Sonia Levy
Creatures of the Lines
Video Room, alexander levy
Nov 15 – Dec 20, 2024
Opening: Nov 15, 6-9pm

The gallery is pleased to announce our next opening in the Video Room of Creatures of the Lines by Sonia Levy. 

Creatures of the Lines is a collaborative artist film with anthropologist Heather Anne Swanson. It examines how England’s waterways have been reshaped for economic growth, transforming curving, natural landscapes into linear structures. Focusing on canals built during the British Empire to connect Indian cotton fields with English mills, the film reveals the ecological impact of colonial capitalism, from industrial pollution in England to monoculture in the colonies. By telling stories from within these altered waterways, it invites reflection on ecological changes tied to global economic infrastructure.

Image credit:  Sonia Levy, Creatures of the Lines, 2024, still, in Collaboration with Heather Anne Swanson, single-channel 4K video, colour, stereo sound, 17 min 32 sec, courtesy of Sonia Levy.