Keith Piper
Born in Malta in 1960 and raised in Birmingham, Keith PIPER studied art at Trent Polytechnic and The Royal College of Art. He was a founder member of the BLK Art Group, which mounted a series of seminal exhibitions of young Black British artists between 1980 and 1984 under the collective title of The Pan-Afrikan Connection. Since then, he has shown extensively, including solo exhibitions at the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; The Camden Arts Centre, London; The Orchard Gallery, Derry and The New Museum, New York. Piper’s initial interests in collage and print media contributed to a pioneering use of early computer technology, not only as a tool for video editing and effects but also for its potential interactivity. Piper’s multi-screen, multi-media installations, often taking their sources from popular sources such as television, explore representations of race within history and culture. Piper lives in London and is a Reader in Fine Art and Digital Media at Middlesex University.
Filmography
(selection) The Nations Finest (1990, short), Tagging The Other (1992, instal), Go West Young Man (1995), Relocating The Remains (1998, instal), Machine (2001, instal), The Mechanoid’s Bloodline (2001, instal), Crusade (2004, instal), The Perfect City (2007, instal), A Future Museum of the Present (2010, instal), A Short Sprint (2012, instal), Unearthing the Bankers Bones (2016, instal), Jet Black Futures I (2017, instal), Mic Drop (2017, short)
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Keith Piper
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Go West Young Man
Keith Piper | 4' | United Kingdom | None
A 1990s video art classic, interrogating racial and gender stereotypes through generational conversation and montage. -
Mic Drop
Keith Piper | 12' | United Kingdom | European premiere
When Obama dropped the microphone, he knew what he was doing: underscoring his final words in a powerful way. -
Robot Bodies
Keith Piper | United Kingdom | -
An interactive installation by Keith Piper on three screens that investigates racial metaphors in science fiction. Using film excerpts accessible via -
Go West Young Man
Keith Piper | 4' | United Kingdom | -
Montage of historic Western views on black masculinity.