Amy regularly collaborates with visual artist Hetain Patel on various projects. Hetain's films, sculptures and live performances have been presented globally, from Tate Modern and Sadler’s Wells, London to Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai and Ullens Centre of Contemporary Art, Beijing. Online, his videos have been viewed over 30 million times, including his TED Talk of 2013 titled 'Who Am I? Think Again.'
Amy and Hetain have recently performed their work together with a 10-piece live ensemble in contemporary arts/performance space Rich Mix. Described as "a hugely original collision of film, performance and live music", the two night performance was "a playful and subversive journey into image, identity, language and love in contemporary Britain."
Amy and Hetain have recently performed their work together with a 10-piece live ensemble in contemporary arts/performance space Rich Mix. Described as "a hugely original collision of film, performance and live music", the two night performance was "a playful and subversive journey into image, identity, language and love in contemporary Britain."
The Jump
The Jump, connects the widely recognised fantasy of Hollywood action and superhero films, with the domestic setting of his British Indian family home in the UK. Featuring 17 of his family members, The Jump is shot in Patel’s Grandmother’s home, the house that he and all of his immigrant relatives have lived in at various points since 1967, and where his Grandmother still lives. |
Don't Look At The Finger
‘Don’t Look at the Finger’ is, at one level, an exploration of how the highly stylised genre conventions of Hong Kong martial arts movies have permeated the mainstream through the influence of directors like Quentin Tarantino and in blockbusters like The Matrix. It is also a reminder of how some of the highly specific signature symbols of historical cultural traditions and languages can become interestingly blurred and entangled in today’s hybrid and eclectic visual landscape. Shot in a church, Don’t Look At The Finger presents a wedding ceremony where bodies speak physically, where the protagonists seek human connection through ritual, combat and signed languages. |