Their work brings together themes of post-blackness, glitch feminism and subcultural theory in a meeting place they describe as rude(ness) – to interrupt and exist in/between.
Matić’s research reaches back to post-war Britain with the survival tactics and ‘tap dances’ of Britain’s Brown babies. They take their departure point from dance and music movements such as Northern soul, Ska and 2-Tone, using them as sites to queer and re-imagine the intimacies between West Indian and white working-class culture in Britain.
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Bold Tendencies 2021 Arcadia Programme, Rene Matić, no more quick, quick, slow © Bold Tendencies
As part of their residency at Somerset House, Matić will be working on three projects. They will be working with the Future Producers to co-produce an artwork for the exhibition Beano: The Art of Breaking the Rules,’ along with their own separate commission for the same show. They will also be completing their piece for the Morgan Stanley commission.
