A one-day exhibition celebrating Afro-Caribbean creativity, identity and diaspora, with art, food, music and an artist meet-and-greet. Home in Motion is a Black History Month exhibition at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, celebrating Afro-Caribbean creativity, identity and diaspora. Across our 7th floor, we’re bringing together work by external and internal artists, exploring home, memory and belonging through visual art, photography, textiles, craft, film and spoken word. From 4pm, join us for an artist meet-and-greet and our celebration, with cultural food, music, games and more. Curator’s Note: Home in Motion A Black History Month exhibition curated by Joshua A. Owolabi “This exhibition invites us to pause and witness the intimate landscapes of Afro-Caribbean life: the objects, moments and colours that anchor us to home. Home in Motion is a celebration of the everyday as profound. We’re interested in the small things that carry meaning, like a textile passed down, a spice jar on a shelf, or light falling through a familiar window. We’re drawn to the faces and gatherings that define culture, like the energy of Notting Hill Carnival, the dignity of a portrait, and the rhythm of daily life observed and honoured. This is work about memory and belonging, and about what we carry with us. It is about seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary, and recognising that Afro-Caribbean creativity speaks in many languages: visual, sonic, tactile and performed. We’ve invited artists working in visual art, photography, textiles, craft, film and live performance to share their objects, their moments and their stories of home in motion. This is a space for storytelling without apology, and celebration without compromise. There’s an echo here of our science. The LMS Gene Home, an exhibit created with the Windrush community for the Great Exhibition Road Festival, explored how our genes and our environment work together to shape our health and identity, set inside the recreated l

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