/ Exhibition

Sites of Collective Memory

5 Sept - 3 Oct

Sites of Collective Memory comprises four new animated works that offer intimate portraits of individuals, witnesses to historic events at places that resonate with individual and shared remembrance.

Sites of Collective Memory comprises four new animated works that offer intimate portraits of witnesses to historic events at places that resonate with individual and shared remembrance.

Each work takes testimony as its starting point, reflecting on personal experiences of iconic and historic moments – the bombing of Hiroshima, the massacre of Polish Gypsies in WWII, and the 7/7 London bombings – and in contrast, the private experiences passed down through British Romani families. Through these works we may consider how representations of history and culture are shared in our collective consciousness.

The artists are: Jordan Baseman, Shona Illingworth, Delaine Le Bas and Damian James Le Bas, and Roz Mortimer.

Sites of Collective Memory is a Animate Projects touring exhibition. The initial research and development was supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

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/ Talk

Sites of Collective Memory Artists’ Talk

24 Sept, 6.15pm

Join Sites of Collective Memory artists Delaine Le Bas, Damian James Le Bas and Roz Mortimer as they talk about their work and discuss the rewards and challenges of representing a culture from both an insider and outsider perspective.