London is a living history in yr hand
This website accompanies the exhibition history is a living weapon in yr hand by artist Onyeka Igwe at Peer (27 September - 15 December 2024).
history is a living weapon in yr hand takes as its starting point the year of 1947, when London was a hub of radical anti-colonial activity. Central to the exhibition, Onyeka Igwe’s film, A Radical Duet, imagines what happened in the 1940s when two women of different generations who were fighting for independence, came together in London to write a revolutionary play.
Responding to the exhibition, this website pinpoints significant figures and locations in Hackney and further afield, past and present: locations that may be familiar to many—places passed every day or often visited—and others perhaps less well known. These places connect us to black British histories that may otherwise go unnoticed, and contain traces of those that have been forgotten or silenced. Through remapping, we recognise their stories and contributions, and the part they play in creating the East London that we know today.
Compiled by students on the MA Curating and Collections at Chelsea College of Art: Nis Azmee Murat, Yining Bai, Stephanie Colclough, Wanjing Lin, Heyue Lu, Zihan Zhou
Written and researched by Yining Bai, Stephanie Colclough, Wanjing Lin, Heyue Lu, Zihan Zhou
Illustrated by Nis Azmee Murat, Stephanie Colclough
Website design by Yining Bai, Wanjing Lin, Heyue Lu, Zihan Zhou
For more information about the exhibition and associated series of free public events curated by MA Curating & Collections at Chelsea College of Art, and the wider programme at Peer, visit: peeruk.org
The mouse-follow effect and layout design of the map page were inspired by the personal website of designer Manon Marin. For more information, you can visit her official website at manonmarin.com
history is a living weapon in yr hand takes as its starting point the year of 1947, when London was a hub of radical anti-colonial activity. Central to the exhibition, Onyeka Igwe’s film, A Radical Duet, imagines what happened in the 1940s when two women of different generations who were fighting for independence, came together in London to write a revolutionary play.
Responding to the exhibition, this website pinpoints significant figures and locations in Hackney and further afield, past and present: locations that may be familiar to many—places passed every day or often visited—and others perhaps less well known. These places connect us to black British histories that may otherwise go unnoticed, and contain traces of those that have been forgotten or silenced. Through remapping, we recognise their stories and contributions, and the part they play in creating the East London that we know today.
Compiled by students on the MA Curating and Collections at Chelsea College of Art: Nis Azmee Murat, Yining Bai, Stephanie Colclough, Wanjing Lin, Heyue Lu, Zihan Zhou
Written and researched by Yining Bai, Stephanie Colclough, Wanjing Lin, Heyue Lu, Zihan Zhou
Illustrated by Nis Azmee Murat, Stephanie Colclough
Website design by Yining Bai, Wanjing Lin, Heyue Lu, Zihan Zhou
For more information about the exhibition and associated series of free public events curated by MA Curating & Collections at Chelsea College of Art, and the wider programme at Peer, visit: peeruk.org
The mouse-follow effect and layout design of the map page were inspired by the personal website of designer Manon Marin. For more information, you can visit her official website at manonmarin.com
