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The story of Olaudah Equiano reads like a surreal and perverse tale of obstacles worthy of the Greek myths. Equiano was enslaved as an 11 year old child captured in southern Nigeria. He was bought and sold numerous times, crossed the Atlantic as a slave but was finally able to buy his freedom and write his extraordinary autobiography 'The Interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African'. He was a leader of the Anti Slave Trade Movement and was the first to tell abolitionist Granville Sharp of the infamous Zong Massacre. He is thought to have lived in Deptford while still enslaved.
As I prepare my fleet of vessels for the Boundless: Transitions exhibition (APT Gallery, Deptford) in October I will be honouring his memory and legacy with a ship called 'The Equiano'. 

A fortuitous meeting!

5/20/2023

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Back in 2018 Pinghub UK, Pinghub Malaysia and Dreamstudio.io held an exhibition 'Silk Route through the Ages - Past Present and Future'  a livestreamed VR collaboration between artists at Winn's Gallery, Walthamstow and Keeni Kessler Gallery Penang.

This was the first time Maureen Kendal, Alan Hudson and Fion Gunn worked together on an event and their interest in blended art projects was informed that experience. (photo above at the exhibition in Winn's Gallery)

Subsequently, they have been written a number of papers about how artists' practices are affected by immersive and other new technologies.

Below is a description of the first paper presented at 
EVA London 2019, Electronic Visualisation and the Arts
  • Mon, Jul 8, 2019 5:30 PM  Thu, Jul 11, 20196:30 PM
Presented the paper:
Kendall, M., Mulla, M., Thomazi-Freitas, E. (2019) How Artists Can Develop Their Artwork, Its Market and Deliver Their Creative Content for Virtual Reality Environments?
Held annually in July, EVA London is one of the international Electronic Visualisation & the Arts conferences. It focuses on the development and application of  visualisation technologies to various domains, including art, music, dance, theatre and the sciences, covering the burgeoning creative uses of digital media for works of art and creative productions. It is a networking event for groups and projects, including European projects. 

Details on the conference can be found at: 
​computer-arts-society.com/events/2019/07/eva-london-2019

More details on the project can be found at: 
http://www.thepinghub.com/virtual_reality.html
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