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A brush with... Isaac Julien

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Isaac's Video Installations

Isaac's work has been extraordinary in their breadth of subject matter and seductive visuals. Fagabondia sought the ghosts of colonialism amid the extraordinary spaces of Sir John Sones Museum. Paradise Omaros reflected on Derek Walcott's poem Omaros to explore Creole-ness. The nine screen film installation Ten Thousand Ways takes the tragic death of 23 Chinese immigrants in the UK to reflect on China's ancient history and shifting present. In 2019's Lessons of the Hour he explores the life and work of Frederick Douglass, the once enslaved African American abolitionist and leading photographer of the 19th century.

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