Black Lives Matter: Layers of Presence

Exhibition Title: Black Lives Matter: Layers of Presence
Medium: Print, Sound, and Augmented Reality Installation

Black Lives Matter: Layers of Presence explores how printed imagery and augmented reality (AR) can merge to tell stories of resilience, visibility, and collective memory. The exhibition is rooted in the global Black Lives Matter movement, but it also speaks intimately to local histories—British and Caribbean, personal and political—where identity, race, and belonging intersect.
The physical prints anchor the work in the tangible world. Each piece carries textures of protest—photographs, bold typography, fragments of chants and headlines—capturing both immediacy and endurance. Yet, when viewed through an augmented reality lens, these static surfaces come alive. Video, and archival soundscapes unfold over the images
The AR layer acts as a second sight that reveals what history often hides. It invites audiences to experience how technology can be a tool for remembrance and resistance, amplifying the message that Black lives are not only seen but heard. The fusion of print and AR breaks the distance between the physical and the virtual, the protest in the street and the reflection in the gallery.
Through this dialogue between material and digital media, the exhibition becomes both a memorial and a call to action. It asks how we might preserve the energy of movement beyond the moment, and how art can sustain solidarity long after the headlines fade