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"Julia Bottoms visited south Wales’ premier photography-based artspace, Ffotogallery, to check out its current exhibition – Audrey Albert’s Belongers – and hear from Albert and her collaborators about the Chagossian diaspora it depicts, likewise the story behind their diasporan status."

Artist AUDREY ALBERT discusses her exhibition at Cardiff’s FFOTOGALLERY At Cardiff's Ffotogallery, we check out Audrey Albert’s exhibition Belongers, and hear from Albert and her collaborators in conversation.

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A huge thank you to all who came to the preview of Audrey Albert: Belongers last Thursday, in partnership with the Imperial War Museum. It was an emotional evening. The team at Ffotogallery are honoured to have been able to support Audrey in sharing her work in the UK for the very first time, alongside contributing artists Chrisyl Wong-Hang-Sun, Shane Ah-Siong, Ellianne Baptiste & Charlie Bird.

A huge thank you to the team at Imperial War Museum for their support and collaboration on this commission, as well as to our dedicated team of volunteers and interns who helped install this exhibition - without you, our work would not be possible.

Couldn't make it along? The exhibition continues until Saturday 10th May - check our social media and newsletter for upcoming events.

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Diolch enfawr i bawb a ddaeth i ragolwg Audrey Albert : Belongers ddydd Iau diwethaf, mewn partneriaeth â'r Imperial War Museum. Roedd yn noson emosiynol. Mae’n anrhydedd i’r tîm yn Ffotogallery allu cefnogi Audrey i rannu ei gwaith yn y DU am y tro cyntaf erioed, ochr yn ochr â’r artistiaid cyfrannol Chrisyl Wong-Hang-Sun, Shane Ah-Siong, Ellianne Baptiste a Charlie Bird.

Diolch enfawr i’r tîm yn yr Imperial War Museum am eu cefnogaeth a’u cydweithrediad ar y comisiwn hwn, yn ogystal ag i’n tîm ymroddedig o wirfoddolwyr ac interniaid a helpodd i osod yr arddangosfa hon – hebddoch chi, ni fyddai ein gwaith yn bosibl.

Methu dod ymlaen? Mae’r arddangosfa’n parhau tan ddydd Sadwrn 10fed Mai – gwiriwch ein cyfryngau cymdeithasol a’n cylchlythyr am ddigwyddiadau sydd i ddod.

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Belongers is the first UK solo show by Manchester-based Mauritian-Chagossian artist Audrey Albert. It explores how Chagossians represent themselves and reclaim their identities while navigating life in countries that have never fully felt like ‘home’. The exhibition brings together portraiture, documentary, moving image, cyanotypes, and a traditional Chagossian Kaz (hut), developed through research interviews over the past two years.

Alongside these works, Albert has invited contributions from other artists and researchers, celebrating the multiplicity of Chagossian identities. The exhibition includes perspectives from Mauritius, Wythenshawe and Crawley, each home to large Chagossian communities, and archival glimpses of the Chagos Islands, reflecting the experiences of a diasporic nation denied the right to return since 1968.

Hosted in Wales, which aspires to be the world’s first official Nation of Sanctuary, Belongers shines a light on the Chagossian community at a critical moment, as the Chagos Islands and their people continue to be influenced and fragmented by domestic and international political and military agendas.

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Audrey Albert: Belongers — ffotogallery An IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund commission in partnership with Ffotogallery.