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The Tourists by Hew Locke


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Throughout HMS Belfast a transformation has taken place. IWM has invited artist Hew Locke to add his own imaginative twist to the experience of the ship.

In 1962, at the height of the Cold War, HMS Belfast was making her last international voyage. The ship called at Trinidad exactly three months after Carnival. Locke imagines an alternative history with The Ship arriving in time for these celebrations. By altering the ship’s normal displays he shows us the crew preparing to take part.

The mannequins are dramatically costumed with masks and tattoos which evoke the hopes and fears of the men on board, and have an unsettling and other-worldly quality. Like Carnival itself the installation embodies ideas of celebration but also has a darker and more complex side.

Through this fantasy narrative Locke explores not only the feelings and experience of the crew, but also the very real impact of warships on the people of the lands they visit.

The Tourists by Hew Locke at HMS Belfast is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Where

HMS Belfast
Morgans Lane, Tooley Street, London, SE1 2JH
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Daily 10am-6pm (last admission 5.15pm)

£15.50; senior citizen and student conc £12.40; under-16s free

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