Exhibition Private View: RAFT

Join us for the Opening Reception of ‘RAFT’, an exhibition that rethinks the relationship between Britain’s waters and the wider world, through the ongoing movements of people across and between these spaces.

 

 

 

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Exhibition Private View: RAFT

Join us for the Opening Reception of ‘RAFT’, an exhibition that rethinks the relationship between Britain’s waters and the wider world, through the ongoing movements of people across and between these spaces.

 

 

 

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When
Start Date: Tue. 10 December - 18:00
End Date: Tue. 10 December - 20:00
Where
Royal Over-Seas League, Over-Seas House, Park Place, St James's Street, SW1A 1LR

About This Event

RAFT: Opening Reception

Tuesday 10th December 2024, 18:00- 20:00

There are performances on the opening night by Stephanie Hartop, curated by Pipeline Gallery.

Join us for the Opening Reception of ‘RAFT’, an exhibition that rethinks the relationship between Britain’s waters and the wider world, through the ongoing movements of people across and between these spaces. The exhibition investigates how people think about the role of water in relation to diasporas in different places. It challenge us all to rethink this in ways that strengthen international relations rather than breaking them down.

The exhibition’s name – RAFT – is highly symbolic. A raft is a small vessel used to move across water. It represents a journey. Rafts are often stored and inflated when required, or made in a way that is contingent on need. They are used both for adventure and for survival. Just as the raft has been adapted to different purposes, so have societies across the world and migrants from these societies made innovative use of objects in order to survive. For example, structures such as tents that are used for shelter and to move from one place to another have been employed by the homeless, by holidaymakers, and by refugees.

This exhibition is curated by Susie Olczak.

Exhibiting artists: Ghafar Tajmohammad, Susie Olczak, Emma Elliott, Ian Wolter, Samuel Zealey, Maya Gurung-Russell Campbell, Anna Chrystal Stephens, Sarah Duÿshart and Jonathan Parsons.

RAFT is on view in the Central Lounge, ROSL Clubhouse, London, from 11 December 2024 – 2 March 2025.

Map & Directions

By Tube

ROSL’s closest tube station is Green Park. Take exit marked Piccadilly, walk past the Ritz Hotel, and turn right onto Arlington Street. At the end of Arlington Street there are some steps, go down these steps and turn right where you will find the entrance courtyard to Over-Seas House.

By Bus

The following buses stop outside Green Park tube station on Piccadilly: numbers C2, 9, 14, 19, 22 and 38, running west to Hyde Park Corner, Victoria and Knightsbridge, and east to Piccadilly Circus and Holborn.

By Car

Travelling west on the A4 (Piccadilly), turn left onto St James’s Street and second right into Park Place cul-de-sac, Over-Seas House is at the end. If there is no space in the Over-Seas car park, alternative parking may be found in the NCP Car Park on Arlington Street off Piccadilly.

Dress Code

Members and their guests are requested to dress in a manner consistent with the character and standing of ROSL when visiting the clubhouse.

Club Rules & Dress Code

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