Gian Sanghera-Warren

[Guy•an Sanghera-Warren]

he/they

< all members

A stylized eye symbol with a circle in the center, surrounded by lines indicating light or focus, on a black background.

KONTEKST SPOTLIGHT

Black and white portrait of a smiling person with short curly hair, earrings, nose piercing, wearing a sleeveless top.

Contact:
Full portfolio: https://gianssw.cargo.site/
Instagram: @gian_sw

Based in:
London (UK)

Bio:
Gian is a dance artist and performer based in London. His work is informed by digital culture and trends, uncovering how the virtual world can be a site of both personal and communal memory. Through creating interdisciplinary performance work, Gian explores the boundaries between the physical and virtual body through semi-improvised movement, projection, installation and film.

Context:
Gian became involved with the collective after submitting his workshop proposal for the festival open call.

KONTEKST:
2025: Gian’s workshop Faux expressionism: Movement, simulation and archivism in the digital age was featured at KONTEKST Film Fest: ARCHIVE.

PROJECTS:

A man with dark curly hair is sitting on a chair on stage, wearing a black sweatshirt with 'Thomas Burberry' written on it. He is in front of a table with a silver MacBook and a small blue speaker. Behind him is a large projection screen displaying a slide with images and text discussing teenagers and expressions. The setting appears to be an indoor event or presentation, with a wooden wall and various items on the floor, including cables and a can.

Faux expressionism: Movement, simulation and archivism in the digital age (2024)

workshop / talk

A talk exploring the theory of Faux Expressionism (the idea that movement online is contemporarily being used to represent emotion in a way that is abstract and disconnected from its original meaning) followed by a practical workshop where the audience members were invited to experiment with motion-reactive software turning their movements into a core-core video.

Hosted at KONTEKST Film Fest: ARCHIVE (Feb 2025).

Read more about the project and see the footage from the activity here [link coming soon]

MENTIONS:

Faux Expressionism: Simulation, semiotics and movement in the digital age (2024) - Gian’s in-depth essay on the topic of Faux Expressionism for the XenoFuturism magazine.