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Afterall ArtSchool Q&A: Purplewashing with Chris Fite-Wassilak

publication · 2026-04-22

Afterall.org published a video conversation between writer and critic Chris Fite-Wassilak and artist, filmmaker, and Central Saint Martins professor Graham Ellard. The discussion, part of the Afterall ArtSchool Q&A series, focuses on identity and the production of space in Johanna Billing's 2019 video and performance piece 'In Purple'. The video was released on July 28, 2020.

Key facts

  • Chris Fite-Wassilak is a writer and critic.
  • Graham Ellard is an artist, filmmaker, and professor at Central Saint Martins.
  • The conversation is about Johanna Billing's 2019 work 'In Purple'.
  • The work is a video and performance piece.
  • Topics include identity and the production of space.
  • The video was published on July 28, 2020.
  • It is part of the Afterall ArtSchool Q&A series.
  • Afterall.org uses minimal cookies.

Entities

Artists

  • Chris Fite-Wassilak
  • Graham Ellard
  • Johanna Billing

Institutions

  • Afterall
  • Central Saint Martins

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