I recently received a commission to design a logo for the Rita Keegan Foundation which was nice, as it allowed me to re-connect with my graphic design roots and create something meaningful for an artist / legacy project.
I enjoyed the process of researching more into Rita Keegan & her practice over the years, working across print, photography, film, sound, textiles & installation – someone who was quite a trail blazer co-founding the Brixton Art Gallery & becoming an important figure in the Black Arts Movement. …
“We were chucked out on the street, when I was probably 5,6 or 7, lots of us were you know, working class families, didn’t have toys in the house or books to read or paper to draw on, everyone was chucked out onto the street. And we had a box of chalk for hopscotch, and about 5 balls, 3 to juggle, juggle on the wall and we had marbles, we called them ‘Ollies’, one phat one, and lots and lots of them.…
Hope you enjoyed the crazy heat last week, honestly thought no one would turn up to the drop-in sessions being inside n all, but actually, it was that type of heat where you just appreciated a cool / chilled space, which worked out pretty well for me having the sessions between 12-3pm / 3-5pm (The sun being the hottest between 11-3pm usually) attracting some committed folk who enjoyed their time getting proper creative, as I did.…
I was recently invited to attend the listening session in The Showroom’s ‘Sounds of Resistance’ series curated by the lovely Attia Shiraz, featuring Analog Armenia & Syrian Cassette Archives, with a sick DJ set by SAISOUNDS – can confirm it was a VIBE!
‘Sounds of Resistance’ is an event series in which music archivists and DJs take part in communal listening sessions to share cultural memories through sound and visual projections of their chosen music & contexts of music resistance.…
