Alberta Whittle | RESET

RESET was co-commissioned and produced by Frieze and Forma as the Frieze Artist Award 2020. The moving-image work is informed by the writings of queer theorist, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, interweaving gothic imagery, fears of contagion, xenophobia and the ensuing moral panic that often follows such anxieties. Exploring timely questions relating to personal healing and the cultivation of hope in hostile environments such as the ensuing global pandemic, colonialism or xenophobia, this urgent political film there are moments of grief and reflection, but also empathy and desire. This work is currently exhibited as a solo exhibition at Jupiter Artland (31st July – 31st October 2021) and at the Gothenberg Biennial (4th Sept – 21st November 2021).