The Anchor, The Drum, The Ship ~ Harun Morrison (DAI, 2020) chosen to Create London’s First Transatlantic Slave Trade Memorial for Black History Month !! Together with horticulturalist Antonia Couling, Harun has been selected to transform the Gladstone Park into a place that would acknowledge the contested slave trade history of the place. It’s the first piece of this magnitude in UK that comes to terms with Gladstone’s colonial links.
The horticultural installation will be the first to reference the park’s namesake Sir William Gladstone’s links to slave trade. It will feature a likeness of a Double Drum symbol, a ship, and an anchor that together bring to bear the memories of Black migration and their cultural renewal. Each piece of the installation will consist of plants native to Britain, the Mediterranean and Africa brought into a perfect botanical harmony.
The Anchor, The Drum, The Ship will be planted during the Black History Month October 14th. 2022