Isaac Julien's new exhibition 'What Freedom is to Me' at Tate Britain.

BGUK_2622959 - Isaac Julien's new exhibition 'What Freedom is to Me' at Tate Britain. Exhibition runs from 26 April - 20 August 2023 This is the UK’s first ever survey exhibition celebrating the influential British artist and filmmaker Sir Isaac Julien (b. London, 1960), charting the development of his pioneering work over four decades from the 1980s through to the present day. The exhibition presents a selection of Julien’s ground-breaking early films, examples of his immersive three-screen videos made for the gallery setting, and several of the sculptural multi-screen installations for which he is renowned today. The show opens with the artist's earliest experiments in moving image, produced in the context of the Sankofa Film and Video Collective. Founded by Julien in 1983 with a group of London art students from across the Africa, Asian and Caribbean diaspora it provided a vital role in the establishment of Black independent cinema in Britain. 'What Freedom is to Me' presents a selection of Julien's expansive career. Places, events, and historical moments recur throughout Julien's films: from Notting Hill Carnival to 1920s Harlem and abolition movements. Julein designed the fluid exhibition space with architect David Adjaye.