About the work

This drawing is part of an ongoing series of posters for future performances.
Drawing is always an important part of the preparatory process whilst planning my performances; there is freedom and scope for ambition within it and as I sometimes have ideas that may be difficult (or impossible) to manifest in real life, these posters can host these ideas and the notion that they are indeed possible.
The child here is my son Zephyr and his ‘defiant ride’ is a comment on the complex interdependence between parents and children and the need for the future generations to break from and sometimes rebel against what they have inherited by us.
It is also a reminder of our collective responsibility towards all children and the world they live in.
The steel moon, steel wind and theatre light tracks are all elements of my bigger-than-me human attempt to build worlds of possibilities.

Date and country of birth

1983, GR

Career Highlights

Fani Parali lives and works in London. She studied BA Sculpture at Camberwell College of Arts and completed her postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy Schools. Recent solo exhibitions have included AONYX and DREPAN & THE MINDERS OF THE WARM, Southwark Park Galleries, London, (2020) and The Creatures, Chalton Gallery, London (2018).

Recent group exhibitions include:

Acts of Creation, Art and Motherhood curated by Hettie Judah for Hayward Touring (2024);

Voice and the Machine Symposium, Royal College of Arts organised by Eleni Ikoniadou, London (2023);

Can You Hear It?, Cooke Latham Gallery, London, (2022);

Her Voice, ICA, London (2019).