Re:Context with Pauline Black

This conversation will be held in English.

No music without context

Music is never created in a vacuum. Behind every concert lie stories, ideas, social movements and personal histories that enrich our listening experience. In the Re:Context series, Ha, together with its partner, the Paard van Troje bookshop  invites you to look and listen beyond the music itself.

Artist Talk met Pauline Black

From the streets of Coventry to the world’s biggest stages: Pauline Black went on to become one of the most iconic voices of the British 2 Tone movement. As the frontwoman of The Selecter, she not only helped shape the ska revival of the late 1970s, but also became an outspoken voice in the debate on identity, racism, gender and representation.

In this Re:Context, Pauline Black talks about her remarkable life story, as recounted in her acclaimed memoir  Black By Design. She talks about growing up as an adopted child of a Nigerian father and a Jewish mother, about music as a means of resistance and emancipation, and about the enduring social relevance of the 2 Tone movement.

The conversation

Pauline is in conversation with interviewer Joséphine Vandekerckhove. She is a curator, researcher and writer who specialises in the intersections between art and society, with a particular focus on female artists and their contributions to cultural history.

She is the programme coordinator for ‘Reflection and Word’ at KAAP (Bruges and Ostend) and teaches Film Theory at the University of Antwerp.

Experience them live in concert afterwards

vr 18 dec '26

The Selecter

Celebrating 45 years of 'Too Much Pressure'

The Queen of Ska

20:15 Tickets

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In corporation with Ha Concerts abd Boekhandel Paard van Troje