Mayday: That Sinking Feeling

Artist Jade de Montserrat showcases her newly-commissioned live performance work ‘Mayday: That Sinking Feeling’ this spring at the University of Glasgow. The work is de Montserrat’s first ensemble performance piece and draws on her research into the short film ‘Springtime in an English Village’ (1944). Made by the Colonial Film Unit, the film depicts the crowning of a young Black girl as May Queen in a rural English school and was shown in African and Caribbean countries throughout the British Empire.

'Mayday: That Sinking Feeling' is part of a series of commissions which make connections to the work of artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman. de Montserrat will approach the complex historical document Springtime in an English Village in relation to Derek Jarman’s revisioning of the English landscape, as explored in the Hunterian exhibition 'Digging in Another Time'.

Jade de Montserrat is an artist who combines art and activism through drawing, painting, performance, film, installation, sculpture, print and text. In her practice she challenges structures of care in institutions and with the intersection of gender, race, class, and colonialism, often in the context of life in rural communities.

Supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

Image credit: British Film Institute

Concessionary Rate
Children and young people under 18
University of Glasgow staff and students*
Glasgow School of Art staff and students*
National Art Pass holders*
ASVA members*
ICOM members*
UK Museums Association members*
Carers Card holders*
Students (Both UK and International)*
Senior Citizens (60 and over)
Blue Light Card holders*
Unemployed

*With a valid membership/staff/matriculation card.

Info: Drinks on arrival outdoors in Professors' Square. Professors' Square is directly outside the entrance to the University Memorial Chapel.

Info: Ensemble performance piece to take place in University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel.

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