Black Magic in the Whitehouse

Grounded: Fashion's Entanglements with Nature | UK Tour
Written By Fashion In Film
Denmark, 2009. Director Jeannette Ehlers. 4min.

Black Magic in the Whitehouse features Ehlers performing a vodoun dance at Marienborg – a site linked to Denmark’s slave trade – while rendered nearly invisible through video manipulation. The work confronts colonial amnesia and examines the ongoing impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on contemporary Danish society. 

Past screenings

Grounded: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature – UK Tour
Friday 19 September 2025, 19:00 | Arnolfini, Bristol
Presented as a part of ‘Cartographies of Memory,’ a programme featuring multiple shorts by Jeannette Ehlers and a discussion between the artist and Karen Alexander.

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