Online Exhibition : Tanoa Sasraku : O' Pierrot

7 Mar-18 Apr 2020

Overview

Employing the narrative of Pierrot the Clown, and the aesthetic of Kenneth Anger’s pioneering avant-garde, queer film Rabbit’s Moon, O’ Pierrot (2019) explores the quest for British identity from a lesbian, mixed-race, British perspective. The life goal of Pierrot Mulatto (played by the artist) is to catch a giant sycamore seed that spins down every day from the arms of Harlequin Jack, a crazed black man in whiteface, driven mad by his own quest for British acceptance. Jack toys with Pierrot throughout the story, performing a satirical essence of white British sensibility whilst referencing early minstrel troupes’ caricatures of the post-slavery, black populace. Mixed-race Pierrot is encouraged to strive for her ‘white potential’ whilst battling rejection, rage, and the bending of time amidst the English countryside. Online exhibition: https://lux.org.uk/online-exhibition/tanoa-sasraku-o-pierrot