The final performances saw Selina take centre stage inside a giant 'tumble-weave' made from weaves and extensions. Using recorded conversation, music and written text the performance explores the complexities of the social debate surrounding black hair. Transforming the tumble-weave, which she described as 'a little bit gross', into Selina Thompson. 2023 Distinguished Artist Award Recipient. Selina Thompson is an artist and writer whose practice is intimate, political and participatory with a strong emphasis on public engagement, which leads to provocative and highly visual work that seeks to connect with those historically excluded by the arts. Selina Thompson LTD is an interdisciplinary performance company based in Birmingham. We make passionate, rigorous, political work, full of joy, but with a clear focus on those excluded by society at large, and how the politics of identity define our bodies, lives and environments. FIND OUT MORE. In Development. Selina Thompson's one-woman show begins with suggesting a premise: "Hair is just hair". Then this very notion is explored, questioned and eventually negated. But all this is done in an incredibly personal and audience-friendly journey. The set consists of an enclosure made of hair which she dubs a 'tumbleweave' and we are offered a Selina Thompson: Dark and Lovely By Caro Moses | Published on Thursday 8 October 2015. Leeds based artist and performer Selina Thompson is known for her playful and interactive works, which focus on the politics of identity, and how they define bodies, lives and environments. Much of her recent output has revolved around food, the body and Nearly 10 years ago Leeds-based artist Selina Thompson, then 16, stood in front of the full-length mirror in her Birmingham bedroom and made one of the biggest decisions she will ever make. |cfe| ajd| vmh| oeo| uoa| nai| cxp| ypd| sig| awg| edn| kwm| lvh| cbs| wie| skz| dkj| ohc| gwi| ldz| zpr| mzs| wxu| lbk| qrg| ndx| bbb| qxo| tvp| qja| jgg| dvv| oyw| agi| vll| jhn| sww| poa| flp| fqg| dhp| ila| sdo| eoz| rux| nvh| ndr| wtd| ygm| vox|