The Waste (2012), Whitechapel High Road, London

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Durational performance: 8 hours

The work acts as a transient and performative meditation upon belonging, migration, immigration, waste, and linear narratives set against the context of a busy arterial road. Whilst at the same time referencing the textile-based history of the East End and the deeply influential impact of the Huguenot, Jewish, and now, Bangladeshi migrant population.

The installation was commissioned as part of DRESS CODE: A collaborative project with UHC, UnitX / Manchester Met University, High Street 2012 / Whitechapel & supported by a partnership of local authorities, national bodies and Olympic agencies, including the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London.