Montez Press May News

May Interjection: A Lady of the Night, A Victorian Tale by Chloe Filani

Chloe is an artist, performer, poet, writer and Black Feminist, working with her lived experiences as a Black Trans woman of Nigerian, Yoruba, and Eshan heritage. Her work examines the broader themes of identity and power structures. Using poetics, she harnesses language, movement, visuals, sound and most importantly her voice, to articulate and convey ideas of self-expression. Through her practice she speaks with the past, present and future self; thinking of the connections, communication, and spirituality of Blackness Transness and Womanhood; and explores community and bonding with Black women n femmes through a shared artistic journey.

Read Chloe’s writing at the link below:

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Dive Lounge x Ormside Projects on Thursday 18th May 

Reminder that our live radio event is coming up TODAY! Montez Press Radio is celebrating the two-year anniversary of its London broadcasts with a day of live radio at South Bermondsey venue Ormside Projects on May 18th. Featuring London station regulars Performing Borders, Gabriela Cala-Lesina, Maggie Matić, Maria Mahfooz & Hugo Hutchins and angelicaaa, the night will culminate in a special performance broadcast: Dive Lounge with Nicky [removed];

Queering and subverting the classic BBC Radio 1 ‘Live Lounge’ format, Dive Lounge invites musicians, performers and live artists to perform a set of their own songs and cover versions. Acts confirmed include Isabel Muñoz-Newsome and Cassandra, with  special guest Ms Sharon Le Grand!. See you there!

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Montez Press at Offprint, Tate Modern

Offprint London returned to Tate Modern for its seventh edition last weekend, hosting independent experimental and socially engaged publishers in the fields of arts, architecture, design, humanities, and visual culture. Thanks to everyone who came by to buy books and say hi! If you missed us, take a look through our online catalogue to check out our new releases and old favourites.

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MPR May Schedule

This Thursday 18th May tune in for our live broadcast from Ormside Projects, featuring Performing Borders, Gabriela Cala-Lesina, Maggie Matić, Maria Mahfooz, Hugo Hutchins, angelicaaa, Nicky Harris, Isabel Muñoz-Newsome and Cassandra.

Saturday 20th May, tune in from 11am-5pm for Moving Chains: Toward Abolition. On the occasion of Charles Gaines’s monumental work Moving Chains, Creative Time and Governors Island Arts present a day-long public program on Governors Island bringing together an interdisciplinary group of artists, scholars, and educators working on strategies for abolition in art, law, education, and political action. More info and day long schedule can be found here. At 5pm we’ll be live from Artists Space for the last Segue Series Reading of the season, from Fred Moten & Onyx Collective.

On Thursday 25th May tune in for shows from Aria Dean, Emmanuel Olunkwa, Mattias Gustafsson, Eric Schmid, Barrett Avner, Connor Camburn, [removed], Lucía Hinojosa Gaxiola, Sprælle & Desvelada, and more.

Friday 26th May we’ll be broadcasting with Extra Extra, Logan Lockner, Ryan Lambert, Johnny St. Grace, Art Against Displacement, Beto Sanchez, La’kota McLaughlin, Nina Sarnelle, Paige [removed], EZB, and Lary 7. Anja Dietmann will also be performing for the New York launch of nicorette, Montez Press’ first LP release.

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With love,

MPR & Montez Press