Channie B is a performance artist based in the South East of England, and my art would like to inspire those who feel these feelings of dislocation to remember that they belong in the position they are and should be unapologetic for the body they are in.  In recent years, the UK has seen a rise of cultural appropriation, police brutality, racism and consequent hate crimes. Hatred, pain and destruction now take to the streets across the world as well as to the mind-sets of many, disrupting peace and serenity. Having lived within the South East of England, personally noticing prejudice within the society where I live, made the need for change clear. This is the reason my work advocates for the equality of race politic and stereotyping within our British Society. With specific references to the theory of the ‘Other’, stereotyping of races and loss of identity with societies, I would like to create work which ignites and encourages ‘the need to rethink class struggles in the colonial situation’ (Alessandrini, 1999, p4)

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Having experienced a variety of culture because of both my upbringing as well as my heritage as well as where I currently live. Noticing prejudice within the society where I live, made the need for change clear. Being a young Black British Caribbean female, many stereotypes come with such a weighty identity, and my work likes to interrogate breaking down stereotypes. With specific references to the theory of the ‘other’, stereotyping of races and loss of identity with societies. My work aims to raise awareness of these issues that aren’t always heard in the UK and making a voice for these issues of injustice and feelings of dislocation and belonging, relatable to audiences so they too understand that these issues also affect them. I want to let you know that it’s not just about me, or people like me, its about all of us, its everyone ‘other’, because who knows who will be the next ‘other.’ Those ‘other’ to the privileged seems to be dislodged and curved to the edges of our Western World. As Amandla Stenberg once said ‘I wish America loved black people as much as it loves black culture’, it has been made apparent and more dominantly voiced (especially with the rise of the Black Lives Matter campaign in recent years), that there are real issues of racial injustices, which aren’t being voiced in communities.

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 Have these post-colonial issues only just become an issue, or are they only now surfacing from the past depths of colonial desires and mind-sets. Those ‘other’ to the privileged seems to be dislodged and curved to the edges of our Western World. As Amandla Stenberg once said ‘I wish America loved black people as much as it loves black culture’, it has been made apparent and more dominantly voiced (especially with the rise of the Black Lives Matter campaign in recent years), that there are real issues of racial injustices, which aren’t being voiced in communities. My work aims to raise awareness of these issues that aren’t always heard in the Western World and making a voice for these issues of injustice and feelings of dislocation and belonging, relatable to audiences so they too understand that these issues also affect them.

 

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