Alia Syed's guest appearances

Alia Syed

Tate Events

The Bigger Picture, presented by The British Film Institute

Alain De Botton

Marc Jacobs

David Smith

Ian McKellen

Louisa Buck

Michael Craig-Martin

David Shrigley

Richard Hamilton

Agnes Martin

Henri Matisse

Ian McEwan

Michael Palin

Michael Bracewell

William Blake

Greta Gerwig

OwlTail

Christine Molloy

Joe Lawlor

In the last of our suite of salons, Experimenta programmer and BFI head of cinemas Helen de Witt takes Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor’s (aka Desperate Optimists) Further Beyond and Alia Syed’s On a Wing and a Prayer as the point of departure for a conversation about journey, exile, and personal and formal risk-taking. Raising questions about the unreliability of mediation through narrative, and responding to a hazardous situation through recreating and embodying biographical details, both films use bravely exposed formal innovation to throw light on all too current questions of migration and displacement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the last of our suite of salons, Experimenta programmer and BFI head of cinemas Helen de Witt takes Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor’s (aka Desperate Optimists) Further Beyond and Alia Syed’s On a Wing and a Prayer as the point of departure for a conversation about journey, exile, and personal and formal risk-taking. Raising questions about the unreliability of mediation through narrative, and responding to a hazardous situation through recreating and embodying biographical details, both films use bravely exposed formal innovation to throw light on all too current questions of migration and displacement.<br/><p> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

BFI Experimenta Salon: Alia Syed, Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor

Audio recording of one of a series of 2009-10 events at Tate Britain entitled Conversation Pieces: Alia Syed

Conversation Pieces: Alia Syed