Harold Offeh: Creating Patterns, 2022
Curated by Sharples.
The name, Creating Patterns, is taken from seminal UK Afro-futurist group 4Hero who in 2001 released an album of the same name. The album is a dizzying mix of music genres: hip-hop, soul, jazz, spoken word and break beat. A turn of the millennium album, it embraces futurist and speculative narratives perhap most embodied by the track ‘Twelve Tribes’. The exhibition uses the structure, title and track titles as a starting points for 15 new works. The 15 works manifest as a series of A1 posters, together with a recording of a performance/lecture by Harold Offeh and a number of listening stations, for visitors to hear the original album. Visitors are invited to draw, doodle or write while they listen to the tracks. Offeh is an artist working in a range of media including performance, video, photography, learning and social arts practice. Offeh is interested in the space created by the inhabiting or embodying of histories. He employs humour as a means to confront the viewer with historical narratives and contemporary culture.
Funded by Arts Council England (ACE) & Sheffield City Council.
Curated by Sharples.
The name, Creating Patterns, is taken from seminal UK Afro-futurist group 4Hero who in 2001 released an album of the same name. The album is a dizzying mix of music genres: hip-hop, soul, jazz, spoken word and break beat. A turn of the millennium album, it embraces futurist and speculative narratives perhap most embodied by the track ‘Twelve Tribes’. The exhibition uses the structure, title and track titles as a starting points for 15 new works. The 15 works manifest as a series of A1 posters, together with a recording of a performance/lecture by Harold Offeh and a number of listening stations, for visitors to hear the original album. Visitors are invited to draw, doodle or write while they listen to the tracks. Offeh is an artist working in a range of media including performance, video, photography, learning and social arts practice. Offeh is interested in the space created by the inhabiting or embodying of histories. He employs humour as a means to confront the viewer with historical narratives and contemporary culture.
Funded by Arts Council England (ACE) & Sheffield City Council.
