I create short films that blend together digital footage, field recordings and abstract imagery created using lo-fi, analogue techniques.
Born in Croydon, I have spent my life living in South East London, within the shadow landscape of the Great North Wood, an ancient woodland that once stretched from Croydon to the Thames at Deptford. My work explores my immediate environment and for many years was rooted in Deptford, where I lived until recently. For nearly a decade my home was a guardianship in a former school where the playground surrounding me evolved into a space reclaimed by plants and wildlife.
My films explore my relationship with this landscape, with a particular focus on light, texture, and sound. Living closely among plants, birds, animals, and insects, I developed an intimacy with the playground eco-system through being embedded within it. I am currently working on a new, longer film that draws on my experience of living there, exploring themes of home, multi-species co-habitation, ‘weeds’, and housing.
Education:
2019-2020 MA Artists’ Film & Moving Image, (Distinction) Goldsmiths, University of London
2006-2010 BA Hons Design for Graphic Communication, (First class) London College of Communication, UAL
2004-2005 Art Foundation, Central Saint Martins, UAL
Contact: annamolan@outlook.com
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