Artist Maya Campbell activates the spiritual life of masks in her work, liberating them from the colonial and carceral legacy of the museum
Black Pain As Entertainment
From Belgian colonisers to social media videos, Oluwatayo Adewole interrogates the history of Black suffering as a spectacle.
Ode to Bucket Baths
Mugabi Byenkya meditates on the comfort of bucket baths, and how an accessible DIY bucket bath helped him regain control of his body.
Skin Deep Meets: Black Fly Zine
Black Fly Zine are opening up conversations on sexual health, shame and the reclaiming of sexual joy in Black and POC communities.
Black Skin, White Shirts
Exploring the connotations of clothing, Matthew Gomes wrestles with the second self that wears his crisp, white shirt.
‘Embrace your vulnerability’ – How Black disabled workers navigate money, productivity and care
An illustrated discussion of work and care between two Black, disabled, neurodivergent, and chronically ill workers in England’s North East.
‘We hid our symptoms’ – Surviving a pandemic in prison
One morning in March 2020, the doors to Michael J Moore’s cell did not open as usual. A guard had tested positive for Covid-19.
Skin Deep Meets Merissa Hylton
Alyssa Jaffer chats with artist Merissa Hylton about lineage, lockdown, and how Hylton’s work explores her identities as a Black disabled woman.
No police, no pollution: A vision for Black liberation in the UK
For Alexandra Wanjiku Kelbert of BLMUK, abolition and climate justice are part of the same vision for Black liberation
Skin Deep Meets Hassan Hajjaj
Melissa Chemam speaks to artist Hassan Hajjaj about his exhibition ‘The Path’ at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol.