Tilbury Bridge Walkway of Memories
The Tilbury Bridge Walkway showing the installation by EVEWRIGHT
I stumbled on this beautiful exhibition of images dedicated to people of the Windrush Generation. They are displayed on the windows of the Tilbury Bridge Walkway, just a few metres from the Gravesend-Tilbury ferry.
Photograph of a young woman, part of an installation by EVEWRIGHT
The artist EVEWRIGHT explains, “Tilbury Bridge Walkway of Memories is an art and sound installation conceived by Artist EVEWRIGHT. It is the first site-specific art and sound installation to be held at the Port of Tilbury in Essex and the UK dedicated to people of the Windrush Generation.
It is an immersive visual art experience, installed on 432 panes of glass collaged with photographs, documents, original boat passenger tickets and memorabilia. The artwork is installed in an original passenger walkway 55 metres long. As you walk through, you can listen to audio stories about the lives of some of the elders whose images are featured in the installation.
Installation by EVEWRIGHT on the Tilbury Bridge Walkway.
Tilbury Port is an iconic location which has an historic significance to the black community in Britain. This artwork is a unique statement memorialising the lives of those people who came from the Caribbean who carried their British passports proudly as British citizens with hope and expectation.
They passed through this location as one of the original walkways where SS Empire Windrush passengers, in 1948 arrived. Although many arrived before 1948, those that arrived here were the first large post war wave of British colonial citizens to disembark from the passenger ship at Tilbury Cruise Terminal. ”
I had a phone with a flat battery so I couldn’t listen to the audio but I plan on going back. I’m sure you won’t be so ill-prepared.
