Exhibit B: A Place in the Sun
Exhibit B: A Place in the Sun
"Colonial Museum exhibit, Paris, 1920s"
Colonial Museum exhibit, Paris, 1920s
‘Delvoie set an example himself killing two women and also a child by flogging with a whip. The touroucous then went to Bombele to take four women hostage and kill two men whose arms they cut off as proof for Delvoie. The four women hostages were killed the same day by Delvoie, by whipping, and then shot with his revolver. The same happened in Bimbo, where the natives refused to deliver rubber, eight natives were killed of which five were taken to Delvoie. All were butchered and given to the Konga natives to eat.’
(Daniel Vangroenweghe)
Exhibit B: A Place in the Sun interview
Interview with the performer of Exhibit B's A Place in the Sun installation.
About Exhibit B
An exploration of racism and Europe’s colonial history are at the heart of Exhibit B, one of the most controversial and thought-provoking works at 2014’s Edinburgh International Festival.
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South African Brett Bailey has produced a hybrid of performance and exhibition through 13 fixed installations at the neo-classical interior of the city's Playfair Library Hall.
Visitors are confronted by a ‘human zoo’ and ethnographic displays popularised during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in each tableau the audience is confronted by a black performer who casts an unsettling, silent gaze at the viewer.
A selection can be experienced here on BBC Arts, accompanied by interviews with some of the performers and their experience of taking part in this unsettling work.
