Season 3 Episode 2: GoMA at 25 with Ajamu
Series 3, Episode 2, Ajamu London based artist Ajamu is in conversation with GoMA’s Producer Curator Katie Bruce about his history of working with the museum, Black queer photography and mentoring younger artists. Season 3 of the Glasgow Museums podcast has been supported by the Art Fund’s Respond and Reimagine Fund. Timecodes: 00:28 - 00:59 - introductions 00:59 - 06:24 - 1996 and GoMA opening, Typical Men exhibition (2002) and the sh[OUT] (2009) residency at GoMA . 06:25 - 09:44 - Rukkus and Familiar Strangers Portrait exhibition at GoMA (2009) 09:45 - 15:02 - After Dark (2017) 15:04 - 23:04 - Observations and experiences of working in Glasgow and London 23:05 - 25:27 - Reflections on having work in Glasgow Museums’ collection 25:28 - 27:26 - Maud Sulter Passion Project at Streetlevel Photoworks Links for projects mentioned in this episode: Typical Men (2002) https://galleryofmodernart.blog/portfolio/typical-men-recent-photography-of-the-male-body-by-men/ Familiar Strangers https://galleryofmodernart.blog/portfolio/familiar-strangers-portraits-by-ajamu-x/ After Dark https://galleryofmodernart.blog/portfolio/after-dark-part-of-polygraphs-at-goma-for-glasgow-international-2018-3-may-2018/ After Dark recording https://galleryofmodernart.blog/portfolio/at-home-talk-after-dark-2018/ Matthew Arthur Williams http://www.matthewarthurwilliams.com/ Archival Sensoria Cubitt Gallery (2021) https://www.cubittartists.org.uk/ajamu-archival-sensoria Maud Sulter Passion https://maudsulterpassion.wordpress.com/ This episode of the podcast was recorded over zoom therefore some of the audio may have been affected by wifi connection.