'Suspended' is the new Art Installation from Arabella Dorman (See 'Flight') using clothes cast off by refugees in their desperate search for a new home. Suspended from the church ceiling at St James's Church, Piccadilly London, all these items were found on the beach at Lesbos in the Greek Islands and reflects the 'limbo faced by those caught between a past to which they cannot return and a future they are denied'.
'These highlight the sense of dis-empowerment and imprisonment, stuck in a present that is fraught with uncertainty, risk and fear' says the artist. In fact, like the clothes themselves, 'Suspended'.
Nobody knows the fate of the original owners of these clothes and the 'My 1st Christmas Ever' shirt is particularly evocative and heart-breaking. We hope he had a second and a third and many more to come.
Photos: B.Blagg
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