Isaac Julien judges Wallpaper Design Awards 2021
Isaac Julien judges Wallpaper Design Awards 2021
The work of trailblazing installation artist, filmmaker and educator Isaac Julien explores identity, representation and cultural history. Here, he discusses his nuanced criteria for judging our annual honours
Artist Isaac Julien photographed via Zoom.
Photography: Larry Fink
One of the most compelling works at the recent Summer/Winter Exhibition at London’s Royal Academy of Arts was Isaac Julien’s photographic collage suite,
Who Killed Colin Roach?. It brings together rediscovered images from his first film, produced when he was an art student and reflecting on the death of a Black man who was shot at the entrance of a police station in east London in 1982. Presented in a year when outrage at continued racial injustices reached a tipping point following the murder of George Floyd, Julien’s project took on new urgency. ‘It certainly resonated differently in the