Brown Baby (2021)

found object, single channel video, 5 min 40 sec

8 June 2021, 7:07am at Newgate Gap, Margate. I came across this extremely disturbing arrangement during my daily morning walk along the beach. A short scene that I felt compelled to record, is continuously looped for the duration of the song featured in the video; a way of processing my immediate reaction and the accompanying feelings of pain and anger. The audio features Brown Baby (Live At the Village Gate) by Nina Simone, recorded in 1961, written by Oscar Brown; layered over a field recording of the sea from that morning.

The music is used for artistic and non commercial purposes and in no way intended to harm, prejudice or attempt to own the copyrights of the original.