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It’s as much about culture, as it is about time…
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From @josephdouglaselmhirst

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Last Sunday night… DUPPY: A Conversation About Time, presented by @duppyprojects in collaboration with #SALON64 🧡 A dream come true, featuring a reading by @vasilikialexopoulos, a live performance by @groovycaleb, and food by @bigtingsnyc.

Head to the link in bio for your copy of DUPPY, a limited-edition, 64-page odyssey through the ghosts of the Caribbean past and the ways they continue to inhabit the present. Bringing together artists, writers, and political voices, with contributions from @alvarobarrington, @diotima.world, @rachelleighscott, @chiefrichardcurrie, and @jawaraalleyne @jawara.alleyne, DUPPY explores how the past informs the present, and how both might shape a more liberated future.

#DUPPY #SALON64

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DUPPY available now! Limited copies left! Thanks to everyone who has supported #DUPPY @duppyprojects thus far 🖤 Was a dream to put all these voices I admire into the same space from @jawaraalleyne to @diotima.world @rachelleighscott , @alvarobarrington, @chiefrichardcurrie and so many more. It’s as much about culture, as it is about time.

DUPPY (2026) is available now at the link in my bio via @duppyprojects + via the following stockists (enquire for availability).

JAMAICA: @nationalgalleryofjamaica
LONDON: @bcaheritage
LAGOS: @alaralagos
PARIS: @1909.bookstore
MELBOURNE: @fiendbookshop

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NEW YORK! Join me to celebrate the release of DUPPY in collaboration with #SALON64, this Sunday! (At Capacity, RSVP for waitlist)

Hear A Conversation About Time, featuring special speakers @vasilikialexopoulos & Prof. Aisha Khan (Professor of Anthropology at @nyuniversity) + food by @bigtingsnyc & a special performance from @groovycaleb performing songs from his album, WHOLE HEART. See you there…

Graphic by @macheteada

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Pre-Order link in bio - limited copies left! Thanks to everyone who has supported #DUPPY @duppyprojects thus far - shipping out first orders this week 🖤

Was a dream to put all these voices I admire into the same space from @jawaraalleyne to @diotima.world @rachelleighscott , @alvarobarrington, @chiefrichardcurrie, @isatbuchanan, @eastwindscove.jamaica, @thekadsmeow, @daniellehmyers, #jovanscottlewis and so many more.

The hand-illustrations and portraits that fill the pages were inspired by West-African Calabash/nzu etchings, where etchings are used as an offering to deities and a medium to channel, communicate and connect with both the past, and ancestors. Equally inspired by the archives of newspapers and journals such as Savacou, Hot Spice and the West Indian Gazette, Duppy functions to create a tangible contemporary record of the intersection between art and politics, and practices that harken back to the past in a Jamaican context.

DUPPY (2026) is available for pre-order now at the link in my bio via @duppyprojects + via the following stockists (enquire for availability).

JAMAICA: @nationalgalleryofjamaica
LONDON: @bcaheritage
LAGOS: @alaralagos
PARIS: @1909.bookstore
MELBOURNE: @fiendbookshop

#jamaica

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Pre-Order link in bio - limited copies left! Thanks to everyone who has supported #DUPPY @duppyprojects thus far - shipping out first orders next week 🖤

Was a dream to put all these voices I admire into the same space from @jawaraalleyne to @diotima.world @rachelleighscott , @alvarobarrington, @chiefrichardcurrie and so many more.

The hand-illustrations and portraits that fill the pages were inspired by West-African Calabash/nzu etchings, where etchings are used as an offering to deities and a medium to channel, communicate and connect with both the past, and ancestors. Equally inspired by the archives of newspapers and journals such as Savacou, Hot Spice and the West Indian Gazette, Duppy functions to create a tangible contemporary record of the intersection between art and politics, and practices that harken back to the past in a Jamaican context.

DUPPY (2026) is available for pre-order now at the link in my bio via @duppyprojects + via the following stockists (enquire for availability).

JAMAICA: @nationalgalleryofjamaica
LONDON: @bcaheritage
LAGOS: @alaralagos
PARIS: @1909.bookstore
MELBOURNE: @fiendbookshop

#jamaica

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@duppyprojects is a newspaper in negative: pages saturated in black ink, with text printed in white.

