Bios:

Ian Purnell

Filmmaker Ian Purnell works at the interface of visual art and documentary. His work has been shown at international festivals, including Visions du Réel Nyon, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Documenta Madrid, and Ann Arbor Film Festival. Ian Purnell conceives cinematic works, among others at Schauspiel Leipzig, Hebbel am Ufer, and most recently at the Center for Literature Burg Hülshoff. With his debut film in development, “Arctic Link”, he won the Berlinale Kompagnon Förderpreis 2020. Ian Purnell studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne and at the Academy of Film and Television Potsdam-Babelsberg.

Southbound studios includes:

Kamil Hassim

Kamil Hassim (b.1997, Durban, South Africa), is an artist and cosmo-technologist whose practice operates at the intersection of art, frontier science, and indigenous knowledge systems. His work investigates how different cultural and technological frameworks produce distinct realities and the resulting social, technological, and spiritual possibilities they make available. During his Master’s programme at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, Kamil was awarded the prestigious Connect residency at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the major Astronomical observatories in South Africa for his work and research. These engagements have grounded his practice in dialogue with scientific communities working at the limits of perception and measurement.

Benji Anstey

Benji Anstey (Systems & Operations Lead) is a podcast creator, artist manager, and the lead guitarist of Operation Khataza, an 8-piece afro-futurist band based in Cape Town.