Foundation Tour

"Between 1996 and 2004 I traveled to parts of the globe in order to get a feel of other types of cultural formations. These include; Dominique, Guadeloupe WI, Lahore- Pakistan, Colombo–Sri Lanka, New York, Paris, including Andalusia region-Spain.

After completing my BA Fine Art course at the University of East London (1986-89), I enrolled onto the MA Fine Art course (UEL) where I produced thought provoking social type – documentaries. I set out to challenge mainstream perceptions and stereotypical behaviour such as xenophobia and cultural conditioning within our own communities here in London East.

The Fine Arts faculty at UEL encouraged me to express my thoughts with no constraints using the moving image as the preferred tool to engage myself with and simultaneously accepting a wider scope for artistic exploration and expression. The Voices Unseen collection was born with two films being shown at the 1st British Short Film Festival in October 1993. The films featured were The Walker and Come Play Mas).

Just Peggy and Brian Brown were still in production. During that period up to 1995, the work was screened at the Whitechapel Gallery, Rio Cinema and the London Filmmakers Co-op. The experience of the film festival inspired my dedicated work titled Faces indie Jungle, which I consider to be an important British sub cultural phenomena and a significant turning point for the UK music industry. I must credit my former lecturer’s: Michael O Pray, John Smith, Tony Sinden, Zoe Redman, Sandy Brewer and Alison Winkle for such inspiration.

Between 1998 -1999, I was invited by the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts) to screen some of my work including a talk on Street Filmz production company, (now known as Street Film) and No Budget film-making as part of their Uncut Season presented by Joel Karamath.

In 2007, UEL Alumni invited me to open their new Knowledge Dock facility to present a retrospective of my work as part of Black History Month.

I am currently in post production re-working Faces indie Jungle including Stars of The Underground - focusing on the rise of Drum n’ Bass featuring De Underground Record store (infamously known for releasing the hit underground rave tune ‘We are IE’ with cameo roles by, Dj Randall founder of the Mac II label record label, MC Fats (now known as Singing Fats), MC Duke, Roger Griffiths from (Chef, Dub Plate Drama and East Enders) and Michelle Thompson.

At present, I teach as a Creative Industries Lecturer at a North London College."