Nikon Presents: Alia Ali – Speaking in Image
Alia Ali’s practice harnesses a variety of art mediums- and yet all her work integrates photography and is rooted in its historical narrative– even before 1816. Photography is the foundation. She describes it as “the core, the language– the bones” of her practice. It is not the parentheses, but rather the syntax that draws together a wide range of mediums and makers. She collaborates across the globe with carvers, weavers, printers and fabricators. Join us in experiencing the world and her practice through her Nikon lens. In her talk, Alia revisits the concept of the image, the imagination and photograph as a practice, art form and voice.
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Speakers
Alia Ali
Alia Ali is a Yemeni-Bosnian-US multi-media artist. A child of migrant linguists, Ali has traveled to sixty-seven countries, lived in and between seven, and grown up among five languages. Working between language, photography, video, textile, and installation, her works broadens into immersive installations utilizing light to move past language and offer an expansive understanding of self, culture, and photography.
Ali is a graduate of Wellesley College and the California Institute of the Arts. She lives and works in and between Paris, Marrakech, Jaipur and New Orleans.