‘Movements are ringfenced, bounded by time, appearing to have a beginning and an end. These confinements undermine the continuity of Black liberation.
Links between struggles run concurrently in conversation with the past present and future. Halls conjunctures speak to Bakhtin’s chronotopes to repetitions of meaning and memory that refuse to sit in single file. Instead, running parallel, ever present, ever relevant
There are chronic articulations of what we need to say and for when the words cannot be found’
Music borrowed from Sun Ra, I hope you don’t mind 🪐
An invitation to think together…
Whirled Art Open Studios
13th (11-5) - 14th (11-2) September
500-505 Southend Lane
SE26 5BL
Slide 1 - The Plot
Slide 2 - Studying the Conjuncture - Stuart Hall: Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life
Slide 3 - Hall. S, 2006, Black Diaspora Artists in Britain: Three 'Moments' in Post-War History
Open studios Saturday 13th - Sunday 14th September, 11-5pm
I’ll be making small houses and thinking about ways we can challenge western concepts of home and embrace radical disorientation to disrupt the current system and create something new. I’m inviting you to come and think through this with me.
Whirled Art Studios
500-505 Southend Lane
SE26 5BL
Sun Ra interview, Helsinki 1970 (YouTube)
Telling someone in a dream that it usually happens differently can be a sign of increasing lucid dream awareness and a shift in your subconscious perception of reality, or a desire to explore the dream world more consciously (Reddit dream analysis)
Salvaged photos from a spoiled film roll
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Roulettes are tools used to decorate pottery dating back to west Africa 4000 years ago and is still used in parts of Africa today.
A roulette can be made from a wide range of materials, then it is rolled across the wet clay to create a pattern before firing.
I made these using knotted bark cloth.
Bark cloth, wadding, blanket stitch 🪡
Currently reading Freedom as Marronage by Neil Roberts and How to Go Mad without Losing Your Mind by La Marr Jurelle Bruce.
Both borrow Fanon’s ‘zone of non-being(…an utterly naked declivity where an authentic upheaval can be born)’ as an unruly route of possibility.
Crocheted house made with onion skin dyed yarn and sugar starch
Inspired by Dorcas Societies who were groups of Caribbean women who gathered in living rooms to make textiles for social and economic change in their communities in the UK
dislocate (v.)
‘displace, put out of regular position,’ 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴, past participle of 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 ‘put out of place,’ from 𝘥𝘪𝘴- ‘away’ + 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 ‘to place,’ from 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 ‘a place’
Related: 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥; 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. Earlier as a past-participle adjective, ‘out of joint’.
Stitched bark cloth
2025
25x35cm
Threads of the Caribbean is a trio of workshops exploring cloth, fabric and design across the Caribbean ✨
From February - April, Cold Islanders will be joined by three incredible practitioners, each hosting their workshop in response to this theme.
The classes are small for a cosy, intimate and personal atmosphere, but this means ticket’s will go quick so grab one whilst you can via our website or the link in our bio.
PSA: When booking, the suggested price is £10, but £6 tickets are available if it fits your budget better 🙏🏾
Post natural indigo workshop @weoutherefest 🥰
I’m planning to run more community focused indigo workshops with @tensstudio from November.
Natural indigo can be used as a tool to acknowledge and respond to African and Caribbean historical narratives and the spirit of exploration and cultural healing it embodies 🌿
If you have a venue or want to collaborate, email [email protected] x
