Petti has been filming carnival in Trinidad for a number of years, with works spanning a range of genres (fiction, documentary, music videos).

At the SLG, the screening presents her ever evolving archive and lens and discusses the ever changing meaning and shape of carnival across the diaspora.

An in-conversation will follow the screening hosted by writer and cultural producer Yaya Azariah Clarke.

Programme curated by Lauren Gee.

ABOUT SHARI PETTI

Shari Petti, a film director, cinematographer, archivist and educator, is driven by a deep curiosity about the human experience and a desire to give voice to the underrepresented. Drawing from her Trinidadian heritage, Shari’s films explore the complexities of Caribbean identity, culture, and history. A Fulbright scholar with an MFA in Cinematography from Florida State University and double major in Film Production and Film Studies from the University of the West Indies, Shari is adept at crafting documentaries, narrative films, experimental videos, commercials, music videos, and photographs. Shari also works in experimental video having collaborated with contemporary artist Christopher Cozier on “All around us – elsewheres are beginnings and endings” as a cinematographer for the 2019 Sharjah Biennial as well as Curator Andil Gosine as cinematographer for his film on artist Wendy Nanan which exhibited at the Art Museum of the Americas. Shari has been an artist in residence at Alice Yard in Trinidad, Oxford Brookes University, and recently completed a fellowship with the Caribbean Film Academy in Miami via The Third Horizon Film Festival. She currently teaches Cinematography at the University of the West Indies St. Augustine serves as founder and creative director of Scene Productions Limited (@scenepresents).

ABOUT YAYA AZARIAH CLARKE

Yaya Azariah Clarke is a British-Jamaican writer and cultural producer from South London, specialising in Black visual and sonic cultures. Their research currently centres the contextualisation of Black short film across the diaspora, as well as sound system culture between Jamaica and Britain. They were previously staff writer at It's Nice That and a facilitator for Dulwich Picture Gallery and The Barbican.

ACCESS

This event is seated
Room will be dark during screenings.
Wheelchair access and accessible toilets are available at this site.
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Carnival as an archive: Shari Petti