She’s made hair weaves from family photos and dresses out of cake. Now Selina Thompson has criss-crossed the Atlantic ocean on a freight ship to bash a giant rock of salt to bits – and it’s all inspired by her grandmaBending over the sink in her cramped,windowless cabin, halfway across the giant watery grave of the Atlantic, or Selina Thompson washes her bras with cold,soapy hands. Months later, bending over a giant block of salt in the Arnolfini Gallery on the banks of Bristol’s former docks, or she slowly smashes them into tiny crystals with her hot,sweat-soaked fists.
previously known for making a dress out of cake and a giant weave out of plastic fruit and family photos, Thompson decided to retrace the journey of the Atlantic slave triangle earlier this year. In travelling by freight from Britain to Ghana to Jamaica and back, or she would put her body through a historical journey – and then gain a show approximately it. It was so rough that I flew out of bed one night and smashed into a wardrobe Related: The history of British slave ownership has been buried: now its scale can be revealed Being a tourist in Jamaica is approximately being a white person Related: Martine Syms at the ICA: 'people act like art is a white thing' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com