There’s no place like ‘Home’?

There’s no place like ‘Home’?

1^st July 2017 marked the 20^th anniversary of the return of Hong Kong to China from British administration.

14^th, 15^th, 16^th August 2017 mark the 70^th anniversary of the dates of Independence from British rule of India, Pakistan and Partition of the country.

This is a vital time to open up discussion about ideas of Home and Displacement, the importance of incorporating post-colonial dialogues in opening up new angles of vision and of thinking about our own identities and ‘Place’ in the world.

Please join us for an informal discussion and exhibition tour led by Lecturer and specialist in African History Dr Matthew Graham and Reader in Humanities and Urban Theories Dr Lorens Holm with 5 artists of different nationalities exploring just such themes and ideas through materials, space, print, language, paint, humour and sculpture.

Helen Angell-Preece is a Welsh-born, Scottish-raised, London-educated artist with an English family. Continual movement and journeying up and down the length of the country, and the idea of ‘Home’ always being elsewhere inform her spatial and ‘displaced’ architectural installation practice. She believes strongly the threshold or in-between position, a space with multiple viewpoints that allows us to acknowledge the stranger or foreigner in ourselves, is one of power and value.

Hong Kong-born, Scottish artist Jacinda Chan explores the cultural differences, symbolism in Chinese culture, slippage in language and translation and play on words through her sculptural art objects and practice.

Clara Lang-Ezekiel is a dual French and U.S. citizen. Her own experience of belonging to two strong national identities have lead her into an in-depth study and research project on African Histories and their relationship to European and Western notions of Identity.

For Astrid Leeson home is where she was brought up in the isolated Scottish Highlands but she has spent many hours travelling the length of Britain to family in the crowded East End of London and a South East New town. These almost contradictory influences are another of the dualities that inform her spatial walking, drawing, painting and installation practice.

Rishi Srinivasan is a Californian citizen and former active member of the U.S. military, with a close family connection and cultural heritage in South India. His unique background and experience feed into strong graphic imagery and print works.

Thursday 24th August, 1 – 2.30pm

6th Floor Crawford Building

Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design

13 Perth Road

Dundee DD1 4HT