Socially engaged curating: A collaboration between Videocity and Manchester School of Art

Ancient Cycles 2023
Artists: Habiba El-Sayed and Corrie Francis Parks

about this project

To the human eye circles are abundant in nature and in our universe. We pick up on shapes, symmetry and dimensions and from a geometry perspective the circle is the parent of all shapes. Socially, we have family circles, form friendship and work circles with others whom we interact within our daily tasks. Circles are also deeply connected to the language of anxiety, we have all felt the spiral, the feeling of running around in circles going nowhere. In many ways the cycle of life can be represented by the circle. Ancient Cycles aims to represent the fragility and perseverance of the natural planet and what that means to the survival of us and our heritage.