Black Corporeal (Between This Air)
By julianknxx
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Date
- / Cancelled / Sold out
Location
Auditorium 3 Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationDuration: 13 minutes (in loop until 20:00)
Black Corporeal (Between This Air) is a short film created by Sierra Leonean visual artist and poet julianknxx.
Commissioned by WeTransfer, this short film invokes the essence of two of julianknxx’s most arresting poems: ‘This Air’ and ‘Can’t Breathe’. Alternating between video, spoken word and live music, the film offers a metaphysical exploration of breath, filmed in lockdown 2020 in the Barbican Conservatory. The film premiered at Whitechapel Gallery’s Nocturnal Creatures 2021 and has since been exhibited at Utah’s Museum of Contemporary Art as part of the show Air.
Credits
Director
julianknxx is an artist and director who experiments with poetry, photography, art direction, and film. His Sierra Leonean heritage inspires him to embrace tradition – by passing down thoughts on gender, race, and faith with oral storytelling.
Producer
Claire Pearson
Executive Producer
Debo Amon
Executive Producer
Patrick Bedeau
Director of Photography
Pablo Rojo
Art Director
Harris Elliott
Editor
Harry Deadman
Cast
Sophia Brown
Amron Adams
Dancers
FUBUNATION
Choral Leader
Celestina Diamond
Chorus
Annette Bowen
Cathryn Jackson
Deborah Frimpong
Lawrence Rowe
Philippa Brobbey
Red Farrell
Stephen
Interviewees
Ellah P. Wakatama
Jason Jules
Production
STUDIOKNXX
Original Score
James William Blades
Jonthan Gibson, Cello
Oliver Mayo, Violin
First Assistant Director
Amron Adams
Stylist
Fahrad Noir
Reis Dendle, Assistant
Art Department
Phil Welch
Sam Jellyman
Focus Pullers
Ewan Sadler
Tamia Diaz
Assistant Camera
Nick Milligan
Rita Monteiro, Trainee
Gaffer
Leo Olesker
Sparks
George Wright
Yeh Love
Sound Recordist
Francesco Corazzi
Hair & Make up
Natasha Livesey
Shani Mushington, Assistant
BTS
Aiden Harmitt-Williams
Runners
Eden Tekle
Joseph Gathercole Smith
Post-Production
Dan Fenton, VFX
Jonny Tully (Tag Creative Arts), Colourist
Special Thanks
Kazvare Knox
Barbican
Procam Take 2
The Vintage Showroom
Flat 5
Commissioned
By WeTransfer
Commissioners
Holly Fraser
Danielle Boelling
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation reserves the right to collect and keep records of images, sounds and voice for the diffusion and preservation of the memory of its cultural and artistic activity. For further information, please contact us through the Information Request form.