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SUMMARY:For My Only Love, Yours in Body and Soul
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DESCRIPTION:Friday 7th October - Sunday 6th November  For My Only Love, Yours in Body and Soul is a new body of work, made specifically for God’s House Tower to celebrate Black History Month 2022. It’s a continuation of Ebun’s research into the birth of modernity and the formation of race and identity. Ebun’s interest in the archive isn’t in the records, ledgers and legal files, but rather the spaces in between these documents and the lives they trace. Her work tells the stories that are missing; black lives, queer histories, personal correspondence, thoughts and feelings. The artist has written three stories in the form of love letters, told from the point of view of a women in Southampton, yearning for her lover who is always at sea. The written works appropriate the language of documents the artist uncovered in the Southampton Archives, they explore the changing attitudes towards Africans and their descendants in the city between the 16th and 20th century. The letters have been read out-loud and recorded by the artist, so that visitors can immerse themselves in the stories whilst standing in the gallery spaces at God’s House Tower. Each story takes place in a different century; the first is set in 1601, the second in 1794 and the third in 1858. Although the letters span centuries, the protagonist is the same woman. Her long life stretches beyond the boundaries of what’s possible and invites audiences to imagine a speculative past, blurring the lines between fact and fiction, histories and hearsay.  The audio recordings are accompanied by three large-scale collages, again appropriating material found in the Southampton Archives. The visual references provide important context, allowing audiences to navigate the narrative and create links between what they hear and what they see.  You can listen to an interview with artist Ebun Sodipo and \'a space\' arts Creative Programme Manager Mia Delve by pressing the play button below.   Access This exhibition will take place in the Main Gallery located on the first floor and the Project Space on the mezzanine level, in which wheelchair access is available via a lift. We have created a large print version of the exhibition guide which you can download ahead of your visit (click here) For any other access enquiries, head to our access page (click here) About the Artist Ebun makes work for those who will come after: the black trans people of the future. Her interdisciplinary practice narrates her construction of a black trans-feminine self after slavery and colonialism. Through a process of fragmentation, collage, and fabulation, she devises softer, other- wise ways of imagining and speaking about the body, desire, archives, and the past. Ebun’s work has been featured at 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Centre, Bernie Grants Arts Centre, Narrative Projects, Raven Row, The Block Museum of Art, South London Gallery, Arcadia Missa’s How To Sleep Faster, Auto Italia, ICA, Tate Britain, Embassy Gallery, Wasafiri, CCA Annex, Camden Arts Centre, Frieze. She was artist in residence at Porthmeor Studios, and Gasworks. She is  currently working on commissions for VISUAL Carlow, FACT Liverpool. She also teaches at Falmouth University.
URL:https://godshousetower.org.uk/eventer/for-my-only-love-yours-in-body-and-soul/
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