Round Two, 2022
video installation, 07:14
Using archival footage, contemporary reporting, references from music videos, and excerpts from Zadie Smith’s White Teeth, this multi-channel installation focuses on postcolonial immigrant narratives from the British Commonwealth. Featuring cultural studies scholar Stuart Hall and the women on strike at Grunwick in the 1970s, the project interweaves these historical landmarks of postcolonial resistance with present-day protests. These include responses to the Grenfell Tower fire, renewed discourse around colonial monuments following the removal of the Colston statue, and contemporary narratives in British music.
Round Two was installed as part of the Living As A Nation exhibition at the Queens Museum in 2021-22, anchored through the Yantra (prototype) sculptures.
Bibliography
It Aint Half Racist, Mum, Stuart Hall, BBC, 1979
Look Back At Grunwick, Concord Media, 1980
White Teeth, Zadie Smith, Hamish Hamilton, 2000
Woman (Trailer), Little Simz, 2021
Grenfell Tower fire: Protesters chanting 'murderer's' storm Kensington Town Hall, On Demand News, 2017
Naxalite, Asian Dub Foundation, Tokyo, 1998
Englistan, Riz MC, 2016
This is England, Kano, 2016
Grenfell: Lawyers advocate for the voices of bereaved relative to be heard, Channel 4 News, 2017
Statue of Bristol slaver Edward Colston torn down by Black Lives Matter demonstrators, Channel 4 News, 2020
Colston videos by Jack Grey, 2020; Jamie Lowe, 2020; and John O'Connell, 2020
Edward Colston: Slave trader statue protesters found not guilty, Channel 4 News, 2022
It Aint Half Racist, Mum, Stuart Hall, BBC, 1979
Look Back At Grunwick, Concord Media, 1980
White Teeth, Zadie Smith, Hamish Hamilton, 2000
Woman (Trailer), Little Simz, 2021
Grenfell Tower fire: Protesters chanting 'murderer's' storm Kensington Town Hall, On Demand News, 2017
Naxalite, Asian Dub Foundation, Tokyo, 1998
Englistan, Riz MC, 2016
This is England, Kano, 2016
Grenfell: Lawyers advocate for the voices of bereaved relative to be heard, Channel 4 News, 2017
Statue of Bristol slaver Edward Colston torn down by Black Lives Matter demonstrators, Channel 4 News, 2020
Colston videos by Jack Grey, 2020; Jamie Lowe, 2020; and John O'Connell, 2020
Edward Colston: Slave trader statue protesters found not guilty, Channel 4 News, 2022