event 08 Aug 2024
A photograph of four women of colour and one white woman sat on chairs laughing with one another Photography by Ai Narapol

DWYS Presents "We Gather" with Sheffield City Archives

Date 08 Aug 2024
Time 18:00 – 19:30
Venue Sheffield City Archives

In 2023 Dig Where You Stand commissioned fourteen artists to explore local archives and produce new work that captures the unknown history of people of colour in the region.

On the 8th August 2024 we gathered at the archives to hear how three of our artists used visual arts to bring archival material to life.

Kedisha Coakley, Seiko Kinoshita and Patricia Bugembe shared their experiences of discovering new stories and interpreting them through portraiture, wallpaper and installation.

It was a fascinating, wide ranging discussion that took us from 18th century Black servants in Wentworth Woodhouse, Rotherham, to the railways, Samurai culture and western modernisation in early 20th century Japan.

Part of Biennial 2024
A photograph of four women of colour and one white woman sat on chairs laughing with one another Photography by Ai Narapol
a close up photograph of Japanese artist Seiko Kinoshita who is sat behind a laptop and looking at a screen off camera Photography by Ai Narapol
a photograph of Black artist Kedisha Coakley sat behind a laptop, laughing with an audience member off camera Photography by Ai Narapol
a photograph of Black artist Patricia Bugembe showing her portrait of Romulus and Remus to the audience Photography by Ai Narapol
a wide shot photograph of a large audience sat in Sheffield City Archives listening to the panel of speakers Photography by Ai Narapol

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event 08 Aug 2024

DWYS Presents "We Gather" with Sheffield City Archives

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A fascinating discussion about the hidden history of South Yorkshire and how the visual arts can bring it to life. Featuring commissioned artists Kedisha Coakley, Seiko Kinoshita and Patricia Bugembe with Senior Archivist Cheryl Bailey.

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Ancestral Futures - Street Procession & Performance by Eelyn Lee & Collaborators

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A live procession through Sheffield City Centre to honour the first recorded Chinese people in Sheffield and numerous other ancestors from East and South-East Asian communities who passed through or settled in South Yorkshire.

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