The Audition in Colour, 1997 - printed 2020, Print and Photography
- Medium
- 75 photographic panels Fuji Crystal archival prints under matt Acrylic
- Dimensions
- Each 30cm x 20cm








The Audition in Colour is the result of a participatory project that took place on 17 November 1997 at Cornerhouse Arts Centre (now called HOME) – while the artist was in residence at the University of Manchester. In one day, 900 photographs were taken of volunteers who had answered a public advert inviting participants to try on an Afro wig.
Everyone who took part was photographed with and without the wig, in both black and white and colour analogue film. The resulting black and white photographs were later printed to form a separate installation, The Audition (1997, printed 2018) which is now in the Tate collection. The Audition in Colour, comprises a selection of the colour images shot on that day in 1997.
Related theme: Hair

Plaited & Knotted
1995-2024

Circular Short Plaits - Starburst
1993-2024

One Leg of Tights Stuffed with Hair
1993-2024

Plait, Red & Blue Bauble at Ends
1993-2024

Circular Plait with Multi-Coloured Hair Clips
1993-2024

Braided Hair Wallpaper
2023

The Audition in Colour
1997 - printed 2020

The Audition
1997 - printed 2018

Exquisite Tension
2006

Black Female Hairstyles
1995

Head I (Skin) / Head II (Dread)
1995

Hair Objects Grid
1994 (printed 2016)

Afro Blanket
1994

Three Legs of Tights Stuffed with Afro Hair
1994 (printed 2015)

Hair Objects
1993
Related theme: Participatory / Collaboration

BENEVOLENCE
2024

Yes, I Hear You
2022

Ain't Misbehavin'
2022
FEELING HER WAY
2022

Family Gorgeous Smudged
2022

The Audition in Colour
1997 - printed 2020

In the Castle of My Skin
2020 - 2021

The Audition
1997 - printed 2018

Six Acts
2018

We move in her way
2017

Paper Tiger Whisky Soap Theatre (Dada Nice)
2016

Exquisite Cacophony
2015

Move
2013

Dance of Belém
2011

Gather:Justicia
2010

Oh Adelaide (with Ain Bailey)
2010

Taken
2009

Devotional Wallpaper and Placards
2008 - 2018

Drift
2008

Crop Over
2007

For you, only you
2007

Exquisite Tension
2006

Devotional II
2005

Devotional, 2004
2004

Tongues
1997

Untitled (Kiss)
1995

They're Almost Like Twins
1995