Guided Tour for 'Displace: Members Show 2021' with Uthra Rajgopal
Saturday 18 September, 4 – 5pm
Walk-ins welcome but bookings will be prioritised
Free & open to all
Uthra Rajgopal joined by a group on the tour.
Join Uthra Rajgopal, our guest curator on the closing day of 'Displace: Members Show 2021' for a special guided tour. We'll have some low-key drinks afterwards in the courtyard, weather permitting! Spaces are limited as we're still wary of the pandemic, so please book to secure a place. We will welcome walk-ins where possible, but bookings will be prioritised.
On this year's show, Uthra offers the following thoughts:
“We are living in unprecedented times. The start of the second decade of this millennium has fundamentally shifted the way we live, work and socialise. Our homes have become fortresses, incubators, spaces which literally track and trace all our movements and our thoughts.
We have all been displaced. The irony of being confined to our homes has generated feelings of protection and heightened insecurity. Equally, some of us may feel strangely liberated or more frustrated, compelling us into activism. Having experienced that sense of isolation, what is it like to 'return' to the world? Can things ever be 'normal' again?
For this year's Members’ Show, I have selected artworks that resonate with the theme of displacement. The uncertainty with which we must now live exposes greater vulnerability, yet nurtures deeper resilience.”
Uthra Rajgopal is an Independent Curator. Formerly at the Whitworth and the V&A, she has developed a specialist interest in fibre arts and South Asian textiles. In 2019 Uthra received the Art Fund New Collecting Award, to build a collection of artworks connecting South Asia and the diaspora in England. Her curatorial practice includes the exhibitions Beyond Borders, Four Corners of One Cloth, Bodies of Colour and MIF. Most recently she was appointed as the Curator for the Banu Rangoonwala Sculpture Terrace for the new South Asia Gallery at Manchester Museum, due to open in Autumn 2022.
Bloc Projects is proud to maintain a public programme that is free for everyone. However, attendees are encouraged to donate to the S2 Foodbank, who are carrying out essential work during this time. To donate either follow the link on our homepage or click the button below.