This limited-edition publication from @josephdouglaselmhirst takes its title from the Jamaican Patois term for a ghost and explores – through photography and conversations with @alvarobarrington, @eastwindscove.jamaica, @devonncharlesfrancis and others – how Jamaica’s past has shaped artistic practices across the Black diaspora.

“In a country that has such a complex history as Jamaica, but so little of it recorded, it feels really important to create something tangible,” says Joseph, who was inspired by the archives of newspapers and journals such as Savacou, Hot Spice and the West Indian Gazette. “I wanted the fragility of the newsprint to reflect the fragility of preservation in that region.”

He worked with graphic designer @bryce.carrington to bring a “gothic sensibility” to the newspaper and wax-pencil illustrations by Violet Hoppe (@hoppppppeeeee) materialise like apparitions across the pages.

📰 Printed on our midi newspapers on 55gsm improved newsprint. Duppy is available now at duppyprojects.com and at the following stockists:

Jamaica: @nationalgalleryofjamaica
London: @bcaheritage
Lagos: @alaralagos
Paris: @1909.bookstore
Melbourne: @fiendbookshop

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Here is a look at #DUPPY, out now via @duppyprojects & printed by @newspaperclub.

“In a country that has such a complex history as Jamaica, but so little recorded history, it feels important to create something tangible. Working with @newspaperclub to bring DUPPY to life made that possible.” said DUPPY Director and Co-Editor @josephdouglaselmhirst. Bringing together original contributions from a dynamic community of artists, writers, and cultural thinkers like @alvarobarrington @jawaraalleyne, @isatbuchanan, @chiefrichardcurrie, @rachelleighscott of @diotima.world, @rubyelmhirst, @devonncharlesfrancis, @lucakhouri, #JovanScottLewis, @daniellehmyers, @thekadsmeow, and @eastwindscove.jamaica, DUPPY reflects the ghosts of the past by connecting those whose practices intersect with it, while simultaneously informing a liberated vision of the future. “I wanted the design of the book to mirror its gothic sensibility. It’s a collection of ghost stories. Newspaper Club’s Midi format enabled full-bleed printing to bring this concept to life, allowing each story to flow seamlessly from page to page” shared Joseph.

“The design of Duppy is informed by the stories it holds. By reclaiming and queering established design principles, the publication reimagines familiar visual languages as something distinctly our own. This approach echoes the history of the Black diaspora, where inherited cultures, traditions, and systems have long been adapted, transformed, and redefined beyond the confines of whiteness” shared @bryce.carrington, DUPPY’s graphic and layout designer.

Inspired by chalk illustrations, Duppy was hand illustrated. “The illustrations tie together the stories, while emphasizing the harmonious quality of each contributor” says @josephdouglaselmhirst. “To create these portraits and illustrations I used a white wax pencil, charcoal, and black paper as the background for the drawings. Instead of sketching the outline, and shading in the darker points, I tried to pull the images from the shadows. Drawing only the light and working with the values. It was an enjoyable process that flexed my artistic muscles.” says Duppy’s illustrator, Violet Hoppe @hoppppppeeeee

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Summer reading @duppyprojects 🖤

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Preview of #DUPPY in @dazed featuring excerpts of What Remains by @lucakhouri. Head to the link in our bio to read the story written by @zara.aftab and pre-order your copy of DUPPY via @duppyprojects now!

#duppy #dazed #lucakhouri #photo

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To celebrate the pre-order release of #DUPPY out via @duppyprojects, I curated a special playlist for @8__tracks & @frinkles live now on @8ballradio, celebrating the power, diversity and influence of Jamaican music! Link in bio 🖤

Gyptian ft Nicki Minaj “Hold Yuh” (2010)

Grace Jones “Slave to the Rhythm (1985)

The Specials “Gangsters” (1979)

Janet Kay “Silly Games” (1982)

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This month’s picks are happily all over the place (not unlike our team’s summer holidays!) In the mix for July: @kellianderson’s cyanotype animation workbook, analogue internet memes from @thedailyscrolloffline, the “big, impractical, heavily pixelated” fashion mag that is @useless.socials and more, hot off the press. 🗞️

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