Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley

THE DELUSION

Name: THE DELUSION
Brand: Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley
SKU: 978-1-908617-95-8
Price: 28.00 GBP
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Coinciding with the exhibition, Serpentine and Archive Books have released the artist's first monograph - THE DELUSION. It imagines a 'new bible for emotional processing' and offers intimate insight into the project, as well as the artist's wider practice in a gamified interactive style.

Contributors include Rebecca Allen, Barby Asante, Tamar Clarke-Brown, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Shenece Oretha, Legacy Russell, Mindy Seu, Ebun Sodipo, Helen Starr, ROsa-Johan Uddoh, Mckenzie Wark and Kay Watson.

Edited by Tamar Clarke-Brown in collaboration with Managing Editor, Cairo Clarke. Co-published by Serpentine and Archive Books.

Hardcover

Illustrated in colour throughout

192pp

Book design by Jamie Reid Studio

£28

Contributors:

Text: Mckenzie Wark

Essay: Helen Starr

Conversation: Legacy Russell x Mindy Seu

Text: Tamar Clarke-Brown

Interview: Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Kay Watson, Rebecca Allen, Hans Ulrich Obrist

Exercises: Shenece Oretha, Rosa-Johan Uddoh, Barby Asante, Ebun Sodipo

Credits

THIS CATALOGUE IS PUBLISHED ON THE OCCASION OF THE EXHIBITION

THE DELUSION AT SERPENTINE, 2025.

©️ 2025 DANIELLE BRATHWAITE-SHIRLEY, SERPENTINE, AUTHOR AND ARCHIVE BOOKS

©️ VG IMAGE-ART, BONN 2025 FOR DANIELLE BRATHWAITE-SHIRLEY

EDITORS

TAMAR CLARKE-BROWN

DANIELLE BRATHWAITE-SHIRLEY

MANAGING EDITOR

CAIRO CLARKE

EDITORIAL ASSITANT

VI TRINH

COPY EDITORS

MELISSA LARNER

SHANNON MAHANTY

ART DIRECTION

JAMIE REID STUDIO

DESIGNER

JOEL DENT, JR STUDIO

DESIGN TEAM

HANNAH LORD & SHINYA UCHIDA, JR STUDIO

PRINTING

GRAPHIUS, BELGIUM

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THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK REFLECT THE OPINIONS OF THE CONTRIBUTORS, AND ANY VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THE WORK SHOULD NOT BE ATTRIBUTED TO SERPENTINE.

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SERPENTINE ISBN: 978-1-908617-95-8

ARCHIVE BOOKS ISBN: 978-3-949973-97-0

Medium:: Hardcover illustrated in colour throughout
Dimensions:: 192 pp.

Artist

Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley

Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley (b. 1995, London) is a Berlin/London-based artist who graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art, London in 2019. Working predominantly in animation, sound, performance and video game development, their practice focuses on intertwining lived experience with fiction to imaginatively retell the stories of Black Trans people. Encouraging the active participation of the visitor-player in their installations, the artist highlights the role of individual choices in shaping narratives and histories. Danielle’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions and performances at institutions including Fundació Joan Miró (2024); LAS (2024); Studio Voltaire (2024); SCAD (2023) ArtNight (2023); FACT (2022) David Kordansky, LA (2022) Project Arts Centre, Ireland (2022); Skänes konstförening, Malmö, Sweden (2022); Arebyte Gallery (2021); QUAD (2021); Albright-Knox (2021); and Science Gallery, London (2020). Their work has been included in group exhibitions at institutions including Julia Stoschek Foundation (2022); Les Urbaines (2019); and Barbican (2018).

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THE DELUSION

£28.00