Home and Away

10 January - 29 March 2009

FREE, Front Room Gallery

Example of work produced by children aged nine and ten for Home and Away (click image for larger version)

What makes a place into a home? Why do we think of other places as 'away'?

Home and Away looks at how children from South Asian communities in East London think about the different places they encounter in their everyday lives, as well as the distant journeys they make. The exhibition features works by children aged 9 and 10 years including stories, diaries, and artwork, resulting from research carried out by Sussex University.

The Home and Away project took place over 2007-2008 and was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.