EXHIBITION
Afro-futurism/
black to the future
Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic that combines science-fiction, technology, history and fantasy to explore the African experience and aims to connect those from the black diaspora with their forgotten African ancestry and to recognise its impact on the here and now.
As part of Black History Month, the Showcase Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of exciting UK artists who are exploring art through a black cultural lens. Dismantling stereotypes, fusing cultures, and imagining futures are ways in which artists such as – Ade Adesina and Harold Offeh are providing a starting point in the gallery for a range of open and discursive events between October - December about Afrofuturism and how it connects to the city. The gallery will be host to a series of cross disciplinary activities, collaborations, screenings and events that will invite communities to discuss how an Afrofuturism exhibition project, planned for 2020/21, might take shape and have a voice in how the project might evolve.
As part of Black History Month, the Showcase Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of exciting UK artists who are exploring art through a black cultural lens. Dismantling stereotypes, fusing cultures, and imagining futures are ways in which artists such as – Ade Adesina and Harold Offeh are providing a starting point in the gallery for a range of open and discursive events between October - December about Afrofuturism and how it connects to the city. The gallery will be host to a series of cross disciplinary activities, collaborations, screenings and events that will invite communities to discuss how an Afrofuturism exhibition project, planned for 2020/21, might take shape and have a voice in how the project might evolve.
Rebel music: sound system culture and the story of blues parties in southampton exhibition
Derby Road Southampton once had an international reputation as a red-light district, but what is sometimes ignored is that it was the home of "West Indian" Sound Systems and illegal house parties known as “ Shebeens” or “ Blues" that provided a taste of Jamaican culture with great music, great food AND an opportunity for all to partake of a slice of grassroots Caribbean culture. It also gave an opportunity to express the condition of Black communities at that time in a relatively safe environment.
Rebel Music: Sound System Culture and the Story of Blues Parties in Southampton, an exhibition devised by Don John, will be showing at The Showcase Gallery, Solent University, Sir James Mathews Building from 19th October to 20th December 2019.
This new exhibition that explores the extraordinary story of the ‘Shebeens’ or ‘Blues’ clubs that were a key part of Southampton’s music scene in the 70s and 80s. Bringing together new artwork, old images and found footage, the exhibition will creatively explore why these sound systems emerged in the city and the impact of Jamaican music on British culture.
The Launch took place on Friday 18th October 2019 from 6pm and also featured a screening of Mykaell Riley's ‘Bass Culture’ film that explores music from the 60s to the present day and the profound ways in which Jamaican music remade popular music in Britain. The evening closed with a "Blues Party” in the basement of "The Belgian & Blues” bar opposite the Showcase Gallery
Rebel Music: Sound System Culture and the Story of Blues Parties in Southampton, an exhibition devised by Don John, will be showing at The Showcase Gallery, Solent University, Sir James Mathews Building from 19th October to 20th December 2019.
This new exhibition that explores the extraordinary story of the ‘Shebeens’ or ‘Blues’ clubs that were a key part of Southampton’s music scene in the 70s and 80s. Bringing together new artwork, old images and found footage, the exhibition will creatively explore why these sound systems emerged in the city and the impact of Jamaican music on British culture.
The Launch took place on Friday 18th October 2019 from 6pm and also featured a screening of Mykaell Riley's ‘Bass Culture’ film that explores music from the 60s to the present day and the profound ways in which Jamaican music remade popular music in Britain. The evening closed with a "Blues Party” in the basement of "The Belgian & Blues” bar opposite the Showcase Gallery
