Timeline

UK, 2021. Director Osbert Parker. 10min.

Commissioned by London’s Migration Museum, Timeline traces lines formed by nature and culture – cracks in walls, tree branches, geological strata, outstretched strings or lines printed on textiles – to symbolically evoke British migration as a ‘journey’ that is ever-evolving yet also anchored to the earth and soil. Through its heightened materiality, Parker’s imagery conveys the physically visceral, environmental and social impacts of migration, positioning fashion and fabric as a subtle thread within these narratives over 400 years. 

Past screenings:

Grounded: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature – London
Thursday 22 May 2025, 19:00 | Barbican, Cinema 2
Presented as a part of the programme ‘Colonial Threads’.