"Julianknxx is a poet of the in-between. Working across moving image, performance and installation, the Sierra Leonean artist channels the potent forces of memory, grief and migration. Rooted in poetry, his practice of creating what he has described as a "living archive" is set against shifting landscapes of London, Freetown, Amsterdam and more - each place carrying its own weight of history and longing."
"As part of the major new exhibition Paradigm Shift: A New Dimension of Moving Image, currently running at 180 Studios and co-curated by Jefferson Hack, Julian k nxx was commissioned by 180 Studios in partnership with Ray-Ban Meta to present a new work that adopts and harnesses the power of Ray-Ban Meta glasses and explores the alternative possibilities and perspectives through its 12MP camera. His film, ...M?, invites us to see as the masquerade sees: between worlds."
"As with other works by the artist, ...M? pulses with a charged emotional undercurrent and the spectral, uncanny presence of liminal space - the elsewhere, the displaced, the unknown and the familiar, all existing in the same shared place. The masquerade functions as more than a spectacle; it's an incantation of sorts, summoning creative forces in a way that has the potential to transfigure our experiences."
Julianknxx creates moving-image, performance and installation work rooted in poetry that channels memory, grief and migration. His practice constructs a "living archive" situated across London, Freetown, Amsterdam and other shifting landscapes, each bearing histories and longing. The Black body operates as archive, vessel and spirit in motion rather than a fixed identity. The recurring masquerade, drawn from West African and Caribbean traditions, navigates liminal space between past and future, visibility and invisibility. Commissioned for Paradigm Shift at 180 Studios in partnership with Ray-Ban Meta, ...M? uses Ray-Ban Meta's 12MP camera to present a masquerade moving through Brixton Village and surrounding streets, inviting perspectives between worlds.
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