Feedback Loop: Jamming session with dub poet Brother Portrait
Join us for a dub poetry jamming session with Brother Portrait as part of Feedback Loop, our series of events relating to themes in Julian Abraham 'Togar''s exhibition.
and they danced til their bodies were burning
til all that was left was light
draping the edges
opaque and soft
every word spat as ankle weight,
glance thrown to clasp the mind
make you feel a brittle being
became dust in their shine
powerless against a joyful breath
air displaced after pirouette
Brother Portrait is a writer and artist of Sierra Leonean descent - his words falling into form in poetry, prose, travel writing and music. He is a believer in the importance of cultural production, expression and archiving. Of writing to find and see oneself.
Themes in Brother Portrait's work have been and continue to be - memory and objects as vessels; the power in space and place; language; social living; map making and travel. He enjoys exploring these questions through collaboration across artistic mediums. Music will remain a component alongside poetry, prose, performance, theatre, dance, film...and anything else that lands in his path.
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This event will take place in Gallery One.
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