Evidence of Things Unseen but Heard

Synopsis

Evidence of Things Unseen but Heard is an audiovisual collage conducted as an archaeological survey into the music scene of the city of Bristol. The predominantly Caribbean community of St. Paul’s protested in April 1980 against the police brutality and against the racist institutions and conditions of economic oppression. The centuries of colonial violence echo back, entangled with the nights of unrest resulting from a complex security apparatus. This audiovisual collage argues that such measures of social control used against the St. Paul’s community were first developed on the slave plantation. Rippling and reverberating through time are the sonic acts that unleashed rhythms of defiance, against the Police/Plantation state.

Director Biography

Louis Henderson is a filmmaker and writer who experiments with different ways of working with people to address and question our current global condition defined by racial capitalism and the ever-present histories of the European colonial project. Henderson's films and installations are shown regularly in various international film festivals, art museums and biennials. He lives and works in Paris and Berlin.