Through textiles, films and works on paper, this free to attend exhibition explores how one of the world's most ubiquitous materials has shaped the relationship between Britain and South Asia. Screening of short film charting the oral history of Sima’s father and his textile career from India to Blackburn.
Current gallery exhibition at Craft Council
Sima Gonsai is a visual artist and independent filmmaker from the UK with a passion for artistic storytelling in dance and film. For the past twelve years, she has directed and produced regional and international work in film, screen dance, drama and digital installation.
Sima Gonsai is a Midlands based artist-filmmaker, director and producer. At the heart of Sima’s practice is a desire to tell stories, rooted in intergenerational, social and cultural histories. Her films have explored bodily signatures from differently abled groups, environmental exploration, climate emergency and connecting communities across the globe via bicycle read more…
Sima Gonsai’s artist-filmmaker work is rooted in the senses, using movement in film as a tool to explore belonging, cross-cultural connections and narrative-led storytelling.
Screen dance is an art form that merges dance, film and music. Presenting a collection of artistic films responding to climate change, inclusion and connected histories. Capturing bodies in motion to explore deep human narratives by combining choreography and cinematography.
As well as creating and producing her own films, Sima Gonsai supports and mentors artists from digital, dance and visual art backgrounds.
Broadcast credits include BBCArts, SkyArts, B2022 Cultural Festival for The Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Sima is a resident curator for BAFTA qualifying Flatpack Film Festival, a judge for One Dance UK and screendance festivals across the globe.
Alberta Whittle, Commonwealth Games, One Dance UK, MOVING PORTRAITS and more…
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