The first thing I did was to kiss the ground
England's Creative Coast, Cement Fields and Turner Contemporary2021
A sculpture and a sound-piece located at the mouth of the Thames, opposite Tilbury Dock, responds to the site as the first point of disembarkation for immigrants arriving in the UK, welcomed to rehabilitate post war Britain.
The faux marble render and long, sacred hair are in reference to Gravesend's histories of community spaces, where marginalised groups provided 'supplementary schooling' as a form of resistance. The sound work, made in collaboration with the local Saheli Women's Group and artist Ain Bailey document the women's sonic biographies which overlap with the rhythms of the Thames.
