Kannan Arunasalam is an award-winning British–Sri Lankan artist and filmmaker working across film, installation, and sound. His practice explores memory, resistance, and the afterlives of conflict and colonialism, often grounded in long-term
collaborations with communities and stories that have been marginalised, suppressed, or erased. His film ‘The Tent’ (2019) was presented in two solo exhibitions in the UK. Kannan recently completed his second feature documentary, ‘Republic of Amnesia’ (2025), about the protest movement in Sri Lanka.
Kannan Arunasalam
