Alumni Commission Award 2021

Goldsmiths alumnus Djofray Makumbu was the inaugural recipient of the Alumni Commission Award.

Exhibitions Hub partnered with the London Community Video Archive to launch its first curated project supporting Department of Art alumni. The Exhibitions Hub commissioned Djofray Makumbu to develop a new work in response to the archive.

Screening of Djofray Makumbu's film at South London Gallery, a still shows a clay model speaking about police discrimination. — _{Djofray Makumbu, Hello Mr. Officer, South London Gallery, November 2021.}

The film was presented as part of a two-day screening event ‘Hello Mr Officer’ at South London Gallery 19 — 20 Nov 2021.

Inspired by films such as The People’s Account (1987) – a documentary about the Broadwater Farm riot in Tottenham, North London, made by Ceddo Film Collective, held in the LCVA – ‘Hello Mr Officer’ wove together different animation styles, using 2D and 3D drawing, sculpture, painting, clay and stop motion animation to portray a multi-faceted representation  of  young Black men living  in  London,  counteracting the way  they  are  often typecast and subject to racial profiling by the police. 

Djofray Makumbu's exhibition Hello Mr. Officer at South London Gallery, November 2021. A clay model displayed on a plinth and a selection of drawings mounted on a board. — _{Djofray Makumbu, Hello Mr. Officer, South London Gallery, November 2021.}

Djofray Makumbu's exhibition Hello Mr. Officer at South London Gallery, November 2021, showing a clay model reading a comic book in an armchair. — _{Djofray Makumbu, Hello Mr. Officer, South London Gallery, November 2021.}