“In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.”
Haruki Murakami

Inspired by the 1620 Mayflower voyage to the New World and significant historical and contemporary migratory passages, including diaspora journeys refugees have recently taken to escape war and conflict, UK and International disabled artists have created drawings, paintings, sculptures, digital artworks and films, responding to the exhibition’s themes to express their personal, physical, and psychological experiences of displacement.

Rachel Gadsden has worked in collaboration with Mayflower 400 Southampton to present and curate the exhibition, initiating the displacement theme for the artists to respond to. The virtual Displaced exhibition was designed by Rachel and Freddie Meyers in response to the current Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.

Ultimately, the huge benefit of creating a virtual exhibition space means that the exhibition can be viewed by worldwide audiences, which greatly suits the cultural diversity of the Displaced Exhibition and this transnational artistic collaboration.

Curation: Rachel Gadsden

Design: Freddie Meyers

Artists
Jeremy Hawkes Australia
Rachel Gadsden UK

Southampton UK
Deborah Goatley-Birch
Gullu Kandrou
Juanrie Strydom
Fred Ashleigh Turner

Hong Kong
Au-Yeung Ngai Hei
Chiu Wai Chi
Vincy Leung
Yeung Siu Fong