Oddities

17/09/2025

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21/04/2025

"Julia Bottoms visited south Wales’ premier photography-based artspace, Ffotogallery, to check out its current exhibition – Audrey Albert’s Belongers – and hear from Albert and her collaborators about the Chagossian diaspora it depicts, likewise the story behind their diasporan status."

At Cardiff's Ffotogallery, we check out Audrey Albert’s exhibition Belongers, and hear from Albert and her collaborators in conversation.

21/04/2025

Find out more about Belongers and peek into the work produced and showcased 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

Audrey Albert’s commission celebrates the multiplicity of Chagossian identities. Developed over two years, it includes portraiture, documentary, moving-image...

01/03/2025

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A huge thank you to all who came to the preview of Audrey Albert: Belongers last Thursday, in partnership with the Imperial War Museum. It was an emotional evening. The team at Ffotogallery are honoured to have been able to support Audrey in sharing her work in the UK for the very first time, alongside contributing artists Chrisyl Wong-Hang-Sun, Shane Ah-Siong, Ellianne Baptiste & Charlie Bird.

A huge thank you to the team at Imperial War Museum for their support and collaboration on this commission, as well as to our dedicated team of volunteers and interns who helped install this exhibition - without you, our work would not be possible.

Couldn't make it along? The exhibition continues until Saturday 10th May - check our social media and newsletter for upcoming events.

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Diolch enfawr i bawb a ddaeth i ragolwg Audrey Albert : Belongers ddydd Iau diwethaf, mewn partneriaeth â'r Imperial War Museum. Roedd yn noson emosiynol. Mae’n anrhydedd i’r tîm yn Ffotogallery allu cefnogi Audrey i rannu ei gwaith yn y DU am y tro cyntaf erioed, ochr yn ochr â’r artistiaid cyfrannol Chrisyl Wong-Hang-Sun, Shane Ah-Siong, Ellianne Baptiste a Charlie Bird.

Diolch enfawr i’r tîm yn yr Imperial War Museum am eu cefnogaeth a’u cydweithrediad ar y comisiwn hwn, yn ogystal ag i’n tîm ymroddedig o wirfoddolwyr ac interniaid a helpodd i osod yr arddangosfa hon – hebddoch chi, ni fyddai ein gwaith yn bosibl.

Methu dod ymlaen? Mae’r arddangosfa’n parhau tan ddydd Sadwrn 10fed Mai – gwiriwch ein cyfryngau cymdeithasol a’n cylchlythyr am ddigwyddiadau sydd i ddod.

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01/03/2025

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24/01/2025

Audrey Albert, artist said, “This commission gave me the headspace and most importantly the time to further explore my practice, develop it and continue the work I had started with the Chagossian community back in 2017. For a lot of us, this is more than only work. It is about survival, resistance and resilience. It is about our lived experiences as Chagossian natives and descendants. It’s how we heal and how we come together to create joyful spaces. I think collective work, co-creation, creative community work are what make the world a better place and it is through my art, that I add my own little stone to the bigger picture. I hope that through this exhibition, Chagossian culture will be celebrated, Chagossians will be truly seen and that our voices will be heard and listened to.”

Friday 7 February - Saturday 10 May 2025 Public Preview: Thursday 6 February, 6pm - 8pm Exhibition continues: Friday 7 February - Saturday 10 May 2025, Wednesday - Saturday, 12pm - 5pm In a celebration of the multiplicity of Chagossian identities, the first UK solo show by Manchester-based Ma

15/01/2025

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Belongers is the first UK solo show by Manchester-based Mauritian-Chagossian artist Audrey Albert. It explores how Chagossians represent themselves and reclaim their identities while navigating life in countries that have never fully felt like ‘home’. The exhibition brings together portraiture, documentary, moving image, cyanotypes, and a traditional Chagossian Kaz (hut), developed through research interviews over the past two years.

Alongside these works, Albert has invited contributions from other artists and researchers, celebrating the multiplicity of Chagossian identities. The exhibition includes perspectives from Mauritius, Wythenshawe and Crawley, each home to large Chagossian communities, and archival glimpses of the Chagos Islands, reflecting the experiences of a diasporic nation denied the right to return since 1968.

Hosted in Wales, which aspires to be the world’s first official Nation of Sanctuary, Belongers shines a light on the Chagossian community at a critical moment, as the Chagos Islands and their people continue to be influenced and fragmented by domestic and international political and military agendas.

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An IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund commission in partnership with Ffotogallery.

14/01/2025

Sea Walkers, a conversation with granper Yam and granmer Philine.

The fulll video (with translated captions) will be showcased at the Belongers Exhibition, opened to the public from the 7th of Feb until the 10th May at Ffotogallery in Cardiff.

This is an Imperial War Museum London 14-18 NOW Legacy fund commission in partnership with FFoto Gallery.

10/01/2025

I've been quite inconsistent on here and I still have lots of updates to catch you all up on but I also have MAJOR news!!

I am SUPER PROUD and very emotional to let you all know that my first solo show/exhibition in the UK will be opened to the public from the 7th of Feb until the 10th May at Ffotogallery in Wales.

This is an Imperial War Museum London 14-18 NOW Legacy fund commission in partnership with FFoto Gallery.

An IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund commission in partnership with Ffotogallery.

16/10/2024

from earlier this year

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Still processing all the incredible moments of learning and sharing this week with everyone I met at the Chagos Refugee Group offices.

It really is a privilege to learn so much about where your people are from.

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