Vincent Liyanage

“Don't be afraid to be unknown. That's what Vincent says.

Vincent has past his 80th year.

He still disappears into the forest sometimes. He dislikes the city, even as it envelopes him and erodes the more hidden values he cherishes.

Birds. Elephants. Drifting Peraharas. Building umbrellas and battles with Mara.

Things come to him from untold sources.

Bilaal meets Vincent for coffee and they discuss murals.

Bilaal lives in the city. Rural life is a fantasy. If he ventures into the forest, it's with leech repellent and hiking boots.

Markets, text messages, and fragmented light from side mirrors made of adhd.

What can an artist in his 80s tell an artist in his 30s? What does the extra 50 years buy you?

Ratknot try to film all this.

Artwork is created, murals are pasted, poems are recited, footage is captured.

Perhaps there is a glimpse of something to be discovered about the creative process. Or about lives seemingly far apart but converging regardless.

One last thought from Vincent.

Dare to be still.”

Are You Lost Too? Should We Sit Down Together? is an intimate collaboration between artists Vincent Liyanage and Bilaal Raji Saheed featuring a film by Ratknot. A coming together of multigenerational artists poses important questions about exploring sites of creativity as well as investigating and being celebrated through different spaces and archives of times gone by and what might be.