Exhibition

The Seamed Zones: The Everyday Life of Immigration Removal Centres in the United Kingdom

12 Oct 2017 – 29 Oct 2017

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Free

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Sluice Gallery

London
England, United Kingdom

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  • 30, 38, 242, 276
  • Hackney Central
  • Hackney Central
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An exhibition about the seams of society and immigration. The exhibition includes photographs of every single immigration removal centre in the U.K. taken from the perspective of how they are viewed and manifest in everyday life.

About

Bucolic vistas of English country are subtly perturbed by the appearance of barbed fencing and industrial complexes. Unassuming post-war, high-rise architecture masks the political centre of these operations. Horses graze meters away from the Harmondsworth, near Heathrow, which was described by an inspector as ‘appalling’ and ‘bleak’. The selection of images from each site is given further context through a brief narrative that brings together personal comments on psychosocial mapping, facts pulled from inspection reports, and anecdotes from detainees.

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Nicole Sansone

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Rob Stothard

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