CURRENTLY WORKING ON
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SHORT FILM: TOPOS
A poetic short documentary film for gallery exhibition exploring ancestral lands and topographies of the Mediterranean.
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CULTURAL CONTNET: HERITAGE BRIDES
Video editing & post-production on an intimate vignette profiling the heritage bridal gowns & traditions of a Saudi Arabian village.
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WRITING ON: REGENERATIVE TRAVEL
A research communications article meets travel journal exploring a new approach to travel - one that regenerates local landscapes, both ecological and cultural.
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RADIO: CRAFT AND SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
Two conversations with craft retailers exploring the connection between crafted goods and more sustainable consumption habits, for Monocle Radio.
ABOUT ISSABELLA
I AM A FILMMAKER, WRITER, ARTIST, and COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT obsessed with our roots: heritage, craft, personal histories, mythology, human relationships with places, and the stories behind arts & culture.
THROUGH MY CREATIVE STUDIO, AETIA, I bring a thoughtful, layered approach to profiling art & artists, creatives, craft, cultures, places and communities. My work with clients and on journalistic projects investigates the art of real life - through culture, craft, creative people and processes - and the life behind art - the people, processes, meanings, and experiences that give a work its power.
IN MY CREATIVE PRACTICE, I make films and write editorials & poetry following similar themes; exploring how the past shapes and remains tethered to our present lives through mythology, self-understanding and the supernatural.