The Empty Centre
My practice centers around challenges and burdens imposed by history. In 2017, during my first extended visit to Britain in several decades, I saw my land of origin with foreign eyes and also with a native’s concern. As the country and its leaders wrestled with the absurdity of Brexit, the burned-out Grenfell tower stood as an indelible symbol of a social fabric shredded by bonanza capitalism, de-industrialization, and the politics of division.