Jade Montserrat
A Reimagining of Relations
ed. by Jade Montserrat and Industria ; essay by Alan Rice ; conversations with Amber Akaunu and Fauziya Johnson (Root-ed Zine), Maurice Carlin and Rivca Rubin (Islington Mill), No Matter (Poetry Collective), Nikita Gill … [ et al.] ; design Rose Nordon. - London : STUART (iniva), 2021

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Author(s)

Jade Montserrat, Alan Rice, Amber Akaunu, Fauziya Johnson, Maurice Carlin, Rivca Rubin, No Matter, Nikita Gill, … [ et al.]

Editor(s)

Jade Montserrat, Industria

Publication

London : Stuart (iniva), 2021

Scope

104 Pages, illustrated, 34 cm.

ISBN

9781899846627

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Published as part of Montserrat’s Future Collect commission initiated by iniva : ‘Constellations: Care & Resistance’ at Manchester Art Gallery (2021). Centering the conversations that have taken place between the artist and fellow creatives through the public program associated with the commission, the publication also reveals her research and thinking around African American actor Ira Aldridge. A key point of departure for Montserrat was the first work acquired by Manchester Art Gallery, James Northcote’s portrait of Ira Aldridge posing in character as Othello. In A Reimagining of Relations Montserrat asks us to consider the story behind the man in the painting alongside questions of institutional care for people, objects and performances. The publication is punctuated by three Acts made up of collective conversations, and a commissioned essay by Alan Rice on the relationship between Montserrat’s work, Ira Aldridge and the history of Black communities in the north of England.

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Person as subject

Jade Montserrat, Amy Lawrence, Jack Ky Tan, Hamja Ahsan

Keywords

(in)equity , racism , performance , drawing , decolonisation

Location

Cabinet 5 - 6: Kunstenaars

Remarks

Includes specially designed poster of Montserrat’s score for her new performance eand three bookmarks that make up the bibliography for the project.