This newly-commissioned performance from Alberta Whittle the artist’s most recent moving image work, Lagareh – The Last Born as inspiration. Anchored around theories of abolition, rebellion, ancestral knowledge and love, the film melded a collection of scenes that gave focus to the strength of contemporary Black womxn, whose individual acts of resistance are bound together through the artist’s conceptual storytelling.

In this new performance, scenes and moments from Lagareh – The Last Born will be re-enacted and reconfigured, encouraging the audience to continue to think about the poetics of abolition and how love and grief can become healing forms of release. The piece was presented by EAF and National Galleries of Scotland, in association with FORMA.

The performance is supported by the Scottish Government’s Festival’s EXPO Fund and FORMA. The exhibition was supported by Baillie Gifford, Art Fund, National Galleries of Scotland Foundation, The African Arts Trust, The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow, and The Alberta Whittle Exhibition Supporters’ Circle. With kind permission of the Lord President of the Court of Session and the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.