Gestures Towards Telling A New Narrative, 2024

 

Durational Performance, with live drums by Irvin Pascal

24:00 minutes

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Performed in the Atlantic Worlds gallery, National Maritime Museum, London

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This intimate durational performance served as a symbolic farewell to the Atlantic Worlds gallery ahead of its temporary closure for a new phase of interpretation—one that seeks to resonate more meaningfully with the descendants of, and those impacted by, the transatlantic slave trade.

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The performance unfolded through a combination of chanting and movement, guided by the beat of the drum, and continued until the moment of inviting the spiritual ancestors into the gallery felt present.

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Commissioned by The Collective Makers for The National Maritime Museum

Credits:

With special thanks to Irvin Pascal, Lison Sabrina Musset and Joseph Ijoyemi from The Collective Makers, and Storm Thompson. Photographed by Big Skilly Media.

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