Arriving and Belonging, St. Albans Museum
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![Visitors look at an exhibition showcase featuring books and pictures, and a photograph display mounted on the adjacent wall.]()
The local Jewish community in St. Albans welcomed visitors into their lives, by telling some of their stories through personal objects and family photographs.
Arriving and Belong a temporary exhibition at St. Albans Museum, February to May 2022.
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![A visitor walks from one exhibition room to another. On the wall is a large map titled "Global Roots of the St. Albans Jewish Community".]()
We worked with the St. Albans Jewish community community members with roots from around the world to bring their stories and experiences to life. Through the display of objects, specially commissioned photography, an audio scape, a timeline and a map plotting world wide roots.
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![A close-up of objects inside a showcase, including a handwritten postcard, a leather bag, a black and white photograph of three girls sitting on a bench, and a colour photograph of a woman holding the postcard on display.]()
Objects stood on specially made cardboard boxes, text appeared as applied labels, inspired by the storage of personal possessions and memories, and the act of opening up and sharing.
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![Three figures look into a showcase, within which objects and photographs are displayed on boxes.]()
The exhibition includes some moving and powerful stories of displacement and migration, including a postcard in Yiddish, descriptions of exile in Iraq, Kinder transport photograph and ID card.
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![A smiling woman wearing a polka-dot dress holding a blue book outside the front door to a house, surrounded by plants.]()
We conceived of and art-directed a photography project which captured each of the participants in the exhibition standing at their front door, holding an object that reflected their story.
