Jah Fire Burning - Theatre Performance
Jah Fire Burning - Theatre Performance
A Theatre Performance that combines dance, music, poetry and the visual arts to celebrate Rastafarian Roots & Culture inspired by Leeds Museum's Artefacts.
A Theatre Performance that combines dance, music, poetry and the visual arts to celebrate Rastafarian Roots & Culture inspired by Leeds Museum's Artefacts.
The images below are a combination of traditional drawing and digital arts I created to go with the music for the performance and project.My process involved using image manipulation with filters and effects in photoshop . and screen shots of the actual song's sound wave from the computer when working alongside Supa the engineer in the studio.
The images below are a combination of traditional drawing and digital arts I created to go with the music for the performance and project.My process involved using image manipulation with filters and effects in photoshop . and screen shots of the actual song's sound wave from the computer when working alongside Supa the engineer in the studio.
The final outcome was a slideshow that was projected on stage and used in the background with the Museum's artefacts and video footage.This was used through out the performance to tell the story using Roots Reggae Music, poetry, dance and the visual arts.
The final outcome was a slideshow that was projected on stage and used in the background with the Museum's artefacts and video footage.This was used through out the performance to tell the story using Roots Reggae Music, poetry, dance and the visual arts.
I was commissioned as an artist, by the Curator Antonia Lovelace and Gabrielle Hamilton from Leeds City Museum, to use objects and artefacts from the Museum's collection, to celebrate the Rastafarian Roots & historical Culture in Leeds.
I was commissioned as an artist, by the Curator Antonia Lovelace and Gabrielle Hamilton from Leeds City Museum, to use objects and artefacts from the Museum's collection, to celebrate the Rastafarian Roots & historical Culture in Leeds.
To achieve my goal I decided to work in collaboration with creative practitioners from the wider community, and do a Theatre Performance combining dance, music poetry and my own visual artwork with the museum's objects.
To achieve my goal I decided to work in collaboration with creative practitioners from the wider community, and do a Theatre Performance combining dance, music poetry and my own visual artwork with the museum's objects.
The creative team and performers involved were, Supa Yout (Singer & Sound Engineer), Royal Blood Singers Paulette and Annette Morris, Khadijah Ibrahiim (Poet), Chris Campbell (Guitarist & MD) and David Hamilton MBE (Dancer) and director for the performance. Also Rastafarian Empress Yula Blair also contributed to the historical input that helped to tell the story of 72, which was where the early Rastafarians lived and gathered in Leeds in the 70's.
The creative team and performers involved were, Supa Yout (Singer & Sound Engineer), Royal Blood Singers Paulette and Annette Morris, Khadijah Ibrahiim (Poet), Chris Campbell (Guitarist & MD) and David Hamilton MBE (Dancer) and director for the performance. Also Rastafarian Empress Yula Blair also contributed to the historical input that helped to tell the story of 72, which was where the early Rastafarians lived and gathered in Leeds in the 70's.
The final outcome of the project was a Theatre Performance at the 7 Arts Centre in Leeds and a video documentary commissioned by the Museum.
The final outcome of the project was a Theatre Performance at the 7 Arts Centre in Leeds and a video documentary commissioned by the Museum.