BREAK//LINE presents - Deportation Discs: a public hearing

About

This two day public hearing presents two sonic portraits produced and recorded by Luke de Noronha and two individuals - Chris and Denico - who moved to the UK as children and were deported to Jamaica as adults, following interaction with the criminal justice system. These portraits - ‘the Deportation Discs’ - are presented alongside a wall of texts; extracts from the legal and policy frameworks of the United Kingdom, guidelines governing the ‘coming home’ or ‘taking back’ of individuals, and reflections on legal and media representations of place, identity, home and belonging.

The situating of this work within The Bartlett, a school of the Built Environment, is a deliberate choice; on the one hand, a critique of the encroachment of border enforcement into academic spaces, and on the other, an acknowledgement that racist, hostile policies are constructions in and of themselves. This work suggests that the project of dreaming up future worlds should be as much about dismantling oppressive constructions, as creatively building alternative, inclusive futures.

Biography

BREAK//LINE is a project by and for those who oppose the trespass of capital, the indifference towards inequality and the myriad frontiers of oppression present in architectural education and practice today. It is formed of a collective of Bartlett students, researchers and staff.

Additional events

• Friday 16 November, 18:30 Level 1 Landing, 22 Gordon Street

Join us for a discussion with one of the contributors Luke de Noronha.

(Please note this event is free but you may bring cash donations for Chris and Denico)

This exhibition and event is free and open to all.

If you have any access requirements please let us know by sending us an email or calling 020 3108 7337.