“We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light.”

Artist bio 29/07/25

Julia Brown is a filmmaker and artist whose work centres on process of witnessing herself. Her practice is somatic—rooted not in performance, but in presence. Working with 16mm film and other tactile mediums, she creates work that flickers, fogs, and resists easy resolution. For Julia, image-making is not a means of control, but of listening: to the nervous system, to memory, to what the body has held in silence.

After years of moving through the world in a state of disconnection, whilst working in film production, her creative process has become a method of return. She films not to explain, but to feel. Her films are not declarations—they are conversations with herself, spoken in gesture, breath, birdsong, and grain.

She lives and works in the UK.

contact: juliafionabrown410@gmail.com

Here are is her most recent projects:

This film “ Birds talk to humans all the time” was released on the 11th of October 2024