Mikhail Karikis worked for almost a year with teenage boys from the Isle of Grain – a stark and sparsely populated Kentish marshland dominated by industry, military ruins and rare wetland birds towards. Workshops and events, held around Grain between 2015 and 2016, all contributed towards a film, Ain’t Got No Fear, co-written and filmed with the boys, which premiered in Grain Village Hall before being shown at Whitstable Biennale 2016.
Mikhail Karikis
Ain't Got No Fear
2015 – 2016

Mikhail Karikis, Ain't Got No Fear, 2016 (production still). Image courtesy of the artist.

Mikhail Karikis, portrait, 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw

Mikhail Karikis, Beatmaking, Sampling & VJing Workshop, 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw

Mikhail Karikis, Beatmaking, Sampling & VJing Workshop, 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw

Mikhail Karikis, Beatmaking, Sampling & VJing Workshop, 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw

Mikhail Karikis, workshop, Grain 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw

Mikhail Karikis, Mobile Cinema , 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw

Mikhail Karikis, Mobile Cinema , 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw

Mikhail Karikis, Mobile Cinema , 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw

Mikhail Karikis, Mobile Cinema , 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw