Displaced - Mayflower 400, Southampton (extended dates)
Inspired by the 1620 Mayflower voyage to the New World and significant historical and contemporary migratory passages, including diaspora journeys refugees have recently taken to escape war and conflict, UK and International disabled artists have created drawings, paintings, sculptures, digital artworks and films, responding to the exhibition’s themes to express their personal, physical, and psychological experiences of displacement.
Rachel Gadsden has worked in collaboration with Mayflower 400 Southampton to present and curate the exhibition, initiating the displacement theme for the artists to respond to. The virtual Displaced exhibition was designed by Rachel and Freddie Meyers in response to the current Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.
Ultimately, the huge benefit of creating a virtual exhibition space means that the exhibition can be viewed by worldwide audiences, which greatly suits the cultural diversity of the Displaced Exhibition and this transnational artistic collaboration.
Rachel Gadsden has worked in collaboration with Mayflower 400 Southampton to present and curate the exhibition, initiating the displacement theme for the artists to respond to. The virtual Displaced exhibition was designed by Rachel and Freddie Meyers in response to the current Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.
Ultimately, the huge benefit of creating a virtual exhibition space means that the exhibition can be viewed by worldwide audiences, which greatly suits the cultural diversity of the Displaced Exhibition and this transnational artistic collaboration.