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.](https://cementfields.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Mikhail-Karikis-Aint-Got-No-Fear-2016-Production-still-1200x675.png)
Mikhail Karikis, Ain't Got No Fear, 2016 (production still). Image courtesy of the artist.
![Mikhail Karikis, portrait, 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw](https://cementfields.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ooto_portraits_mikhail_karikis_11_6324-1200x800.jpg)
Mikhail Karikis, portrait, 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw
![Mikhail Karikis, Beatmaking, Sampling & VJing Workshop, 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw](https://cementfields.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ooto_mikhail_karikis_event_054-1200x800.jpg)
Mikhail Karikis, Beatmaking, Sampling & VJing Workshop, 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw
![Mikhail Karikis, Beatmaking, Sampling & VJing Workshop, 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw](https://cementfields.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ooto_mikhail_karikis_event_165-1200x800.jpg)
Mikhail Karikis, Beatmaking, Sampling & VJing Workshop, 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw
![Mikhail Karikis, Beatmaking, Sampling & VJing Workshop, 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw](https://cementfields.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ooto_mikhail_karikis_event_177-1200x800.jpg)
Mikhail Karikis, Beatmaking, Sampling & VJing Workshop, 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw
![Mikhail Karikis, workshop, Grain 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw](https://cementfields.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Mikhail-Karikis-Aint-Got-No-Fear-workshop-2016.-Photograph_-Felicity-Cranshaw-212-1200x675.jpg)
Mikhail Karikis, workshop, Grain 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw
![Mikhail Karikis, Mobile Cinema , 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw](https://cementfields.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ooto_mikhail_karikis_event_065-1200x800.jpg)
Mikhail Karikis, Mobile Cinema , 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw
![Mikhail Karikis, Mobile Cinema , 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw](https://cementfields.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ooto_mikhail_karikis_event_fri_011-1200x800.jpg)
Mikhail Karikis, Mobile Cinema , 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw
![Mikhail Karikis, Mobile Cinema , 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw](https://cementfields.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ooto_mikhail_karikis_event_fri_009-1200x800.jpg)
Mikhail Karikis, Mobile Cinema , 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw
![Mikhail Karikis, Mobile Cinema , 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw](https://cementfields.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ooto_mikhail_karikis_event_127-1200x800.jpg)
Mikhail Karikis, Mobile Cinema , 2015. Photo: Felicity Cranshaw