Opening Launch:' Unbroken' Art Installation by EVEWRIGHT

Unbroken : Art Installation curated by EVEWRIGHT Arts

Join us for the opening launch of Unbroken, a banner art installation in the Ocean Court space at the National Maritime Museum created by artist EVEWRIGHT which responds to the Zong massacre.

In 1781, the crew of the British slave ship Zong threw 133 enslaved African people overboard, allegedly because there was not enough drinking water on the vessel, in order to claim compensation under their insurance.

The new installation has been made by Evewright Arts, as part of a five-month residency at Royal Museums Greenwich. The community organisation works to seek out, find and preserve untold Black British stories from the diaspora using visual arts.

As part of the launch event, artist Ionie Richards will deliver a spoken word performance. The night will also feature a dance ceremony by leading African dance practitioners, Dr ‘H’ Patten MBE and Peter Badejo OBE, and an artist talk hosted by Victoria Lane, Royal Museums Greenwich's Senior Curator of Art and Identity.

In Unbroken, EVEWRIGHT reimagines the Museum’s naval uniforms alongside a previous sculptural series, £££ Kissi Penny $$$, named in reference to an iron currency used during the trade of enslaved people in West Africa. The artist explores the theme of Ocean Justice to create an artwork of potent juxtaposition that exposes the intersection of value, humanity and institutional complicity in the transatlantic trade of enslaved African people.

Entry is free but booking required. please go on Royal Museums Greenwich website to book tickets NOW

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