Film and text by Alex Schuchmann

Born in Essex to immigrant parents from Beijing, Kelly Wu works across sculpture,
installation, and performance. Their practice explores memory and culture through found objects and personal archives, often touching on race, gender, and class—though these themes are deliberately withheld or obscured. Writing and life-art performances extend and complicate
these ideas, blurring the lines between art and everyday life.

We met them in L'Angelo Cafe in London for a quick chat over eggs and coffee before Kelly went off to work. We hope you enjoy this new format of films, where we meet someone casually and talk.

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  • A day in the studio with Giulio Noccesi

    A day in the studio with Giulio Noccesi

    Filmmaker Alex Schuchmann visits painter Giulio Noccesi in his Turin studio for an intimate 20-minute portrait exploring the memories, people and imagined worlds that shape his quietly surreal practice.

    A day in the studio with Giulio Noccesi

    Filmmaker Alex Schuchmann visits painter Giulio Noccesi in his Turin studio for an intimate 20-minute portrait exploring the memories, people and imagined worlds that shape his quietly surreal practice.

  • Days in the studio with Sedona Cohen

    Days in the studio with Sedona Cohen

    Filmed across three locations, the film offers an intimate look into Sedona's studio practice, her evolving symbolic language, and her deep connection to the natural world.

    Days in the studio with Sedona Cohen

    Filmed across three locations, the film offers an intimate look into Sedona's studio practice, her evolving symbolic language, and her deep connection to the natural world.

  • 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman in Copenhagen - Eloïse Duguay

    24 Hours in the Life of a Woman in Copenhagen -...

    Built between sea and sky, Copenhagen moves at its own rhythm. A city of harbours, museums, gardens, and long summer evenings, it invites observation rather than urgency. For the second...

    24 Hours in the Life of a Woman in Copenhagen -...

    Built between sea and sky, Copenhagen moves at its own rhythm. A city of harbours, museums, gardens, and long summer evenings, it invites observation rather than urgency. For the second...

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