Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley - THE DELUSION

Coinciding with Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley’s 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 and the artist’s wider practice, in a gamified, interactive style.

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 intertwines 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. 

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