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Horniman exhibition celebrates London’s Black music history and spaces

ForestHull

24 Aug '21

A free exhibition exploring South London’s Black music scene has opened at the Horniman Museum.

Curated by Adem Holness, ‘Dance Can’t Nice: Exploring London’s Black Music Spaces’ runs until 24th October, and celebrates figures from across grime, garage, bashment, jazz and other scenes, going back decades. The exhibition takes its name from a 1988 track by Frankie Paul and Sugar Minott.

One part of the exhibition focuses on Form 696, the licensing policy that was notoriously used to shut down events at which grime music would be played. In this section of the exhibition, artists Naeem Dxvis and SignKid explore how genres influenced by Form 696, which was founded in 2005 and dropped in 2017, spread in private spaces across South London.

“As the ownership of Black music venues fades and we emerge from the global pandemic, our community and its origins have never been more important,” says Dxvis.
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More information about the exhibition, which runs until October 24th can be found on the Horniman website: Dance Can't Nice: Exploring London’s Black music spaces - Horniman Museum and Gardens

Note that (free) tickets are required to enter the museum: https://horniman.arttickets.org.uk/

Finally the record after which the exhibition is named can be heard here:

system

23 Oct '21

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