Join us at this year’s Bristol Harbour Festival to see the memorial dance created as part of the Decolonising Memory project performed live! We’ll be at the Dance Stage at Millennium Square on Sunday 17th July @ 12.35pm
This will be the first live public performance of the dance which has been developed from research and movement material developed through our 7 workshops held monthly since November. On the day (Sunday 17th July) you will also be able to get a preview of the project app development by going to our Instagram page on your smartphone – @decolonisingmemory_bristol – opening the filter and pointing your camera at the Edward Colston statue plaque where you will be able to see something new!
Rehearsals for the dance at the Victoria Rooms, University of Bristol
Dr Jessica Moody discusses what a ‘site of memory’ is, and how the Decolonising Memory project seeks to counter, challenge and create new memorial interventions. Filmed at the Malcolm X Centre, itself a site of memory, memorialising Black History through its name and mission.
If you’ve read around this website and our social media and are keen to join us on this journey, you can register via this form: https://forms.office.com/r/7BWLDeet8r
A word document version of this form is available on request, please email decolonisingmemory@gmail.com for a copy and for any other questions.
Want to find out more about the project and ask the team questions in an informal setting? Join us on Zoom at 7:30pm Monday 25th October for a chat. Register using the link below!
Get involved and be part of the Decolonising Memory project, researching and countering Bristol’s memory of enslavement through historical research, creative methods and dance. Join us in creating new dance-based memorials for the city.
