Brookes (Revisited)
British abolitionists used architectural techniques to depict conditions on the Brookes Slave Ship (1781-1804), creating the iconic drawing “Stowage of the British Slave Ship Brookes Under the Regulated Slave Trade Act of 1788.” The drawing shows the arrangement of ancestors in an imagined voyage reflecting the Act. Yet, the fine print in the upper right corner states that it is a graphic underrepresentation of what occurred on the ship. Brookes uses architectural drawing, models, historical archives, slave-trade databases, spatial analysis, installation, abstraction, empathy, and public engagement to tell a more accurate story of the ship’s 5,122 ancestors.
Global Exhibition Locations
School of Architecture and Planning, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Royal Museums Greenwich, National Maritime Museum, Atlantic Worlds Gallery (Permanent Installation)
University of Virginia School of Architecture, Charlottesville
Toronto Metropolitan University, School of Interior Design, The Creative School, Toronto
Art Link Contemporary Art Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana
University of Detroit Mercy, SCAD, Detroit
Charles Wright African American Museum, Detroit (forthcoming)
Recognition
City of London: Education Curriculum
ACSA Faculty Design Award
MacDowell Fellowship
Loghaven Fellowship (2)
Art Omi Fellowship
Anderson Center at Tower View Residency
Good Hart Residency
University of Virginia School of Architecture Research Grants
University of Virginia Center for Teaching Excellence Grants
CGII Grant
Royal Museums Greenwich Grant