Virtual Exiles View 1

Roshini Kempadoo’s works interpret and reimagine contemporary and historical experiences of the particular and every day. She evokes women’s perspectives through fictional writings, photographs, recordings, music, interactivity, and networked environments, focusing on what is often less visible, underrepresented, or unsaid. 'Virtual Exiles contributes to our own version of what it means to step between two spaces at once. To visually describe this difference becomes an important inscription to everyday encounters and our writing of the past ...'
- David Dabydeen, January 2000.
Caribbean author, poet, scholar.
This work explores the experiences of persons who have left their country of origin and who are now at ‘home’ in another. Engaging with historical, family, and contemporary photographs of Guyana, the work investigates Kempadoo’s status as refugee/exile/expatriate/emigre in relation to her own country of birth, England, and her country of origin and upbringing, Guyana. This work was part of the 'Thirteen Ways of Looking' exhibition (2 October - 13 December 2020)