Reviews/Press/Media
Reviews for ‘Anatomy of a Protest’ feedback screenings, Jan — March 2024
A selection of the overwhelmingly encouraging responses to our feedback screenings of ‘Anatomy of a Protest’, held ...
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 ...
Recommendation: “Kannan’s work penetrates and embraces wide-ranging social, anthropological, aesthetic and political domains, unfolding and revealing surprisingly deep poetic and compelling narratives”, Professor Mark Raymond, Director, Graduate School of Architecture
“Kannan's work penetrates and embraces wide-ranging social, anthropological, aesthetic and political domains, unfolding and revealing surprisingly deep ...
Finalist: ‘Sri Lanka’s Rebel Wife’ shortlisted for best documentary film, DIG Awards, Modena, Italy
“This documentary by British-Sri Lankan filmmaker Kannan Arunasalam follows Tamil politician and human rights activist Ananthy Sasitharan ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Interview with Alex Fitch, Electric Sheep Magazine Podcast about ‘The Tent’ solo exhibition in Brighton
“In this month’s Electric Sheep Magazine Podcast, Alex Fitch looks at the presentation of documentaries in art ...
Press release: “The Tent marks his first commission specifically for a contemporary art context”, The Creative Tourist, 4 March 2019
“British-Sri Lankan documentary filmmaker and human rights lawyer, Kannan Arunasalam’s work focuses on stories from Asia and ...
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 ...