The Slave's Lament

Graham Fagen (Artist)

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Abstract

5 channel audio video installation.

‘The Slave’s Lament’ was Robert Burns’ only work to empathise with the appalling hurt of the displaced, the trafficked and the enslaved. A beautiful lyric written over two hundred years ago, it is a narrative that remains entirely contemporary as we think of current tragedies unfolding on borders and in hinterland locations.

Replete with a moving score written by Sally Beamish, performed by the Scottish Ensemble and Reggae singer Ghetto Priest, and produced by legendary On-U-Sound founder Adrian Sherwood, Graham Fagen creates a fascinating soundclash, where Burns' poetry finds a haunting bedfellow in Jamaican reggae music – and finds much common ground. This evocative video installation was curated by Hospitalfield, Arbroath and exhibited at Scotland + Venice2015, when Graham Fagen represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherArtimage
Media of outputFilm
Size14:30
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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  • The Slave's Lament

    Fagen, G. (Artist), 2019, University of Dundee.

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