Aapravasi Ghat World Heritage Site & Cerne Docks, Port Louis, Mauritius

VOICES

Installations

COLUMN OF RESPECT

350 Shirts with texts written by women from Mauritius, metal construction, fabric, 600cm, Ø 300cm, 2018

WOMEN

BOOKS
2 Books contain all 317 Texts, written on the Shirts by Mauritian Women

VOICES 
9 Mauritian Women speak out

MAKING OF

Opening Ceremony
Mr. Adrian Wehrli, Honorary Consul General of Switzerland; Mrs. M.A.J. Jaunbocus, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry; Mrs. Franziska Greber; Hon Mrs. Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo, Vice Prime Minister of Mauritius; Mrs. Mohini Bali, Chairperson of the National Women’s Council

Opening Speeches
Hon Mrs. Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo
Vice-Prime Minister of Local Government and Outer Islands and Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare
&
Mr. Krishna Luchoomun
Artist, curator and art teacher Mahatma Gandhi Institut. Mr. Krishna Luchoomun represented the Mauritian Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale