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Julianknxx

Chorus in Rememory of Flight

— ,The Curve
Installation view Barbican Art Gallery 14 September 2023 – 11 February 2024 © Eva Herzog / Barbican Art Gallery

Poet, artist and filmmaker Julianknxx explores themes of inheritance, loss and belonging as he crosses the boundaries between written word, music and visual art.

Sierra Leonian artist Julianknxx uses his personal history as a prism to deconstruct dominant perspectives on African art, history, and culture. Rich with symbolism, his work conveys the Black experience of defining and redefining the self, rejecting labels to form new collective narratives.

Offering song and music as forms of resistance, the exhibition invokes new understandings of what it means to be caught between, and to be of, multiple places. Choirs and musicians from cities across Europe give voice to a single refrain: ‘We are what’s left of us’, transforming the Curve into a collaborative space of communication. As the philosopher Édouard Glissant has written: ‘you can change with the Other while being yourself, you are not one, you are multiple, and you are yourself.’

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Chorus in Rememory of Flight has been co-commissioned by the Barbican and WePresent by WeTransfer in partnership with Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and with support from De Singel. Our thanks go to LuxTechnical, Little Greene and 180 Studios for their generous in-kind support.

Opening hours

Daily 11am - 7pm
Wed 7 Feb 11am - 6pm
Thu 8 Feb 11am - 4.15pm

Film timings

Film one 7 minutes
Film two 24 minutes
Film three: Chorus in Rememory of Flight 45 minutes

Reviews

‘Transcendent and poignant.‘
Evening Standard
‘Reflective, almost meditative.‘
The Guardian
‘Poignant, moving, direct.‘
TimeOut

Julianknxx: Sonic Lecture

Gallery policies

Gallery Policies

Photography without flash is welcomed for your personal use.

Large bags are to be checked into our cloakroom.

Food and drink are not permitted in the space.

Under 14s are to be accompanied and young children should be supervised by an adult at all times.

Please be kind to our staff who have a responsibility to keep everyone safe.

 

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