Super-achiever, artist, footballer and co-founder of Libreville’s African Music Institute, Frédéric Gassita brings his Bantu Jazz Orchestra to London next weekend. I spoke to him about his life, his creative process and works.
Any exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery takes me at least three visits to appreciate fully. With its consistent yet quirky curation, multi-screen medley with each screen integral to the other, and every… Continue reading
Just before the exhibition, this brief conversation with Trajal Harrell reveals how his thinking has changed over the years and how his initial perspectives were formed.
As I did last Monday, I’ve found an interesting sounding name and then gone looking for a dance image that corresponded to it. Haruspex was a difficult one; I spent a while thinking… Continue reading
From Big Dance 2010, more dancing with the faces from Boy Blue Juniors at the Barbican
O Medea, Trajal Harrell
by Carole EdrichI love Trajall Harrell’s work; how it makes me feel in the moment, the layering, level of detail, lyricism and patterning. I value it most for what it teaches me, which is why… Continue reading →