An interdisciplinary installation by the artist Juan delGado in collaboration with a group of International Artists and the London Metropolitan University. The images in fleches sans corps emerge with an elegiac tone as the work explores the traumatic experience that many so-called 'illegal' immigrants face after being forced to leave their homeland.
We are pleased to present flêches sans corps, an interdisciplinary
installation by the artist Juan delGado in collaboration with a group of International
Artists and the London Metropolitan University.
The images in flêches sans corps emerge with an elegiac tone as the work
explores the traumatic experience that many so-called 'illegal' immigrants face after
being forced to leave their homeland.
'I want to create a space that generates silence; it is by the sea, where we
all confront our dreams and desires...' Every day we hear of the horrors 'illegal'
immigrants endure at the hands of people-traffickers. Across Europe, many
people are duped into paying huge sums of money to be smuggled to the West
with the promise of a good job and a better life. The catalogue of death in
recent times speaks for itself: hundreds drowned annually crossing the
Mediterranean to Spain, Italy, France and Greece.
An important aspect of this work is the way in which it relates to the
viewer's own vulnerability. Meaning results from a symbiotic encounter between the
audience and the work that incorporates image and surrounding sound.
However, understanding is achieved not only through what is seen or heard but also by
the physical involvement with sculptural elements in the space.
To date, Juan delGado has produced work that explores the trauma of
displacement. delGado has shown internationally at media arts & film
festivals.
He was selected for the John Kobal Photographic Awards for his series
The Wounded Image (1997-2002). Last year the organisation Artsadmin
awarded him a new media bursary for disabled artists.
He also was an artist-in-residence at the Wellcome Trust in 2003.
Talk by the artist 5 December 4 - 5 pm
Further information: Joanna Callaghan
Open times|: Wed - Sun 12 - 6 pm
Private view: Thursday 27 November 6 - 9 pm
THE CRYPT
St Pancras Church
Euston Road
London NW1 2BA