilience.
Filmed in a small village in Konso, Ethiopia, the film emerges from a community rebuilding after severe floods that destroyed crops and contaminated water sources, triggering a cholera outbreak.
The final film was exhibited on large public LED screens across five UK cities Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford and Manchester shared civic spaces. it was later donated to WaterAid for ongoing screening use at events around the world.
TRANSMISSION
16mm films exploring the material possibilities of analogue filmmaking through hand-drawn imagery, experimental typography, and natural materials applied directly to the film surface. These early works established an interest of time, tactility and connections between with other species
Projected onto the large electric window of Lux Gallery in Hoxton Square London, the abstract animations were visible both within the exhibition space and out onto the city at night.
