Review for ‘We Love We Self Up Here’: “The contemplative film demonstrates the potential of architectural history to address complex issues of race, globalization, work, class, migration, and community”
“We Love Self Up Here reflects the seismic shifts going on in architectural scholarship today. The contemplative film demonstrates the potential of architectural history to address complex issues of race, globalization, work, class, migration, and ...
Review: “Kannan Arunasalam captured this anxiety in his poignant film installation The Tent”
“The photographies of the protests thus visually encompassed the tension between the counter-political and the anti-political permitted by the ambivalence of photography. Kannan Arunasalam captured this anxiety in his poignant film installation. This consisted of ...
Review of ‘The Tent’: “By paying attention to films like Kannan’s, we might arrive at more expansive and transformative understandings of truth and justice”, Centre for Memory, Narrative & Histories
“What initially struck me about The Tent was its stillness and careful framing. Many of the shots appear like moving photographs, as opposed to narrative cinema. But the enduring image that I left with — the heart ...
Review of ‘The Tent’: “The resulting 20-minute film is quietly and profoundly affecting. Arunasalam’s camera captures the still moments of the women’s vigil”, The Yorkshire Post
“The resulting 20-minute film is quietly and profoundly affecting. Arunasalam’s camera captures the still moments of the women’s vigil as they sit silently, make tea, read or sweep the floor. It also features, by contrast, ...
Review of ‘The Tent’: “Their stories are engaging and Arunasalam’s imagery is arresting. The Tent is emotionally rich”, Corridor8
“The Tent is his first gallery exhibition and provided an opportunity for him to explore the two-screen format. Steady, full colour footage adjoins hand-held black and white; creating a contrast between repose and agitation and ...
Review of ‘I Am’ exhibit: “a rich portrait of a region through the eyes of its elders”, New York Times, New York
“For viewers halfway around the world, “I Am” offers both a rich portrait of a region through the eyes of its elders, as well as a reminder of how, when racial or ethnic differences are ...
Recommendation: “The Tent is an incredibly moving work of art. Installed as a dual screen work The Tent demonstrated how suited Kannan’s work is for a gallery context”
“We worked with Kannan on his first solo exhibition in a UK gallery in early 2019. Central to the exhibition was a major co-commission The Tent which was supported by the British Council and Arts Council England ...