United KINGDOM

Panopticon, Video

Free from what?, Video

My practice currently focuses on moving images as a powerful tool for political exploration. Drawing on the insights of writers like Mark Fisher, I delve into the psychic and structural effects of living in a late-capitalist and increasingly devastated reality—where economic pressure, cultural repetition, and uncertain futures shape our inner lives and social environments. Central to this exploration is a deep interrogation of systemic control: the subtle and overt mechanisms through which capitalist structures manage behaviour, limit imagination, and manufacture consent. My work is explicitly anti-capitalist, serving not merely as a stance but as a lens to reveal the contradictions and constraints that permeate our everyday experiences, all while signalling the potential for meaningful political resistance. Through a blend of found footage, personal recordings, text, and animation, I create layered visual environments that blur the lines between documentary, critique, and poetic disruption. I am motivated by the desire to expose cognitive dissonance—the tension between what we know and what we are conditioned to accept through hegemony. By interrupting familiar narratives and destabilising passive viewing, I aim to illuminate the often-hidden forces that shape our lives, work, care, and visions for the future—forces that thrive on being overlooked to maintain their influence. My installations and moving-image work seek to spark moments of recognition—cracks in the façade of normality where the grip of the system loosens and the possibility of resistance shines through. In a culture that often claims there is no alternative, my practice works tirelessly to create a space for questioning, unsettling, and envisioning something beyond the prevailing logics and constraints. In doing so, it gestures toward the urgency—and the potential—for collective political empowerment and fight back!.

Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKosp1R_8L6XPc457jKG9tA

Social: @alisonvetters