http://www.beverleybennett.com/work daily 1.0 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1683125753627-3HQOKTXY9KE2XDL59P1C/Screenshot+2023-05-03+at+15.12.37.png Current https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1656062136048-WXQTA1J85KWNM71BGJH3/NFPDRBNSTILL3.jpg Current Rooting the work in her home region and hosting city, Bennett pays homage to the pioneering BLK Art Group and its legacy and influence on the art scene and her practice more personally. Bennett's multifaceted work will comprise of local gatherings, photographic public billboards and a short film displayed on digital live sites across Wolverhampton, Coventry and Birmingham. Feeding into the film and photographic billboards will be a series of intergenerational community gatherings, a core element of the artist's broader practice. These gatherings aim to bring local groups together to discuss themes around Commonwealth, colonialism and race, intersecting with the work and archive of the BLK Art Group. These groups, the discourse and ideas generated are a catalyst to support and inform the narrative for the stills and film. This three-strand commission will culminate in a festival co-curated by the gatherings' participants and the artist, offering an opportunity to watch the film together and celebrate. Curators: Ian Sergeant, Marlene Smith Gymnasts: Akaiah Kofhi Kelly-Grossett, Renaya Eloise Kelly-Golding Gymnast coach: Stacey Perry Chaperones: Joshal Kelly, Sharena Kelly African Caribbean Community Initiative Wolverhampton Dawn Anderson Eileen Bennett Icyline Brown Inez Deans Millicent Douglas Shaheen Ellis Paulette Grant Shirley Grant Enid Johnson Gabrielle Lewis David Osamudiamen Abigail Osamudiamen Comfort Oyelumade Lorna Samuels Keisha Riley Mervin Riley Kya Shakespeare Marlo Shakespeare Talia Shakespeare Taskforce is Root Connecting Communities Coventry Lebron Agyeman Krisandra Agyeman Martin Asamoah Stephanie Asiedu Stephan Asiedu Elisebeth Boating Shemaiah Boating Jeremy Paul Boating Patricia Osei-Bonsu Eugene Osei Bonsu Florence Gwatirisa Evadne Headley Abena Oppon Daisy Oppon Jalil Seale Judy Seale Adeniran Timilehin Lewin Yeboah Lloyd Yeboah Leonna Yeboah Director of Photography: Jermaine Edwards 1st AD: Lauren Gee 1ST AC:Todd Franklin 2nd AC: Chris Keenan Gaffer: Hollie Mapp Spark: Matt Glaz Sound Designer: Trevor Mathison Editor: Daniel Alexander Colourist: Cam Sander at Dan Moran Colour Sound Recordists: Alexander Rhule Martin, Stanley Wong, Arthur Turner Make up and Set Design: Surjit Simplay Production Assistant: Halina Edwards BTS Photographer: Kate Green Production Supplies: Panovision, Mediadog Insurance: Performance: Film and Media Catering: Khandi Catering Producers: Beverley Bennett, Lauren Gee, Sima Gonsai Directed by Beverley Bennett Generously supported by Arts Council England and The National Lottery Heritage Fund. For more information visit birmingham2022.com, and Nation’s Finest, Putting Down Roots and Birthing project website. http://www.beverleybennett.com/films daily 0.75 2019-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1416408389363-MR9VDSY1YCQPKXE3IB3D/image-asset.jpeg Videos Studio Experiment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1550603955685-EMT2I2MFU4WPU1VHTFUZ/image-asset.jpeg Videos Cacophony Series - Aural Transcription, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1550604176587-3G10LGILKGIF4JK16PNX/image-asset.jpeg Videos Cacophony series - Record Distortion, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1550603906657-P3MWS4HKC5A6H0GXGC7W/image-asset.jpeg Videos Cacophony Series - Untitled Sonority, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1416408678820-ZAWH4TYS9LKM1C4NI3GM/image-asset.jpeg Videos Untitled (Still) 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1416408389363-MR9VDSY1YCQPKXE3IB3D/image-asset.jpeg Videos Studio Experiment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1416408448940-U3CVK98GXZ3U97DJ6YF5/image-asset.jpeg Videos Wait, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1560506057187-Z02A2KEMVV12F0Y0FD7T/image-asset.jpeg Videos Unpick, 2016 Explores the narratives of the post Windrush generation. Unpicking string vest fabric audio accompanies in the piece in the form of an interview Bennett conducts with her mother about her life in Jamaica and the life she has subsequently built in England. The telling of the story is fragmented with a broken timeline, mirroring the way Bennett decides to unpick sections of the fabric. As the piece continues the fabric begins to fray and disintegrate. http://www.beverleybennett.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2019-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1416405917802-LDZQRU9D0M842DH6UGKP/BB5.jpg Works Tomorrow is Uncertain, 2009 Lining paper, raked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1416405917802-LDZQRU9D0M842DH6UGKP/BB5.jpg Works Tomorrow is Uncertain, 2009 Lining paper, raked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1416405915192-A4GK0DOCB1R0ZL39NNP8/BB3.jpg Works The Breakdown, 2009 Ink on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1416510761902-U4W97MCMYZINKSHG16DA/SCRATCHBLACKBB.jpg Works Scratch Black, 2009 Ink on paper, raked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1416510813996-Q9GI08FL7SMHN0FRVBSU/Trace+ElementsBB2.jpg Works Scar, 2009 Mixed media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1416511106057-D2MTQBTBO20JUGCLLY8I/03BennettScratch.jpg Works Scratch Black, 2010 Ink on paper, raked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1416510885420-7F2U5V0PI8EGE2VELBMJ/BB6.jpg Works Interruptions: Black Bile, 2010 Ink on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1416406015843-P7DDWH6XEPPMRR6O7YP0/EB.jpg Works EB, 2010 Pen, charcoal on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1416510135018-IGTBJTLP4IM93IBKJDJC/BB1.JPG Works Residue, 2011 Pastel on card http://www.beverleybennett.com/education daily 0.75 2019-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1536245128385-84TP7HI3ATE8TYR2GYDE/IMG_0733.JPG Education Collaborative Movement, 2017 Ark Franklin Academy and Camden Arts Centre How can we work together in creating a movement based composition using materials provided? 