Outputs (26)

OCCLUSION: Performative Re-use (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Archival repositories are results of historical narratives, but in turn, are also building blocks of new ones. This 40-minute artistic intervention / performative lecture takes the archival collec tions of mainly the Library of Congress as a starting... Read More about OCCLUSION: Performative Re-use.

When I Dare To Be Powerful International Conference: Online talk with Irene Lusztig (2023)
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When I Dare To Be Powerful Online Talk Series.

When I Dare to be Powerful International Conference brought filmmakers, artists, writers and activists together with conceptual thinkers and cultural theorists to answer pressing questions relating to... Read More about When I Dare To Be Powerful International Conference: Online talk with Irene Lusztig.

Near neighbours: Artificial intelligence and anti-racism as an activating pursuit in archival moving image practice (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being utilized in various fields including the film industry and archives. The use of AI as a film analysis tool has the potential to develop the way we understand and critique cinema. AI systems can be tr... Read More about Near neighbours: Artificial intelligence and anti-racism as an activating pursuit in archival moving image practice.

When I Dare To Be Powerful International Conference: In conversation with Ja' Tovia Monique Gary (2023)
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When I Dare To Be Powerful International Conference Podcast Series.

When I Dare to be Powerful International Conference brought filmmakers, artists, writers and activists together with conceptual thinkers and cultural theorists to answer pressing... Read More about When I Dare To Be Powerful International Conference: In conversation with Ja' Tovia Monique Gary.

When I Dare To Be Powerful International Conference. In conversation with Olivia Lopez Calderon (2023)
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When I Dare To Be Powerful International Conference Podcast Series.

When I Dare to be Powerful International Conference brought filmmakers, artists, writers and activists together with conceptual thinkers and cultural theorists to answer pressing... Read More about When I Dare To Be Powerful International Conference. In conversation with Olivia Lopez Calderon.

When I Dare To Be Powerful International Conference: In conversation with Ally Zlatar (2023)
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When I Dare To Be Powerful International Conference Podcast Series.

When I Dare to be Powerful International Conference brought filmmakers, artists, writers and activists together with conceptual thinkers and cultural theorists to answer pressing... Read More about When I Dare To Be Powerful International Conference: In conversation with Ally Zlatar.

Dynamics of family album photography within a Black British context (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In his talk, Shawn explored different dynamics of family album photography within a Black British context. He explored the phenomenon of the photowall, often curated by the mother figure in the house in the 70s and 80s. He also looked at how cherish... Read More about Dynamics of family album photography within a Black British context.

In conversation with Dr Julius Garvey MD (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

On Friday 21st October, Fairfield House was honoured to have Dr Julius Garvey MD, son of Jamaican national hero and Pan African visionary Marcus Garvey, visited Bath city.

Dr Garvey, is a Human rights activist, vascular surgeon and Medical Profes... Read More about In conversation with Dr Julius Garvey MD.

An inquiry into de/colonising educational relationships in higher education : An inquiry report (2022)
Report

This document reports on an 18 month inquiry into "de/colonising educational relationships in higher education" an element of which was a seminar series run for faculty, administrative staff and doctoral students at the University of Exeter. We led... Read More about An inquiry into de/colonising educational relationships in higher education : An inquiry report.

Re-visioning cultural, historical and gendered aspects of Nottingham's past and present (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Representing Rastafari and Ethiopian culture in life, creative practice, and research (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Imitations (2022)
Digital Artefact

A video essay concerning racial representations in Artificial Intelligence, delayed cinema, utilising Douglas Sirk's film Imitation of Life as Data.

Adivasi life and folklore event (2021)
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Seral Murmu is an Adivasi filmmaker from Jharkhand in India whose films draw on oral Adivasi narratives, magical realism and experimental cinematography. His film Sondhayni (2019), for example, is a modern folktale that critiques the exploitation and... Read More about Adivasi life and folklore event.

And some of us are silenced (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In Mangrove the first of the Small Axe films, bio-chemist student Althea says “We need to challenge the system… We mustn’t be victims but protagonists of our stories and what better way of representing ourselves but self-representing ourselves.” A bo... Read More about And some of us are silenced.

Roots/Routes Series: The Important Role of Black Studies (2021)
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Drawing inspiration from Paul Gilroy, this series reimagines the exploration of Black lives taking place in the local community. It arises from current conversations about how we write, reflect and create as Black people working in and around Black s... Read More about Roots/Routes Series: The Important Role of Black Studies.

Roots/Routes Series: Black Thought, Imagination and Intellectual Presence (2021)
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Drawing inspiration from Paul Gilroy, this series reimagines the exploration of Black lives taking place in the local community. It arises from current conversations about how we write, reflect and create as Black people working in and around Black s... Read More about Roots/Routes Series: Black Thought, Imagination and Intellectual Presence.

Roots/Routes Series: Community Organising and Creative Practice in Nottingham (2021)
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Drawing inspiration from Paul Gilroy, this series reimagines the exploration of Black lives taking place in the local community. It arises from current conversations about how we write, reflect and create as Black people working in and around Black s... Read More about Roots/Routes Series: Community Organising and Creative Practice in Nottingham.

Roots/Routes Series: Why Research? (2021)
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Drawing inspiration from Paul Gilroy, this series reimagines the exploration of Black lives taking place in the local community. It arises from current conversations about how we write, reflect and create as Black people working in and around Black s... Read More about Roots/Routes Series: Why Research?.

Roots/Routes Series: Our Story (2021)
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Drawing inspiration from Paul Gilroy, this series reimagines the exploration of Black lives taking place in the local community. It arises from current conversations about how we write, reflect and create as Black people working in and around Black s... Read More about Roots/Routes Series: Our Story.

Documentary Premier - The Art of Oppression (2021) (2021)
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At the intersection of art, social injustice, and womanhood, The Art of Oppression'(2021), directed by Patricia Francis, is a documentary about resilience and hope. The film follows three women artists who use their art to articulate their experience... Read More about Documentary Premier - The Art of Oppression (2021).