Bio:
Arti is a Polish-born, London-based queer visual artist, anthropologist and experimental filmmaker working at the intersection of art and academia. Their practice merges moving image, animation, desktop recordings, archive footage, and critical theory to challenge ingrained social norms and elements of the daily life, and to interrogate identity labels. Arti is particularly interested in the theories of modernity, hyperreality, human-non-human relations and the ethics of representation. Through collaborative and long-term oriented film-research and community projects, Arti aims to contribute to the global anti-capitalist grassroots social justice movements. They are also an avid backpacker and a forager.

Context:
Arti is a 2024 graduate of BA Anthropology & Visual Practice at Goldsmiths, University of London. With intent to stay connected with fellow visual anthropology uni mates who were also into making movies, Arti decided to set up a platform and an online archive which then grew into KONTEKST collective.

KONTEKST:
2023: Arti organised the first Visual Anthropology Films film showcase event to test see if the project would gather audience, screened their London Trans+ Pride Archive Film at the event, set up the website and social media;
2024: founded KONTEKST collective, facilitated meetings, drafted the manifesto, ran online platforms;
2025: facilitated KONTEKST Film Fest: ARCHIVE (programming, curation, admin, design, promo, comms).
Arti is currently a member of KONTEKST’s admin team.