Mohan Welstand-Keryk
Directing
Biography
Mohan Welstand-Keryk (/‘wɛl.stænd ˈkɛ.rɪk/WEL-stahnd KEH-rik born April 5th 2002) is a multidisciplinary artist. He started out in dance having trained in various styles and gone on to choreograph work alongside his study of fine art. He then started his exploration of film after beginning studying it in Liverpool.
Known For
Lennie is starting her first novel, finally striking out and taking her first step to her ambitions while keeping her relationship and social life afloat. Rosie and Lennie have been dating a while and now their relationship is becoming strained and imbalanced. The more Lennie writes the more she learns about herself and her relationship.
The Dog and Snake
Filmed from the last night of Tihar, festival of light, in Kathmandu 2025, exploring colour, light and stillness.
Tihar's End (तिहारको अन्त्य)
Adaptation of the poem "These Days" by Joseph Winder. A man has a cup of coffee in his flat.
These Days
A short stop motion animation taking us in to a ocean world made from the deep dark contents of your work bag
Marina Drama
The first of five interview short films with renowned painter Edward Povey during the install of a collection of four paintings at 2 Blackburne Terrace. In the first interview we see the install and dive into our first painting.
Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Stories we are made of
Dancer - Mohan W-Keryk Sound- Beyond Reach Ben Garnett
Pigmented Movement I 2024
An exploration of stop motion without any intended narrative or continuity with an unusual medium
Nonarrativehair
One of five interviews with Edward Povey upon installing a collection of paintings
Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Sequence and Sisters
As Cass sits in her room the more and more her environment seems uncertain and reflect her memories back at her.
Tinted
Our bonds and connections to one another. What is our suffering when confronted with others suffering? This film aims, through movement, to explore that and our bonds of friendship.
SHIPS - a dance film
A collaborative short dance film by dancers Michael Angelo Turner-Lee and Mohan Welstand-Keryk. Made with the intention of combatting the prevailing tendencies in modern society of supressing emotion, hypermasculinity, and percieving oneself as isolated from all else.
Root Connection
A collaborative film created during Lockdown in response to the political landscape and the work of Daisaku Ikeda.
Letter to a Young Man
An up-and-coming artist struggles to navigate her relationship with a down-on-his-luck writer. With her art beginning to see more success, it is overshadowed by the growing rift between her and her boyfriend, which threatens to take centre stage.
Nova 1885
An ex-couple sharing a taxi home are hit with the news of an impending nuclear attack minutes away and spend what might be their final moments trying to make sense of their fate and former relationship.
Before It Hits
The journey of one day in Warsaw. 452 photos exploring the journeys of the day, blindly scored with a synth soundscape
Wyprawa
The third interview short in the Four Paintings series with painter Edward Povey. In this short he explores his painting Accomodation, considering how, in many ways, it shouldn't work but somehow does
Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Unfinished Tea
Interview with multi-disciplinary artist Liv Edwards discussing her work The World Turning Honest which focuses on Women's reproductive rights, delving in to the process of creating this installation work