Barby Asante is an artist based in London and Amsterdam. Her work creates situations and spaces for dialogue, collective thinking, ritual and reenactment. Using archival material she is interested in breaking down the language of archives to interrupt, interrogate and explore the effects and possibilities of the unheard and the missing. Over 20 years of artistic action she has explored, liveness, performativity and sociability; considered issues of place, identity and belonging; and critically reflected on race and social justice, through institutional interventions, working with young people, and articulating perspectives that reflect on the histories, legacies and contemporary impact of slavery and colonialism. Barby’s Declaration of Independence is a LADA commission for CAPP.