Bustin’ My Knots

Grounded: Fashion's Entanglements with Nature | UK Tour
Written By Fashion In Film
Denmark, 2011. Director Jeannette Ehlers. 6min 22sec.

This video examines power structures and repression rooted in colonialism that continue to affect people of African descent. Drawing on African American hair culture, the work investigates destructive, inherited patterns of thought and the demoralising self-awareness they foster. The video is a 3D animated journey through the nervous system, created from scans of the artist’s own brain.  

Past screenings

Grounded: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature – UK Tour
Friday 19 September 2025, 19:00 | Arnolfini, Bristol
Presented as a part of ‘Cartographies of Memory,’ a programme featuring multiple shorts by Jeannette Ehlers and a discussion between the artist and Karen Alexander.

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