I make you/you make me

2020

Commissioned by Peterborough Presents (in support of their Heritage Lottery Millfield Link project) I worked closely with three generations of Kursheed Ahmed’s family. Frustrated by negative perceptions of their community and area, and its subsequent impact, they were determined to tell another story – one that placed respect, family and reciprocity at its heart.

In response and over many conversations, in their front room, I developed a series of collages featuring oral histories. These became source material for two annotated drawings that were accessioned into Peterborough Museum.

Pencil and coloured crayon on Somerset paper
76cm x 56cm

The Millfield Link is a project inspired by a mural in the area.

Commissioned by Peterborough Presents

Supported by
Community First
Gladstone Connect
PTL Lettings
Vivacity Archives
The friends of Roger Brooks.

Funded by
Heritage Lottery Fund
Arts Council England.

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