Lacuna: ‘Feeling Her Way’
Join us for the Lacuna preview of ‘Feeling Her Way’ where Sonia Boyce will give a short talk about their work and exhibition.
'Feeling Her Way'
Sonia Boyce
1st February: 5 - 7 pm
This event is led by Turner Contemporary and they will have a range of learning opportunities for you to get involved with. Their engagement assistants will share the workshop activities and gallery games that they use as tools to help us engage and understand the artwork.
Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way
Commissioned by the British Council for the British Pavilion, the installation combines video, collage, music and sculpture to present a body of work that centres around the vocal experimentation of five Black female musicians.
Featuring Jacqui Dankworth, Poppy Ajudha, Sofia Jernberg, Tanita Tikaram, and composer Errollyn Wallen, these intergenerational musicians were brought together by Boyce at Abbey Road Studios in London and Atlantis Studios in Stockholm to improvise, interact and play with their voices. Colour-tinted video works take centre stage among tessellating wallpapers, created by Boyce, and golden 3-D geometric structures, which immerse the audience in the work through their highly reflective surfaces.
The commission expands on Boyce’s ‘Devotional Collection’, built over 20 years and spanning more than three centuries, which honours the substantial contribution of Black British female musicians to public life and transnational culture.
Lacuna is developed and led by 3 Margate based arts and learning organisations: Arts Education Exchange, Open School East and Turner Contemporary.
The network is aimed at teachers and educators across the region to share and develop their knowledge and approach to creative learning. Underpinned by creativity, curiosity and critical thinking and making use of the cultural context of Thanet. We aim to invite an open dialogue across sectors and communities, building on the area's rich tapestry of history and innovation to nurture a culture of learning. With our joined up expertise, knowledge and resources in social practice, education and access we want to open up opportunity, discourse and practice.
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