We Came Here, Harold Offeh (2022) (EMPIRE LINES x Van Gogh House)
EMPIRE LINES8 Des 2022

We Came Here, Harold Offeh (2022) (EMPIRE LINES x Van Gogh House)

We're back offline, and in the artist's bedroom at Van Gogh House in London, as Vaishnavi Mohan pins down Harold Offeh's sound installation, We Came Here, an imagined conversation on migration between Vincent Van Gogh and the Jamaican-born, Brixton-based community leader, Olive Morris.

In 1873, the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh arrived in Stockwell in South London. Almost a century later, Olive Morris, a Jamaican-born community leader, was actively campaigning for feminist, Black, and squatters' rights in nearby Brixton. Researching the lives of these two 20 year olds, Harold Offeh, Van Gogh House's then artist-in-residence, became intrigued by the idea of the artist as a ‘migrant’ in London. His sound installation, We Came Here, is an cross-generational conversation between artist and activist, exploring their shared and common experiences of London, housing rights and social justice, and the development of their individual sociopolitical awarenesses. Community Engagement Guide Vaishnavi Mohan shares narratives of young migrants arriving in London today, delving into questions of access and decolonisation of the museum space.

We Came Here runs at Van Gogh House London until 18 December 2022.


PRESENTER: Vaishnavi Mohan, Community Engagement Guide at Van Gogh House, and science communicator.

ART: We Came Here, Harold Offeh, with voice actors Abel Enkelaar and Nkara Stephenson (2022).

IMAGE: 'Van Gogh's Bedroom.'

SOUNDS: Extract from We Came Here, Harold Offeh.

PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic.


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