Chisenhale Gallery presents a major new commission and the first solo exhibition in the UK by Luke Willis Thompson. For his exhibition at Chisenhale Gallery, Thompson presents a portrait of Diamond Reynolds. In July 2016, Reynolds broadcast, via Facebook Live, the moments immediately after the fatal shooting of her partner Philando Castile by a police officer during a traffic-stop in Minnesota, United States. Reynolds video circulated widely online and amassed over six million views. In November 2016, with the assistance of Chisenhale Gallery, Thompson established a conversation with Reynolds, and her lawyer, and invited Reynolds to work with him on the production of an artwork. Thompson proposed to make an aesthetic response that could act as a sister-image to Reynolds video broadcast. Thompson and Reynolds agreed to produce a film together, to be presented in London, and which would break with the we
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