Synopsis:
Described by Peter Brook as ‘an extraordinary achievement’, this haunting installation sets out to subvert a disturbing phenomenon, turning the notion of exotic spectacle on its head.
Exhibit B critiques the ‘human zoos’ and ethnographic displays that showed Africans as objects of scientific curiosity through the 19th and early 20th centuries. Translated here into twelve tableaux, each features motionless performers placed in settings drawn from real life. Collectively they confront colonial atrocities committed in Africa, European notions of racial supremacy and the plight of immigrants today.
As spectators walk past the exhibits one-by-one, to the sound of lamentations sung live by a Namibian choir, a human gaze is unexpectedly returned.
Read a review of the installation in Edinburgh
Read an article discussing Exhibit B and if it's Racist
- Do you think that 'Exhibit B' should have been cancelled or not? What are you justifications for your thoughts?
- If you agree - do you think that plays with particularly 'offensive' topics should also not be shown?
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