Exhibition

Bring Me To Heal by Amartey Golding

3 Dec 2021 – 27 Feb 2022

Regular hours

Friday
12:00 – 17:00
Saturday
10:00 – 18:00
Sunday
10:00 – 18:00
Tuesday
12:00 – 17:00
Wednesday
12:00 – 17:00
Thursday
12:00 – 17:00

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Tramway

Glasgow, United Kingdom

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What does a children’s story tell us about pain and compassion in human nature? Bring Me To Heal combines filmmaking, photography and a handcrafted garment to shed light on generational trauma.

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Turning to his Anglo-Scottish and Ghanaian ancestry by way of a Rastafarian upbringing, Amarety Golding creates dream-like spaces, steeped in historical reference that bridge the aspects of his mixed heritage and offer collective rituals of healing.  

A centrepiece of the commission is an ornate hand knotted garment made of human hair that has been intricately designed by Golding in collaboration with the Shepperton Wig Company and hair artist Kevin Fortune using a pattern that blends references from Afro hair styles to the body art of ancient Britons. It is displayed in the rear alcove alongside a fable of “The Horse and the Goose”.

The garment is brought to life when worn by Amartey’s brother, Solomon Golding. We follow the character through film and photography as he is nurtured into existence by a group of three nomadic storytellers in the English countryside and brought to a point of reckoning with Britain’s violent past within the opulence of the V&A museum. Born from a lengthy process the garment becomes a symbol of care. Using the hair of potentially thousands of people, each strand was hand knotted and tended to by a group of makers in the name of collective healing.

The Bring Me To Heal UK tour is presented by Forma Arts & Media with partners Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts in Brighton, Tramway in Glasgow and 198 Contemporary Arts & Learning in London.

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