Turbulence is an animated film about noise pollution in the London Underground. The film is semi-autobiographical, and is a work of speculative fiction - it imagines the extent to which people might be willing to comply to what doesn’t serve them.
This film was created following Brown’s research fellowship - the John Akomfrah Research Fellowship, funded by Lisson Gallery, Royal College of Art, and Smoking Dogs Films - and was largely inspired by conversations with Brown’s friend and former colleague at the Royal College of Art - academic, designer and musician David Quartey.
This film was created following Brown’s research fellowship - the John Akomfrah Research Fellowship, funded by Lisson Gallery, Royal College of Art, and Smoking Dogs Films - and was largely inspired by conversations with Brown’s friend and former colleague at the Royal College of Art - academic, designer and musician David Quartey.
Graphic Novel
Turbulence also exists as a graphic novel.
Please email canaanjbrown@outlook.com for enquiries, with regards to viewing the film and the graphic novel.
Please email canaanjbrown@outlook.com for enquiries, with regards to viewing the film and the graphic novel.
Overarching Project: Canaan’s Lugubria, 2025
Canaan’s Lugubria is a ‘phase’ - a selection of speculative fiction works that portray more sombre, mellow, lugubrious stories, compared to the artist’s former work. Based largely on Brown’s own experiences, the works are semi-autobiographical, and interplay fantasy and surrealism.
Turbulence is the first in this series.
Turbulence is the first in this series.