Tamar Clarke-Brown (b.1990) is a freelance curator, critic and creator born and raised in London. She recently completed her MFA in Curating from Goldsmiths, University of London (August 2016). Her research is focused on digital culture, black diaspora and interdisciplinary practice. She is interested in developing new, open and playful projects for the digital age, with the potential for greater connectivity, access and critical investigation through experimental use of technology. Tamar writes for platforms including NTS Radio and Screenshot Magazine, an online and biannual print magazine. She has presented papers at the Courtauld Institute and assisted production on shows with institutions including Autograph ABP, Limoncello Gallery and the Whitechapel Gallery. She recently curated CONFLUX (2015) for University of the Arts London; embassyHACK (2016) at the Government Art Collection, London; and #BlackmendreamLDN (2016) at Buster Mantis, London. She also recently did the art direction for the multimedia feature-film ‘A Moving Image’ (2016), and the BFI and Sundance selected short ‘Dear Mr Shakespeare’ (2016). She recently co-founded the curatorial and artist collective BetaBabes along with collaborator Francesca Altamura, which develops experimental digital media projects.
Projects
- A Moving ImageFeature-length multimedia film. A Moving Image is an award winning multimedia feature film about gentrification in Brixton, incorporating fiction, documentary and performance art. CAST & CREW Cast Tanya Fear | Hussina Raja | Aki Omoshaybi | Alex Austin | Yrsa Daley-Ward | Yinka Oyewole Crew WRITER & DIRECTOR Shola Amoo | PRODUCER Rienkje Attoh | EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Laressa King & Shola Amoo CINEMATOGRAPHY Felix Schmilinsky | ART DIRECTION Tamar Clarke-Brown | EDITOR Mdhamiri Nkemi ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Fawzia Mahmood | COSTUME DESIGN Cobbie Yates | MUSIC Segun Akinola | LINE PRODUCER Samantha Baker PRESS i-D | Screen Daily | The Guardian | CineVue | Sky News Complex | Evening Standard | IndieWire | OkayAfrica
- Dear Mr. ShakespeareShort film Produced in association with the British Council and The Guardian. A reinterpretation of Othello written by visual artist Phoebe Boswell and Directed by Shola Amoo as part of the “Shakespeare Lives” 2016 season. An exploration of Shakespeare's intentions when writing Othello, exploring the play's racial themes in a historical and contemporary setting and drawing wider parallels between immigration and blackness in the UK today. Press - Afropunk | The Guardian | Indiewire CAST & CREW DIRECTOR Shola Amoo | PRODUCER Rienkje Attoh | WRITER/ARTIST Phoebe Boswell OTHELLO Ashley Thomas | DESDEMONA Elisa Lasowski | SPIRIT Lanre Malaolu | NIGERIAN QUEEN Tega Okiti ART DIRECTION Tamar Clarke-Brown ART DEPARTMENT Thandi Mbire DP Stil Williams | EDITOR Mdhamiri A Nkemi | COMPOSER Segun Akinola SOUND DESIGN Nikola Media| LOCATION SOUND Phil Hutchins | GRADE Johny Tulley | COSTUME Jeffrey Michael STEADICAM Andrew Bainbridge | MAKEUP Sheeba Raye | 1ST AD Kole Onil
Work history
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WriterFreelance
London, United KingdomFreelance
Arts and culture.
Providing online editorial content for NTS Radio and Screenshot Magazine – Art reports, interviews, artist profiles and think pieces.
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Curator / Art DirectorFreelance
London, United KingdomFreelance
Curator - Developing, fundraising and marketing independent and collaborative projects with artists and interdisciplinary makers & institutions. Online and offline experimental productions. Co-ordinating and hosting live events –discussions, workshops and conferences, often supporting diverse working teams. Liaising and maintaining relationships with artists, curators, other arts professionals, media and members of the public.
Art direction - feature-length and short film productions. Researching, designing and implementing creative vision for film productions. Budget and resource management, set design, construction, dressing, and striking, props and effects, equipment setup, liaising between departments.
Skills
- Visual Arts
- Art Direction
- Editing
- Journalism
- Creative Agency
- Creative
- Project Management
- Features
- Event Organisation
- Popular Culture
- Client Management
- Creative Thinking
- Indesign
- Office
- Entrepeneurship
- Oral/written Communication
- Exhibitions
- Academic Research
- Art Theory
- Critical Analysis
- Social Meda