5-10 year olds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1536245128385-84TP7HI3ATE8TYR2GYDE/IMG_0733.JPG Education Collaborative Movement, 2017 Ark Franklin Academy and Camden Arts Centre How can we work together in creating a movement based composition using materials provided? 5-10 year olds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1536154727929-63XI819JGAZYD207O77Y/IMG_1092.JPG Education Personality Hats, 2018 Ark Franklin Academy and Camden Arts Centre Using your personality traits as a stimulus create hats that celebrate who you are. 7-9 year olds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1536154621672-QYKIMOWFZVKCZOL3N7EP/IMG_0733.JPG Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1536154890142-4OGPPDPT7XGON3716CEK/IMG_1110.JPG Education Giorgio Griffa Totes, 2018 Camden Arts Centre Inspired by the colours, gestures and abstract forms of Griffa’s large scale paintings create your own interpretation of his work onto canvas. 6-7 year olds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1536154348880-KV7M20GWMVOBD7IQS4CO/IMG_1079.jpg Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1536155088622-NSAQ8ZN66JPDDWFVN2EW/IMG_1541.JPG Education Sadie Benning Layers, 2018 Camden Arts Centre Inspired by the materials, textures and formation the exhibition create your own Benning inspired work. 8-9 year olds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1560094992792-M62L33GZX1MC2YC01T5G/IMG_6190.JPG Education Audio Painting, 2019 Camden Arts Centre and Langtry Nursery Collaboratively construct your own digital evolving soundscapes through the app Trope. Using the sounds as a stimulus create a collaborative gestural abstract painting. 2-4 year olds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1560432013202-C1KOM6T05L98NIUT2TX9/IMG_3275.JPG Education Collage, 2019 What shapes did we spot on our way to nursery? Using different shape templates the mini artists made collages out of different coloured paper. After we repeated the process replacing the paper with different art journals. 2-4 year olds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1560421473528-225A3LVLEFRHTMK1Z7NG/3DFEC6FC-1EDE-4C7B-A83B-A783AE530C89.JPG Education Radically Welcoming Exhibition, 2019 Camden Arts Centre A round up of all the work generated through a terms worth of workshops including photographing the neighbourhood, pot luck dinner menu, Langtry collage and audio documentation around the nursery. All the materials came together and exhibited in a constructed radically welcoming space in Camden Arts Centre’s Drawing Studio. 2-4 year olds and their families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1560421222638-GRKPQAZSH0DVQQIWWUNC/IMG_2249.JPG Education Protest! 2018 Camden Arts Centre Youth Collective members research trending tweets based on protest around the world and create placards based on their individual growing concerns. Later the placards are removed and YC members create performative actions of protest. 15- 25 year olds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1560431246653-H5ZRKLHU3V93XGQG7SWD/IMG_2174.JPG Education Social vs Social, 2018 Camden Arts Centre Youth Collective members unpicked ideas around connectivity in the digital age and generated and performed an analogue trending stream. 15 - 25 year olds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1536154400461-WFCAFC8ICHW95NT5I9CK/IMG_1079.jpg Education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1560432382391-3WWL1MTJW4N9RZ4HFTFH/IMG_3056.JPG Education Youth Collective Curates, 2019 Camden Arts Centre Youth Collective members exhibit works created during the YC workshops, themes include the archive, performance and sound, and psychogeographies. 15-25 year olds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1536155301390-AUJILFTSL581BT7ETHUV/IMG_1627.JPG Education http://www.beverleybennett.com/new-index daily 0.75 2023-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1416405363422-6P8SHYIL82HDF5L3ALU6/_MG_9568.jpg Projects Graphic Score is a sequence of drawings made in 2009 - 2017 using tracing paper and ink to create abstract geometric inspired forms. The series has been recontextualised by numerous collaborators in the Cacophony series in the form of and absence of sound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1560091635434-KCSX0U0DD8YYA26F6JEL/FullSizeRender.jpg+-+Eneeks.jpg Projects Conducting short interviews lasting 5-10 minutes Untitled (The Hook) 2016 - is a work asking creatives to describe their music based ‘hook moments’. The moment where a particular piece of music grabs you, resonates, nests and buries itself, takes root. That moment when words are hard to grasp exactly how the music makes you feel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1505677727320-N8DUB34264HJ9QBWFFPA/Screen+Shot+2017-05-17+at+08.30.21.png Projects Commissioned in 2017 as part of Philomela’s Chorus, ‘Amine' is a tapestry of voices reveals the multi-faceted complexities and experiences of what it is to be a black woman in the UK today. “A powerful collection that unveils the underexplored perspectives of black British women – as deliciously diverse in form as they are in story.” GAYLENE GOULD, BFI “Urgent and timely – a new generation of directors step forward.” ADAM RUTHERFORD, AFTER NYNE MAGAZINE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546b4640e4b0bfa4a7059d4c/1550605850028-T8TV6R6L86G0G8UWQL5L/Screenshot+2019-02-19+at+19.27.40.png Projects Simon Says/Dadda (2018-2022) is a collaborative research and development project towards the production of a new film, working with a community of black women across 5 regions in the UK. http://www.beverleybennett.com/about daily 0.75 2023-05-03 http://www.beverleybennett.com/page-cv daily 0.75 2024-02-10 http://www.beverleybennett.com/contact daily 0.75 2018-06-13