Re-Recordings

24 Jun — 17 Jul 2015 at the Chelsea Space in London, United Kingdom

3 July 2015

Blackframes; Critical Perspectives on Black Independent Cinema/ edited by Mbye Cham and Claire Andrade-Watkins, Cambridge, Mass. , 1988 & Young British & Black: a Monograph on the Work of the Sankofa Film/Video Collective/ Coco Fusco, Buffalo, N.Y, 1988, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space

Blackframes; Critical Perspectives on Black Independent Cinema/ edited by Mbye Cham and Claire Andrade-Watkins, Cambridge, Mass. , 1988 & Young British & Black: a Monograph on the Work of the Sankofa Film/Video Collective/ Coco Fusco, Buffalo, N.Y, 1988, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space

Chelsea space is pleased to announce the latest exhibition in our 2015 programme, curated by Liz Ward, the former Librarian of Chelsea College of Arts. The collection was established in 1985 and has historical links with a number of related archives such as those held by the Institute of International Visual Arts (InIVA). Items in the archive date from 1970, with in-depth coverage of the 1980s.

The African-Caribbean, Asian & African Art in Britain Archive was established by Liz Ward at Chelsea College of Art & Design Library thirty years ago to document the work of young Black British artists who were confronting the prevailing orthodoxies of institutional structures. This exhibition provides an opportunity to investigate the records of exhibitions and associated events that were produced at the time, and demonstrates the continuing importance of documenting the practice and theory of Black visual art.

The structure of the exhibition relates in part to the publication Recordings, a select bibliography of African-Caribbean, Asian & African Art in Britain compiled by Melanie Keen and Liz Ward and published in 1996 by InIVA in collaboration with Chelsea College of Arts. Additionally, within the main exhibition there will be a display of ephemera, selected by Rahul Patel, relating to the specific exhibition The Devils Feast, and a rotating selection of other materials by the students from MA Curating & Collections.

Chelsea Space

Chelsea Space is a public exhibiting space where invited art and design professionals are encouraged to work on experimental curatorial projects that may not otherwise be realised.

Gallery profile

Location

London, United Kingdom

Founded in

2005

Re-Recordings: The African-Caribbean, Asian & African Art in Britain Archive, installation view, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space

Selection of material from the Recordings Project Archive, policy documents and art documentation (ACAA), Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space

Re-Recordings: The African-Caribbean, Asian & African Art in Britain Archive, installation view, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space

Black Phoenix, Third world perspective on contemporary art and culture, nos. 1-3, 1978/9, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space

Installation view, video document of The Devils Feast (23min) courtesy of Chelsea College of Art & Design Library, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space

Publications/texts, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space

Re-Recordings: The African-Caribbean, Asian & African Art in Britain Archive, installation view, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space
Selection of material from the Recordings Project Archive, policy documents and art documentation (ACAA), Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space
Re-Recordings: The African-Caribbean, Asian & African Art in Britain Archive, installation view, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space

Black Phoenix, Third world perspective on contemporary art and culture, nos. 1-3, 1978/9, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space
Installation view, video document of The Devils Feast (23min) courtesy of Chelsea College of Art & Design Library, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space
Publications/texts, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space

Selection of material from the Recordings Project Archive, policy documents and art documentation (ACAA), Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space
Re-Recordings: The African-Caribbean, Asian & African Art in Britain Archive, installation view, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space
Re-Recordings: The African-Caribbean, Asian & African Art in Britain Archive, installation view, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space
Installation view, video document of The Devils Feast (23min) courtesy of Chelsea College of Art & Design Library, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space
Publications/texts, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space
Black Phoenix, Third world perspective on contemporary art and culture, nos. 1-3, 1978/9, Courtesy the African-Caribbean, Asian and African Art in Britain (ACAA) Archive, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London, image courtesy of Chelsea space

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