I am thrilled to collaborate with the epic Bokani and be commissioned by Kensington and Chelsea Art Week and Black Blossoms.online, to create a new temporary artwork, inspired by Black womxn at rest. It will be located on a large hoarding on Freston Road, W10 and we need you to vote on your favourite design!
Queen of Glory film - artwork commission
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Read MorePeckham in Bloom - The World Reimagined art commission for Southwark Council
PECKHAM IN BLOOM
Breathe in, deeply.
Hold your breath and feel your heartbeat.
Exhale, ever so slowly.
Slow down and create some peace inside you.
You are welcome here, to pause at Peckham in Bloom; a site of rest and restoration, inspired by Black womxn. This is the first sculpture in the ‘Sisters Need Sleep’ collection, which celebrates Black womxn in rest and nurturing their creativity. All Black womxn deserve a space in Peckham to breathe and to be at ease.
The three incredible Black women you see are Lorna, Audrey and Titilayomi. The love and care they pour into their communities and Southwark inspired me to create an offering that is reminiscent of the tropics they grew up in.
Peckham’s Golden Mile is teeming with all the tropical fruit and vegetables that sustained our ancestors and that we enjoy everyday, thanks to farmers in the Caribbean and Africa. Nature restores us, but we in the Global North are responsible for the destruction of the planet and it is indigenous communities in the Global South – and particularly Black womxn and girls who suffer the most. Therefore, we must listen to Black womxn and girls, because they have the answers to help us restore our collective humanity and sustain our planet.
Take some time to turn inwards, pause and reflect. How can you support Black womxn and girls to thrive and nurture our planet, so we can all enjoy papaya, matooke and sugar cane for generations to come?
Thank you up the @twr__org, @southwarkcouncil, @officiallycorvzon, @msamulinde, @please_make_space @shonibarestudio, Paintbox Studios for expert guidance and everyone who sends love and encouragement my way ❤️
#TheWorldReimagined #Sculpture #EnvironmentalArt #NatureArt #IndigenousKnowledge #Papaya #Matooke #SugarCane #ThingsToDoInPeckham
Peckham in Bloom. Photograph courtesy of The World Reimagined. Photographed by Mark Allen (photos on site) and Barney Oates (cut out).
At the Westminister Abbey launch
The World Reimagined ground-breaking, national art education project which will transform how we understand the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans and its impact on all of us.
I attended @twr__org launch reception at Westminster Abbey featuring all the London globes, including my globe for @southwarkcouncil, Peckham in Bloom. Hearing the co-founder @michellegayle1 share her vision for racial equality was inspirational and I got "Looking Up" flashbacks 🎶🎶
It was incredible to witness the artwork of some of the phenomenal artists commissioned and other artists, curators and cultural producers I really admire.
Just over a year ago, I was fired for "inconsistent performance" whilst I was depressed and anxious. A real gift actually, as making art to process and producing community dance and visual art projects has truly been a reimagining of my impact.
Peckham in Bloom. Photograph courtesy of The World Reimagined. Photographed by Mark Allen (photos on site) and Barney Oates (cut out).
Meeting with Southwark councillor Natasha Ennin!
The World Reimagined - globe commission as part of the Lambeth and Southwark art trail
The World Reimagined is a ground-breaking, mass participation art education project to transform how UK society understands the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its impact.
The World Reimagined will see ten trails of ten large Globe sculptures in seven cities across the UK in the summer of 2022, each created by a different artist to bring to life the impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The trails will be the centre of a broader education and engagement programme, with schools and community groups across the country.
Each Globe will be designed to bring to life the reality and impact of The Transatlantic Slave Trade, responding to the themes of The Journey of Discovery as described on www.theworldreimagined.org.
I am thrilled to announce I have been commissioned to design a Globe as part of our Community Globe Commission scheme in Southwark, London. I have met with elders in Peckham, and heard about their histories and connections to Southwark so I can create a Globe that will be deeply connected to place.
The World Reimagined, at its core, is built on our belief in the transformative power of art: to inspire, to move and to open our imagination to new possibilities. And so the artists that create the Globe sculptures that form our trails are essential in helping people travel through this Journey of Discovery.
Community Workshop inspiration
Peckham conversations with the incredible Lorna, Audrey, Beverly and many others brought together by the wonderful Natalie who runs the Elim Community Centre and Coco. We had a really nourishing conversation about their experience of coming over from Jamaica and living in Southwark. I decided to make the Southwark Community globe a tribute for the Black women of Peckham and make the globe a place to restore them. I chose not to show them in service.
Thank you to Adam Vass for phenomenal support, Paintbox felt like my studio!
My globe #sculpture for @twr__org #Southwark to #Lambeth art trail, "Peckham in Bloom", is installed on Saturday 13 August.
