DJ Jihaari’s Frieze London Inspired Soundtrack
Frieze 91 committee member, Jihaari Terry selects his highlights from the FOCUS gallery presentations and shares the third edition of the Frieze 91 Fair Playlist
Frieze 91 committee member, Jihaari Terry selects his highlights from the FOCUS gallery presentations and shares the third edition of the Frieze 91 Fair Playlist
Take a walk thru London with me. With new and old sounds creating a perfect landscape for any art goer or people watcher. Enjoy!
JULIANKNXX
Black Room, 2023
Single channel video, 00:08:39
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs
Courtesy of the Artist and Edel Assanti Gallery
Track 1: Be Glad you Create Anything -- K15
Julianknxx's film plays with form and shape through film, photography, and sound. I can hear K15 as the soundtrack to this film and the title Be Glad you Create Anything speaks on the idea of what Black people have been through to still want to create art together and for others to consume.
LARRY ACHIAMPONG
Nana, 2023
Acrylic on panel
Courtesy of the Artist and Copperfield Gallery
Track 2: Two Worlds Apart -- Little Simz
Little Simz seems to embody Larry's painting as the new superhero of the London hip hop scene with quick and witty lyrics that play towards her strengths and take out any foe who tries to battle her.
ANNE FELLNER
Forever Home 6, 2022
Oil, Pigment on textile
Courtesy of the Artist and Damien & the Love Guru
Track 3: Summer in a Small Town -- The Cleaners from Venus
Anne's series follows a female protagonist with an unclear agenda. Much like the leader of Cleaners, Martin Newell was a poet and writer from a small town of Wivenhoe Essex, putting pop songs together in the stark lonely landscape through the 80's.
CHRISTIAN FRANZEN
A Wall of Sound, 2023
Acrylic on linen
60" x 42.01" x 1.5" (152.4 cm x 106.7 cm x 3.8 cm)
Courtesy of the Artist and In Lieu Gallery
Track 4: Never Give Your Heart Away -- Carlton and the Shoes
A wall of sound or the ocean waves gently pushing and pulling the water as if the sun and ocean where dancing. Never give your heart away barely reaches a crescendo - but keeps you listening in for all the answers. Much like these painted polaroids, the sun can't quite make it out of frame.
HAMED MAIYE
Thegirl.Thegirlwhoasked.ThegirlwhoaskedGod.ThegirlwhoaskedGodforthebluesteyes.GirlwhoaskedGodforthebluesteyes.GirlwhoaskedGod.WhoaskedGod,2023
Oil, acrylic, chalk, oil pastel, acrylic ink, air brush, spray paint on canvas
Courtesy of the Artist and Harlesden High Street
Track 5: Masterpiece -- Sault
Hamed paints and formulates installation work through his dreams. Sault, a band much more focused on their musical output than what they look like, create a lore about who they are or how they create these almost silky dreamlike songs to be played again and again. When listening to "Masterpiece", I see a girl in blues, faded greys and white, filling a void that continues to expand into darkness, much like the ever changing title of Hamed's piece.
About Jiharri Terry
Jihaari Terry or DJ Jihaari is a connoisseur of sound. He has opened for Kaytranada, Manny Fresh and more. You can find him on Instagram as @djjihaari. Check out his mixes on Mixcloud and podcast called Sample That with Chloëdees.
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