{"title":"Ain Bailey: The Jamaica Project","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"quantum-listening-pauline-oliveros","title":"Quantum Listening, Pauline Oliveros","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePauline Oliveros\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuantum Listening\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(31, 33, 36);\"\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003eSpiral House\u003c\/span\u003e, 2010\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(5, 5, 5);\"\u003ePart of the Reading List compiled by artist Ain Bailey to accompany her exhibition \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/camdenartcentre.org\/whats-on\/the-jamaica-project\" title=\"Ain Bailey The Jamaica Project Exhibition Camden Art centre\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Jamaica Project\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e at Camden Art Centre, 10 April 2026\/14 June 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is the difference between hearing and listening? Does sound have consciousness? Can you imagine listening beyond the edge of your own imagination?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn response to the anti-war movements of the 1960s, pioneering musician and composer Pauline Oliveros began to expand the way she made music, experimenting with meditation, movement and activism in her compositions. Fascinated by the role that sound and consciousness play in our daily lives, Oliveros developed a series of Sonic Meditations that would eventually lead to the creation of Deep Listening – a practice for healing and transformation open to all, rooted in her musicianship. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuantum Listening\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a manifesto for listening as activism. Through simple yet profound exercises, Oliveros shows how Deep Listening is the foundation for a radically transformed social matrix: one in which compassion and peace form the basis for our actions in the world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis timely edition brings Oliveros’ futuristic vision – blending technology and spirituality – together with a new Foreword and Introduction by Laurie Anderson and IONE. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booksource","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43740012708099,"sku":"9781739371753","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/0331\/4362\/files\/Quantum_Listening_786bdd10-303f-4e84-9702-23382069c893.png?v=1775735508"},{"product_id":"the-possibility-of-tenderness-jason-allen-paisant","title":"The Possibility of Tenderness, Jason Allen-Paisant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJason Allen-Paisant\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Possibility of Tenderness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(31, 33, 36);\"\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePenguin Random House\u003c\/span\u003e, 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(5, 5, 5);\"\u003ePart of the Reading List compiled by artist Ain Bailey to accompany her exhibition \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/camdenartcentre.org\/whats-on\/the-jamaica-project\" title=\"Ain Bailey The Jamaica Project Exhibition Camden Art centre\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Jamaica Project\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e at Camden Art Centre, 10 April 2026\/14 June 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Possibility of Tenderness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a personal history narrated through the lens of the ‘grung’ and plants. It’s also a people’s history of the land, a family saga, an archival detective story through time. It’s the migration tale of a young scholar who arrives in Britain from rural Jamaica to study at Oxford to achieve ‘upward social mobility’ and who now lives in Roundhay Leeds. Suddenly, amidst his journey of dreams and class aspiration, the plants and people of his native district, Coffee Grove, begin to offer different ways of living, alternative dreams, and the possibility of tenderness and the permission to roam England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarrying the local and the familial with global history and unfolding as a timely and immersive tale of land, environment, and the world of plants, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Possibility of Tenderness\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereveals how the history of a tiny rural village in a mountainous region of Jamaica is interlinked with that of modern Britain. And, also what that rural village can teach us about leisure, land ownership and reclamation today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMama, the author’s grandmother, is a central protagonist of the story. Alongside her, herbalists, plant workers, farmers, and plant lovers help forge an intimate portrait of Coffee Grove, as do the plants themselves; fever grass, jointa, search mi heart, leaf of life, helping Allen-Paisant revise his sense of self and solidify a new understanding of his place in the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Possibility of Tenderness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a cross-pollinating book about the transformative power of plants, the legacy of dreams, and the lessons they offer for living with the earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Service","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57946354975101,"sku":"9781804944950","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/0331\/4362\/files\/The_Possibility_of_Tenderness.png?v=1775736236"},{"product_id":"a-small-place-jamaica-kincaid","title":"A Small Place, Jamaica Kincaid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJamaica Kincaid\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Small Place\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(31, 33, 36);\"\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003eDaunt Books\u003c\/span\u003e, 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(5, 5, 5);\"\u003ePart of the Reading List compiled by artist Ain Bailey to accompany her exhibition \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/camdenartcentre.org\/whats-on\/the-jamaica-project\" title=\"Ain Bailey The Jamaica Project Exhibition Camden Art centre\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Jamaica Project\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e at Camden Art Centre, 10 April 2026\/14 June 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will see…’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo begins Jamaica Kincaid’s powerful portrait of the damaged paradise that was her childhood home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe island of Antigua is a magical place of breathtaking beauty – with cloudless skies, dazzling blue waters, and majestic sunsets. 