Meet the Artist - Intended for Jamaica

Name: Meet the Artist - Intended for Jamaica
Start: 2024-07-13T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-07-13T15:00:00+01:00
Location: Library of Birmingham

Schedule

Sat Jul 13 2024 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Library of Birmingham | Birmingham, EN

Free Meet the Artist talk with Tracey Thorne and personal tour of the exhibition Intended for Jamaica at the Library of Birmingham. The session will provide an opportunity to meet the artist, learn more about how the artist came to make the work, and an exploration of personal connections to the work.
Intended for Jamaica is an artist-led project responding to archives in the Boulton and Watt Collection at the Library of Birmingham.
The new work focuses on an unseen part of the archive in the collection that sheds light on the sale of Boulton and Watt Co. steam engines from Soho Foundry near Birmingham to sugar plantations in Jamaica during the nineteenth century. This story represents a missing chapter in the narrative of pioneering industrial heroes Boulton, Watt, and Murdoch, one that is interwoven with the threads of transatlantic slavery, indentured (bonded) labour, and the enduring legacies of colonialism.
Talk Event Details:
Starts at 2 pm.
Meet inside the Gallery on the 3rd Floor (note no drinks may be taken into the gallery).
Booking essential
This event is managed by the artist directly not the Library of Birmingham. For further details contact the artist and get in touch in advance for any access or dietary requirements.