{a series of artworks produced in conversation with Adam Kammerling’s Seder }
As part of Adam Kammerling’s development of Seder, he asked artists in various disciplines to create works in response to themes of the collection — we’re delighted to share this video piece by stellar poet and performer Vanessa Kisuule. Vanessa says:
Inspired by the element of unleavened bread in the Passover meal, I decided to ask my mother how chappatis, a popular Indian flatbread, became a staple of Ugandan cuisine. It's a long and complicated history involving the use of a burgeoning Indian community in East Africa as a violent tool of British imperial power. This video follows me as I attempt to make chapattis for the first time and explores how food is a potent symbol for the movement of people throughout history
You can join us for the online launch of Seder (live-streaming from New River Studios, 7pm Friday 11 December) for a performance specially developed for the digital stage by Adam together with multifaceted musical talent and former World Beatboxing Champion, Bellatrix and jazz drum poetry extraordinaire Antosh Wojcik, and you can see illustrator Will Redgrove’s Seder-inspired artwork here.
Seder is available for purchase in our webshop here.