Alien / 2021, 2022

(Version III) 2022: Single channel work, 4:55, Insta360 camera and iPhone footage

(Version I) 2021: 360 Video, moving image, 5:54, Insta360 camera

The work of the same name was loosely inspired by the film Alien (1979). The piece was largely inspired by feeling alien in one's own body & identity, and even in one home where the work was largely filmed due to the pandemic. Whilst in isolation, one might have felt alienation under capitalism, hopelessness as political conflicts, wars, and climate change continue, as well as a disconnection from one's body.

The work was also inspired by feeling dysphoric and alien in one's body and how one is perceived by others. The work wanted to express something more innate or primal about one's body and identity. Simultaneously feeling natural in one's body but also at odds against it, wishing to go beyond one's body and/or secede within it.

Exhibited in:

• 2023. Villa Graziani. PhygitArt. San Giustino, Italy.

• 2023. CICA Museum. Visual Culture 2023. Gimpo, Korea.

• 2023. Millepiani Exhibition Space. Progress. On Contemporary and Future Society. Rome, Italy.

• 2022. Musikkitalo. Global Impro Ensemble, Kino Club x Global Fest. Helsinki, Finland.

• 2022. Leopoldo Gotuzzo Museum of Art (MALG). Festival de Videoarte SPMAV 2022. Pelotas, Brazil.

• 2022. Vapaan Taiteen Tila. Kino ClubXNomads Festival 2022. Helsinki, Finland.

• 2022. Delavski dom Trbovlje. DigitalBigScreen 2022. Trbovlje, Slovenia. (Version II)

• 2022. YO-Talo. D.A.N.C.E. Tampere, Finland.