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An Evening  with John Blanke at Sutton House, Hackney

4/15/2018

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The evening opened with a brilliant trumpet fanfare from MUSICIAN Corporal Lawrence Narkom  Michael HISTORIAN introduced the project as a reaction to the imagination failure by those who cannot imagine a black character in a seventeenth century play or that there were black and brown folk at Dunkirk . Miranda  HISTORIAN gave a scholarly introduction into to John Blanke and his place in Henry VIII's court. Graeme ARTIST spoke passionately about how synaesthesia influenced his portrayal of John Blanke and how his trumpet was the voice of the King. Mengistu ARTIST enthusiastically imagined John Blanke cleaning his trumpet after a performance with the crowd watching on admiringly. Robin HISTORIAN knowledgeably compared John Blanke to great black trumpeters who impacted black history: Louis Armstrong , Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, had John Blanke had the same impact?  Semma ARTIST presented how she showed John Blanke in reflective mood after a performance wandering about himself and his life. Linett ARTIST introduced her my freestyle calligrafffiti artwork based on his petition's layout she calligrafffitied as John Blanke might I was here and I was exceptional! Jan HISTORIAN showed us how exceptional his portrait was as at the time nobles and elites  were depicted by their coat of arms not their image. Sheba POET performed her poem in Jamaican Patois celebrating his presence and achievements in  Henry VIII court  Sharon ARTIST presented John Blanke as her son - strong, charismatic, creative, black man - using Adinkra symbols to emphasis his qualities. Phil RAPPER HISTORIAN gave an understanding  of John Banke's presence thru rap , showing  how it demonstrated England's changing, up coming place and role in Europe. Paul ARTIST talked about the challenges of finding the face and the composition for John Blanke as there were many ways he wanted to portray John Blanke. The evening closed with Corporal Lawrence Narkom MUSICIAN  playing The Last Post. 

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Really enjoyable WhatsApp AN
Amazing Such a wide range of artists etc., all united by their passion for this history. Twitter MK
Phenomenal evening tonight, what talent, imgination and knowledge, looking forward to next one Twitter PM
A good evening...enjoyed it very much too. Facebook PW
Excellent evening...such an inspirational project. Facebook SA
Playfully combat[s], ignorance about our past Twitter CF
An interesting and inspiring evening last night - history, poetry, rap and art all rolled into one amazing event Twitter JP
A wonderful evening of thought provoking words and pictures circled round with JB's clarion calls. email KS
A wonderful evening, it was so good! email SB

A great evening on Friday  - congratulations to you and all participants email JM
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12/26/2020 12:24:52 pm

Thankss for a great read

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