Freeing Idia

8 Nov 2023 6-6.30pm

UAL, Wimbledon College of Arts

London SW19 3QA

Overview

Performance by Theresa Nelson - MA Performance: Politics and Social Justice

This is a live and visual performance of the Freeing of “Idia”; an exquisite African Benin mask, which was looted in the Benin Expedition of 1897. The mask is a sculptural portrait of Idia, the first Iyoba (Queen Mother) of the 16th century Benin Empire.

Location:
Wimbledon College of Arts Room A09
Merton Hall Road
London
SW19 3QA

FREE, but booking required

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