exhibition at the prestigious tate britain museum of the work of the british caribbean artist and film maker sir isaacjulien. it is a sweeping showcase of his four decade career. his subject matter explores some of the most divisive issues of our age migration, racism and sexuality. as a prominent gay, black man, how far does isaacjulien use his art to advance such causes? sir isaacjulien, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. how would you describe your artistic work? because it embodies a whole range of visual arts photographs, drawings, art installations, experimental videos and documentaries. it sounds pretty eclectic. well, i guess you could say i m someone who started making films, and i was very drawn to film making at an early age but then i went to art school. and going to art school, you re exposed to so many different sort of forms. i became so excited, really, as an art student, that i wanted to encapsulate all those forms. so, in a way, film, moving image
exhibition at the prestigious tate britain museum of the work of the british caribbean artist and film maker sir isaacjulien. it is a sweeping showcase of his four decade career. his subject matter explores some of the most divisive issues of our age migration, racism and sexuality. as a prominent gay, black man, how far does isaacjulien use his art to advance such causes? sir isaacjulien, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. how would you describe your artistic work? because it embodies a whole range of visual arts photographs, drawings, art installations, experimental videos and documentaries. it sounds pretty eclectic. well, i guess you could say i m someone who started making films, and i was very drawn to film making at an early age but then i went to art school. and going to art school, you re exposed to so many different sort of forms. i became so excited, really, as an art student, that i wanted to encapsulate all those forms. so, in a way, film, moving image
it is a sweeping showcase of his four decade career. his subject matter explores some of the most divisive issues of our age migration, racism and sexuality. as a prominent gay, black man, how far does isaacjulien use his art to advance such causes? sir isaacjulien, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. how would you describe your artistic work? because it embodies a whole range of visual arts photographs, drawings, art installations, experimental videos and documentaries. it sounds pretty eclectic. well, i guess you could say i m someone who started making films, and i was very drawn to film making at an early age but then i went to art school. and going to art school, you re exposed to so many different sort of forms. i became so excited, really, as an art student, that i wanted to encapsulate all those forms. so, in a way, film, moving image, photography, sculpture all of those things are part of what i make. and so, i guess, installation films, orfilm installati
in my work, i try to look at these questions in the kind of poetic sense, but it is driven by a kind of social justice. 0k. but how can you look at topics in a poetic sense when they include the documentary, for example, that you made in 1983 called who killed colin roach? about the death of a young caribbean briton at a london police station. i mean, can you deal with such a topic in a poetic way, as you ve just said? well, you know, when i made that film in 1983 as an art student, you know, of course, i was rebelling against my art school teachings. i took my camera onto the street, my new video art camera, and brought it to the demonstration. and so, in a sense, i think in that work, it was made at the time of the advent of video art. i was encapsulating video art technologies, or techniques,
at these questions in the kind of poetic sense, but it is driven by a kind of social justice. 0k. but how can you look at topics in a poetic sense when they include the documentary, for example, that you made in 1983 called who killed colin roach? about the death of a young caribbean briton at a london police station. i mean, can you deal with such a topic in a poetic way, as you ve just said? well, you know, when i made that film in 1983 as an art student, you know, of course, i was rebelling against my art school teachings. i took my camera onto the street, my new video art camera, and brought it to the demonstration. and so, in a sense, i think in that work, it was made at the time of the advent of video art. i was encapsulating video art technologies, or techniques, into the telling of the story of the family s campaign to get a public inquiry into the death of their son,