Jan Wade & Vanessa Richards, Jazz Slave Ships, Witness, I Burn, 1996

Jan Wade & Vanessa Richards
Jazz Slave Ships, Witness, I Burn, 1996 

Jefferson Warehouse, Whitehaven, Cumbria
Wilberforce House, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire

A site-specific performance installation in Whitehaven, Cumbria, the last English slaving port and Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, the birthplace of anti-slavery pioneer William Wilberforce, referencing issues of British colonialism, the 'new world' and slavery.

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Artist:
Jan Wade & Vanessa Richards
Project Title:
Jazz Slave Ships, Witness, I Burn
Year:
1996
Organisation:
Locus+