Flee 2 : Passing

What questions bubble and repeat when travelling to a new land? Meanwhile, the complexity of the journey, the risks, the dangers, the unknowns; must be lived.

Kin found passenger records of her Mother’s family arriving by boat from South Africa to Tilbury Docks in 1960. A small family leaving behind a home, Apartheid and the increasing racial tensions of having multiple heritages and skin tones.

Flee 2: Passing (2024)

Minimalist bodies made with natural wools, each colour from a different sheep breed. The wool is needle-felted around discarded aluminium wire then bent into lyrical contortions. The bodies, climb and fall from hemp rope netting.

Alice Kin thanks Scarborough Museums and Galleries and Project Manager Sara Novell for supporting emerging artists and the creation of this work.