An evening with visual artist Hetain Patel and guests, exploring Hetain’s work through the lenses of art, cinema, and the toy industry. In between screenings of a number of his recent short films, Don’t Look at the Finger and The Jump, Hetain will be chatting with experts from the worlds of cinema and toys and games. This includes film director Andy Delaney, Billy Langsworthy, co-founder of Mojo Nation, and Deej Johnson, a writer and creative consultant. The panel will be reflecting on Patel’s practice through their individual industry lenses, exploring the intersection of their worlds and the viability of artists interested to take a leap into other areas.

Don’t Look at the Finger is a major moving-image work by artist Hetain Patel from 2017. The film follows a ceremonial ‘fight’ between two protagonists, a man and a woman, in the grand architectural setting of a church. The way the characters communicate is a feat of choreography that combines Kung Fu with signed languages to express a ritualistic coming together.