Bananaland
Loukia Alavanou
In Bananaland, Loukia Alavanou combines pictures from the banana farming village of Los Ángeles in southern Ecuador with a mix of found footage fragments: American documentaries from the 1950s on the origin of bananas, pictures of historical dioramas from the colonial era and blaring kids’ television are brought together to form a gloomy collage about the literally toxic long-term effects of colonial structures.
Loukia Alavanou
Loukia Alavanou was born in 1979 in Athens and lives and works in Belgium. She obtained an MA in Photography/ Fine Art from the Royal College of Art, London in 2005 and has been working with film and installations for over a decade. Her references stem from cinema, and in particular Walt Disney’s early films, UK post-war documentaries, educational films from the United States but also the filmography of Ingmar Bergman.
Films by Loukia Alavanou (Selection)
The Green Room 2016 | The Hunter 2014 | Merciful, Wonderful 2013 | Ducktator 2012 | Eruption of the Father 2011 | Episodio 9791 2010 | Put Your Loving Hand Out 2009 | There Is Nothing Between Us 2008 | Birds and Feathers 2006 | Cactus 2004
