Kin-dread: A Multi-Sensory Celebration of Guyanese Literature
- Title
- Kin-dread: A Multi-Sensory Celebration of Guyanese Literature
- Date
- November 26, 2024
- Description
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This multisensory immersive event was an exploration of life on 18th-century Caribbean plantations as depicted in two Caribbean neo-slave poems by Professor David Dabydeen and Grace Nichols, and the artist and researcher Dr Renée Landell. Through a series of interpretative paintings, performance and discussion, visitors will be transported to a plantation scene and invited to discuss with the speakers the relationship between humans, nature, and animals as well as the spatialization of violence from past to present day.
Launching the paintings of Dr Landell with a performance by Dr Michelle Yaa Asantewa, visitors will be invited to explore the artist’s work in a themed space in the Woburn Suite, Senate House. This will be followed by a discussion with acclaimed Guyanese writers and the artist, and a drinks reception in the Montague Lounge.