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Join us for the book launch of Amy Ashwood Garvey and the Future of Black Feminist Archives
Autograph
Rivington Place
London EC2A 3BA, UK
Tickets for this event will open on 5 June. You can register with Eventbrite to receive a reminder when tickets are available
Join us in the gallery for an evening of creative exchange inspired by Nydia A. Swaby’s book on Pan-Africanist and feminist Amy Ashwood Garvey, whose contributions to social justice and Black women’s rights have largely been forgotten. Swaby pieces together Ashwood Garvey's biography from her scattered archive through a series of 'curatorial fabulations', filling in the gaps of the archive through reinterpretation and creation. Doing so has offered Swaby a reflection on the practice of Black feminist archiving in the past, present and future.
At this event, Swaby will present excerpts from her book, accompanied by photographs from Ashwood Garvey’s archive and self-portraits that respond to her research. Swaby will be joined by Adjoa Armah and Pelumi Odubanjo for a performative reading, exploring how Black women have engaged photography as a means of self-fashioning, political assertion, and making visible the layered histories and diasporic ties that shape their worlds.
There will be a drinks reception and an opportunity to purchase Swaby’s book, plus you can view both of Autograph's exhibitions which utilise portraiture as a tool for self-discovery and navigating change.
Nydia A. Swaby is a Black feminist artist-researcher, writer, and curator. Her practice engages archives, autoethnography, photography, moving image, and imagination to explore the gendered, diasporic, and affective dimensions of Black being and becoming.
Nydia is a member of the Feminist Review editorial board and co-edited its Archives issue. She holds a PhD from the Centre for Gender Studies at SOAS and has previously worked at the ICA and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Nydia was the inaugural Caird Research Fellow at Royal Museums Greenwich and The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery. As part of this work, she created the film daughter(s) of diaspora, which was screened for International Slavery Remembrance Day at the National Maritime Museum and exhibited in Archive of One’s Own at the Singapore International Photography Festival. Nydia is currently a Whose Heritage Curatorial Fellow at Royal Museums Greenwich and serves on the advisory board for the Atlantic Worlds Gallery at the National Maritime Museum. Her book, Amy Ashwood Garvey and the Future of Black Feminist Archives, was published by Lawrence Wishart in October 2024 as part of LW’s Radical Black Women series.
The ticket price for this event is £5. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If this ticket price is unaffordable for you please get in touch with Harriet at harriet@autograph-abp.co.uk about free ticketing options.
Autograph's events are popular, and often sell out. We recommend booking a ticket in advance. If you need to cancel your ticket for any reason, you can receive a refund up to 24 hours before the start of the event. You do not need to bring your paper ticket to the event.
Free Exhibition
Contemplating class, cultural identity and belonging through the photographic portrait.
Free Exhibition
Exploring how vulnerability and discomfort in front of the camera can become acts of self-discovery and collaboration.
We look forward to welcoming you to Autograph. For more details about visiting, have a look at our Visit Us page, it has information about getting to the gallery, safety and accessibility.
Autograph welcomes people with all types of disabilities.
Autograph's events are popular. We highly recommend booking in advance.
Our building and entrance is step free. A wheelchair accessible lift goes to all floors.
The talk will take place in Gallery 1, on the ground floor.
Refreshments will be served after the talk in the studio.
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Please note that photography and/or filming will take place at this event. Images from this event may be used by Autograph and external press for marketing and promotional use, including: printed and online publicity, social media, press releases, or other use.
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Eileen Perrier: A Thousand Small Stories is supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a Donor Advised Fund, held at The Prism Charitable Trust.
Dianne Minnicucci: Belonging and Beyond is part of the Visible Practice Residency project, delivered in partnership with The Photographers’ Gallery, with support from Freelands Foundation.
Banner image: Courtesy of Patricia and Phillip Maillard.
Images on page: 1) Eileen Perrier, from the series Ghana, 1995-1996. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London. 2) © and courtesy Dianne Minnicucci. 3) Autograph, London. Photograph by Kate Elliott
Autograph is a place to see things differently. Since 1988, we have championed photography that explores issues of race, identity, representation, human rights and social justice, sharing how photographs reflect lived experiences and shape our understanding of ourselves and others.
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