The Art of Working (Internationally) - AJA
UKNA is delighted to share the first in a trio of short films commissioned in partnership with Eurodesk UK, as part of Eurodesk’s Time to Move 2020 campaign.
The Art of Working (Internationally) is a series of short documentary films featuring interviews and work from three UK artists. The interviews focus on the influence and impact of having international experiences either through festivals, exhibitions, performances or residencies.
The first film features AJA, who discusses her practice, collaborations, and reflects on her experiences of performing at CTM Festival at Berghain and working with Sounds Queer in Vienna. Noise artist AJA stages some of the most captivating and confrontational performances in the electronic music underground, inviting a reciprocative catharsis between her and the audience. The sonic density in her work borders on the psychedelic, as deep drones are ripped apart by arrhythmic percussion; all the while her stage presence, a mess of fluorescent paint and exposed flesh, create an overwhelming experience.
AJA is one of UKNA's Alumni, having participated in our Blackpool Weekender residency in 2017.
Enabling artists to share their work internationally and immerse themselves in cross-cultural creative practice is a cornerstone of UKNA's work. Our international projects put artists’ voices on the global stage. We create opportunities to share art and performance with international audiences, and for artists to collaborate across borders and cultures. Often, these opportunities are artists’ first experience of working and showing internationally. As the UK creates a new identity and position on the world stage, the arts play an important role in shaping that identity. Find out more about our international projects here.
This project is kindly funded by Eurodesk UK. Find out how you could learn, work and volunteer across Europe with Eurodesk UK.
The Art of Working (Internationally) films have been created by Underhill Creative. All social distancing guidelines in place at the time have been adhered to.