Jade Blackstock: Limbs
PLACE: Jokistudio, Manilla Culture Factory, Itäinen Rantakatu 64 B
DATE & TIME: Sat 6.9. at 21:30-22:15
DURATION: 45 min
Advance registration required. Pre-registration for the performances will open in August.
LANGUAGE: None
Limbs explores the idea of slowing time through an evolving interaction with shed and fallen tree limbs, and molasses—natural materials that carry memory, movement, and change. The branches act as sculptural collaborators, working with the artist’s body to extend, balance, and release the molasses. Rooted in themes of human-nature connection, extraction, grief, time, ancestry, and belonging, the performance invites the audience into a reflective space where the boundaries between the human body and the material soften, and time feels stretched. In the process, materials allow. Blackstock also subtly addresses collective bodily memory, transitions, and diasporic experiences.
Jade Blackstock (she/her) is an artist, whose work engages in dialogues between inner and outer worlds, exploring the intersections of the body, materiality, and the environment. She investigates how historical and cultural movements shape these relationships, with a focus on ancestral traditions, myths, and material elements that both challenge and reflect ongoing colonial systems. Rooted in Black diasporic contexts, her practice highlights how the body, material objects, and place carry and embody collective memory, offering pathways to understanding ourselves and each other. Themes of race, feminism, displacement, class, and loss are central to her work. Artistic research into the materials and objects she uses is integral to her practice, with molasses, indigo, and tree branches recurring as co-performers in the works she creates.