Sonia E Barrett (B. 1975) is a multidisciplinary artist of Jamaican-German heritage, currently based in London, UK. Working across photography, digital and sculptural installations, Barrett describes her practice over the past decade as always “dealing with what holds us together, what keeps us apart.”
My story with Jackie Hinkson began over 30 years ago. I keep close vivid memories of flipping through large calendars featuring the most luminous and vibrant watercolour paintings of Caribbean landscapes and seascapes printed by an insurance company at that time I believe. The paper stock for these calendars was thick and textured, with the distinct scent of fresh new school books.
If Art is a reflection of the times, then Artists, artmakers and creators of things, continue to give us clear insight into our ever changing world-s at any given moment in time.
Encouraged and supported by his father to pursue Art-making from an early age, Christopher or Chris, fondly remembers his earliest memories of Art: watching his dad sketch outside the family home, his father’s gift to him of a Van Gogh painting print of “Tree” which he keeps close, insightful conversations with Trinbagonian career artist Jackie Hinkson for his A-level research project…the many, not-so-minute details, which light the way for an aspiring artist.
What happens when a society gets trapped in a cycle of excess cash and consumerism? Could there be a link between increasing murder rates in countries which are the world’s top oil producers/extractive economies ? And at what point could “progress” as we know it, lead us to our own demise?
Decolonial Daughter is the memoir of a bold, independent black woman seeking freedom across different worlds marked by the heavy weight of history and empire – from Trinidad in the 1980s, to Brooklyn in the 1990s, to Europe today. As Brown writes these letters to her son, she faces the ghosts of history which still haunt our time.
Blitz “The Ambassador” Bazawule is a Filmmaker and Musician born in Ghana and based in New York. Blitz’s short films Native Sun (2012) and Diasporadical Trilogìa (2016) premiered at New Voices in Black Cinema and Blackstar Film Festival respectively. Blitz is also the founder of the Africa Film Society, an organization focused on the preservation […]