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 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
Silhouette
2025
Merriment Lights
2025
Hands up
2025
Michael & swishing braids 02
2025
Michael & swishing braids 01
2025
Orange scarf (Sola)
2025
Judah
2025
Green light (Kate)
2025
Backlit
2025
Michael & swishing braids 03
2025
Two in motion together (Ere & Toyin)
2025
Entering the Disco
2025
Grey Jumper
2025
Purple Lights (Lisa)
2025
BENEVOLENCE
2024
Family Gorgeous Smudged
2022
FEELING HER WAY
2022
Ain't Misbehavin'
2022
Yes, I Hear You
2022
In the Castle of My Skin
2020 - 2021
The Audition in Colour
1997 - printed 2020
Six Acts
2018
The Audition
1997 - printed 2018
We move in her way
2017
Paper Tiger Whisky Soap Theatre (Dada Nice)
2016
Exquisite Cacophony
2015
Move
2013
Dance of Belém
2011
Oh Adelaide (with Ain Bailey)
2010
Gather:Justicia
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