{ Sharing the first in a series of artworks produced in conversation with Adam Kammerling’s Seder }
“There is a cathartic element to creating any art from trauma where it becomes a celebration of our resilience and survival. To continue that process with other artists, to extend the celebration of Seder, is a great privilege”
© Will Redgrove 2020
Adam says:
The poetry collection Seder was created mostly as a solo mission, but the most fruitful stages of the process after the initial research were collaborative. With it being such a key element of my practice, I wanted to create a collaborative digital space into which the book could be launched. So I enlisted the help of some wonderful artists, asking them to respond to the themes of the poems.
The first was Will Redgrove, a mural artist and leader of amazing community arts projects with ASYMBAL. He created these images using the texts from Seder, and some visual elements from my research, namely the illustrations in the book, Songs of the Ghetto.
© Will Redgrove 2020
© Will Redgrove 2020
Songs of the Ghetto features highly detailed woodblock illustrations depicting the struggles of Jews throughout the ages. It is a beautiful book with a desperately sad story, and Will drew from these images to find the forms of his paintings.
Songs of the Ghetto — from Adam Kammerling’s personal collection
There is a cathartic element to creating any art from trauma where it becomes a celebration of our resilience and survival. To continue that process with other artists, to extend the celebration of Seder, is a great privilege, and one I have to thank Out-Spoken Press and Arts Council England for facilitating.