Jade Montserrat
She explained her work to be about being radical about race, feminism and other leading world problems that we all face today. This meant her work was personal to her and gave her a voice to express her feelings. She created the Holding Space Programme. where she contacted eight artists to create work based on their own concerns. Hers in particular was messages of racial abuse and support against it written in charcoal in huge letters on a vast blank wall that she had to use scaffolding for to reach the top half. She showed us a time lapse of her in progress and she chose to do this one naked as it meant she was in her own skin.
This gave off a strong message, especially at the end of the video when it was all washed off by a white male showing that she and many others fight against racism is pushed aside and forgotten. Her strength and argument of racism is influenced by Josephine Backer, a freedom fighter herself. Her story goes that she migrated to Paris form America due to it offering more freedom and less segregation. I found her work interesting and her presentation engaging to listen to, but not relatable to my own practise.
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