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The book is a missive to the traveller, whether American or European, who wants to escape the banality and corruption of some large place, Kincaid, eloquent and resolute, reminds us that the Antiguan people, formerly British subjects, are unable to escape the same drawbacks of their own tiny realm – that behind the benevolent Caribbean scenery are human lives, always complex and often fraught with injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57946421625213,"sku":"9781911547099","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/0331\/4362\/files\/A_Small_Place.png?v=1775738234"},{"product_id":"race-sexuality-and-identity-in-britain-and-jamaica-gemma-romain","title":"Race, Sexuality and Identity in Britain and Jamaica, Gemma Romain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGemma Romain\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eRace, Sexuality and Identity in Britain and Jamaica: The Biography of Patrick Nelson, 1916-1963\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(31, 33, 36);\"\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003eBloomsbury Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e, 2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(5, 5, 5);\"\u003ePart of the Reading List compiled by artist Ain Bailey to accompany her exhibition \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ain Bailey The Jamaica Project Exhibition Camden Art centre\" href=\"https:\/\/camdenartcentre.org\/whats-on\/the-jamaica-project\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Jamaica Project\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e at Camden Art Centre, 10 April 2026\/14 June 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the first biography of the extraordinary, but ordinary life of, Patrick Nelson. His experiences touched on some of the most important and intriguing historical themes of the twentieth century. He was a black migrant to interwar Britain; an aristocrat's valet in rural Wales; a Black queer man in 1930s London; an artist's model; a law student, a recruit to the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps and Prisoner of War during the Second World War. Through his return to Jamaica after the war and his re-migrations to London in the late 1940s and the early 1960s, he was also witness to post-war Jamaican struggles and the independence movement as well as the development of London's post-war multi-ethnic migrations. Drawing on a range of archival materials including letters sent to individuals such as Bloomsbury group artist Duncan Grant (his former boyfriend and life-long friend), as well as paintings and newspaper articles, Gemma Romain explores the intersections of these diverse aspects of Nelson's life and demonstrates how such marginalized histories shed light on our understanding of broader historical themes such as Black LGBTQ history, Black British history in relation to the London artworld, the history of the Second World War, and histories of racism, colonialism and empire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57946450395517,"sku":"9781350106093","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/0331\/4362\/files\/Race_Sexuality_and_Identity.png?v=1775737314"},{"product_id":"jacques-road-ain-bailey","title":"JACQUES ROAD., Ain Bailey","description":"\u003cp\u003eAin Bailey, \u003cem\u003eJACQUES ROAD.,\u003c\/em\u003e 2026\u003cbr\u003eGloss photograph\u003cbr\u003e28 x 21.5 cm\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 20\u003cbr\u003eSigned and numbered certificate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStandard Price £150\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatron’s Price £135\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdition prices will increase as they sell out.\u003cbr\u003ePatron’s price is available to those who support Camden Art Centre via our Patron and Young Patron scheme. For further information please click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/camdenartcentre.org\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition has been produced on the occasion of Ain Bailey's exhibition \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ain Bailey The Jamaica Project Exhibition Camden Art centre\" href=\"https:\/\/camdenartcentre.org\/whats-on\/the-jamaica-project\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Jamaica Project\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e at Camden Art Centre, 10 April 2026\/14 June 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the work\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThis image captures the moment at which artist Ain Bailey arrives at the road where her mother’s family once lived in Kingston, Jamaica. The journey to this site during her first ever trip to the island is the subject of her new work presented in the exhibition: \u003ci\u003e5C Jacques Road: Part One\u003c\/i\u003e (2026). Conceived as a travelogue, and captured with an energised immediacy on her iPhone, the single-channel video takes audiences with the artist on her voyage of discovery, accompanied by a new composition featuring field recordings collected en route.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the artist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAin Bailey\u003cspan\u003e (b. 1963, London) is a composer, artist and DJ. She facilitates workshops considering the role of sound in the formation of identity, and the exploration of memory and sound. In 2020 Bailey and Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski created a composition and print entitled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRemember To Exhale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for Studio Voltaire, London. Previous exhibitions include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd We’ll Always Be A Disco In The Glow Of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Cubitt Gallery, London (2019); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVersion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge (2021); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlantic Railton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e which was part of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eListening To The City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sound installation programme in the 2021 Serpentine Pavilion; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUntitled: Our Wedding for the Black Melancholia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e exhibition at CCS Bard (2022), New York, USA and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrioesque\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for Bruckenmusik 27 in Cologne, Germany (2022). Bailey’s most recent commission was for FACT Liverpool’s Resolution research project, for which she created the installation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2024). She was the 2022-23 Cavendish Arts Science Fellow at Girton College, University of Cambridge. Forthcoming in June 2026 is an audio work commission by Art On The Underground for Waterloo Station.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVAT and Shipping\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ePlease note VAT is calculated at checkout. 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