Matthew Kolakowski PPLG is exhibiting in an immersive show at Trinity Buoy Wharf. Launch event 5 Jun.
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Dates: 7th/8th and 12th/13th of JUNE 2025 open from 12:30pm-5:00pm:
Launch event: Thur 5 Jun 2025, 4pm to 7pm
Location: Pontoon under the Victorian steamship SS Robin moored at Trinity Bouy Wharf, Orchard Place, London E14 0JW
DOCUMENT is an immersive installation on the movement of people, utilising found items including passports and work permits, alongside previously unseen photography taken during assignments with the UN Population Fund in West Africa, UNICEF in India and the UN Refugee Council in Southeast Asia in 2007-10. This work will grow as photographer Garry Hunter invites professional artists alongside visitors to add contributions. Curated by Graham Carrick for Fitzrovia Noir.
Matthew Kolakowski’s ongoing assemblage series WALIZKA MOJEGO TATY (Daddy’s Suitcase) will occupy a section of the pontoon, detailed cardboard suitcase sculptures made from Polish food packaging, inspired by the case that his father would take on RAF missions in World War Two after he escaped from Occupied Europe – but also directly referencing the many empty, abandoned suitcases piled up after the travel possessions of Jews forced onto trains were confiscated by Nazis.
Document brings together the cultural heritages of people who have lived in London for some or all of their lives Remiiya Badru, Linda Duong, Danny Flynn, Garry Hunter, Matthew Kolakowski, Fruzsina Nagy, Doralba Picerno, Uroš Ranković and Suzana Vulović with contributions from Prem Poddar archival pieces by Misha Black and collected ephemera.
