@ The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 2019
a black body is only visible in the night
always visible against light
the world i exist within is consumed
by black
and
by white
always visible against light
the world i exist within is consumed
by black
and
by white
how can my body shape shift?
shrink and stretch
to whatever i see fit
my performance
entitled
“code-switch”
shrink and stretch
to whatever i see fit
my performance
entitled
“code-switch”
a body pinned to a wall
left to hang and then to fall
our strange fruit ripened
then consumed
by all
left to hang and then to fall
our strange fruit ripened
then consumed
by all
how do the whites of walls highlight brownness and blackness?
each person has a use
for a colonised body
each person has a use
has a use
for a colonised body
each person has a use
has a use
if i imagine my body
in the form of tights
brown – hard to find.
stretched. tired. fragile.
yet secure and strong
springing back to life
then
continuing to rise.
in the form of tights
brown – hard to find.
stretched. tired. fragile.
yet secure and strong
springing back to life
then
continuing to rise.
what does it mean to have a multi-purposeful body?
sand weights
don’t wait
to weigh
me
down
don’t wait
to weigh
me
down
when hurston said
‘i feel most coloured when i am thrown against a sharp white background’
she put it best.
how does the gallery reflect
you?
how does the gallery reflect
you?