Film Series

The Infinite Line
The Identification of Linda Karshan

April 2020

Choreographed by Linda Karshan
Directed & filmed by Marco Agostinelli of R.O.S.A.M. Productions, Venice

Beginning in 2019, Italian filmmaker Marco Agostinelli traced Linda Karshan’s footsteps as she moved through her London studio to the iconic cultural spaces that both inform her drawing and inspire her writings.

Linda Karshan would like to thank and credit her collaborator Ishmael Annobil for original ideas and sequences for shots of her walks and studio practice which have been used as the basis for sequences in this film.

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The Infinite Line
The Identification of Linda Karshan

Filmed in Karshan’s Dulwich Studio, Coventry, and in Karshan’s home.

The Ancient Greeks aspired to ARETE, or virtue; they aspired to excellence of body, mind and character.

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The Infinite Line N.1
The Identification of Linda Karshan

Filmed at the John Soane’s Museum, London and Karshan’s Dulwich Studio

" I am able to recognize celestial and terrestrial omens and can discuss them in an assembly of scholars"

- King Ashurbanipal -

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The Infinite Line N.2
The Identification of Linda Karshan

Filmed in the British Museum and Karshan’s Dulwich Studio

"Extraordinary how mathematics can help you to know yourself"

- Samuel Beckett, Molloy -

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The Infinite Line N.3
The Identification of Linda Karshan, “My Studio”

Filmed on drive to Karshan’s Dulwich Studio.

The Baptism of Christ is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca. Painted in egg tempera on two panels of poplar wood, the dating ...

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The Infinite Line N.4
The Identification of Linda Karshan, “My Piero”

Filmed at the National Gallery, London and Karshan’s Dulwich Studio.