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Jumbies was a collaborative ‘group-show-as-performance’ which weaved together the practices of visual artist Ashanti Harris, textile designer Zephyr Liddell, and sound artist Patricia Panther.
Each artist produced work in response to Jacques Derrida’s concept of ‘hauntology’, an interrogation of the ways in which people, places and things are ‘haunted’ by histories which are simultaneously neither present nor absent. Drawing from this concept, Jumbies was an exploration of the visible and the invisible across intersecting art forms and artistic practices. Taking its title from the jumbie – a Caribbean colloquial for ghost – the project combined dance, sound, and printed textiles to create a performative space of layered fictions, alternate realities, apparitions and re-presentations.
The Jumbies performances were filmed at The Pyramid at Anderston community centre in Glasgow and presented as a 360° video work. This was accompanied by workshops for teenagers in Anderston and a printed publication which brought together new writing and illustration by Harris, Liddell and Panther alongside commissioned texts by Raisa Kabir, Marie O’Connor and Ranjana Thapalyal, which further unravelled and revealled the ideas and practices within Jumbies.
Supported by Creative Scotland, Glasgow International and Panel
Jumbies performance credits
Movement and performance: Ashanti Harris
Costume and textiles: Zephyr Liddell
Music composition, Sound design and Narration:Patricia Panther
Lighting design: Robbie Thomson
Post production: Bevis Evans-Teush
Garment making: Morag Seaton
Audio mastering: Jack Coghill
Lighting technicians: Dav Bernard, Shaun Murphy
Filmed on location at The Pyramid Anderston
Produced by Ashanti Harris and Zephyr Liddell
With thanks to
Centre for Advanced Textiles, National Theatre of Scotland, The Work Room, Ben Ashton, James Farlam, Jen Martin, Arianna Mele at PrintClan, Raisa Kabir, Joanna Kinnersly-Taylor, Alicia Matthews, Jen Thomson, Netoya of Veritas Maat sees thru the veil youtube channel, Marie O’Connor, Ranjana Thapalyal and all the jumbies, ancestors and spirits whose apparitions have graced this project
Publication
The Jumbies publication wass edited by Panel. Panel is a curatorial practice led by Catriona Duffy and Lucy McEachan. Based in Glasgow, Panel celebrates design in relation to particular histories, archives and collections through exhibitions, events and cultural projects. Their programme engages designers and public audiences and also makes connections with practitioners and institutions whose work extends into visual arts, craft and other cultural contexts and frameworks.
Supported by Creative Scotland, Glasgow International and Panel