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Passing Gloves - Rich Mix, London (2022)
Producer-Curator with Orion Isaacs - Supported by Arts Council England
“Passing Gloves” was an immersive exhibition conceived by artist Orion Isaacs, celebrating the lost and forgotten stories of Jewish boxers in the UK. Isaacs’ original photo-series and short film (produced in collaboration with Sweatmother) formed a visual dialogue with a vanished Jewish boxing archive collected for the exhibition, challenging audiences with questions of Jewish masculinity, spiritual and bodily stamina, and boxing’s extended history as a vehicle for empowering the marginalised. A soundscape by Giora, theatre lighting methods, and suspended objects combined to create an experience that was both intimate and ambitious.
As co-curator and producer, I shaped the exhibition’s construction, supervised its production from development through to launch at Rich Mix, and conducted oral history fieldwork across London and Manchester, working with Jewish families connected to the world of boxing, gathering the personal pasts and family archives that form the exhibition’s documentary core, and co-leading curatorial engagement work with audiences in the form of discussion sessions.
“Passing Gloves” was an immersive exhibition conceived by artist Orion Isaacs, celebrating the lost and forgotten stories of Jewish boxers in the UK. Isaacs’ original photo-series and short film (produced in collaboration with Sweatmother) formed a visual dialogue with a vanished Jewish boxing archive collected for the exhibition, challenging audiences with questions of Jewish masculinity, spiritual and bodily stamina, and boxing’s extended history as a vehicle for empowering the marginalised. A soundscape by Giora, theatre lighting methods, and suspended objects combined to create an experience that was both intimate and ambitious.
As co-curator and producer, I shaped the exhibition’s construction, supervised its production from development through to launch at Rich Mix, and conducted oral history fieldwork across London and Manchester, working with Jewish families connected to the world of boxing, gathering the personal pasts and family archives that form the exhibition’s documentary core, and co-leading curatorial engagement work with audiences in the form of discussion sessions.
