Home Is Not A Place

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There where your mind is free to wander or stay, there where your feet aren’t afraid to admit they are worn out. Pitts has created rooms representative of the past, present and future by merging objects from his childhood home with cultural influences from across the globe, underpinned by the ideas of seminal Black thinkers. What is it like to be black in Britain today, particularly if you live outside of the urban, metropolitan centres?

At the end it says to think of it as a contribution to Britain’s imaginary family album, of the everyday humanity of the Black community in Britain. S. Eliot Poetry Prize-winning text, this contains eye/mind-opening ekphrastic pieces which ponder the representation of Blackness in Art; from Turner to Sidibé. As part of the Friends of Europe thinktank’s European Young Leaders 2022 programme, Johny has been selected as one of the next generation of young leaders involved in shaping Europe’s future. This exhibition is infused with the Japanese architectural ideas of the ‘personal utopia’; a haven where one seeks respite from the difficulties of the outside world.Roger Robinson won the 2019 TS Eliot Prize for Poetry and the 2020 RSL Ondaatje prize for A Portable Paradise. It is a thing of brilliance , with its own immersive energy, pulling the reader in and allowing them to wander around the world of Black Britain created on these pages. Home is with the other half of your soul, the person who shares in your grief and helps you carry the burden of loss. Acclaimed poet Roger Robinson and award-winning author and photographer Johny Pitts have joined forces to explore this issue in their stunning new book, Home Is Not A Place.

Mainland America had been really cold, Puerto Rico warm like a tropical African country, and I felt at home, because I associate warmth with home. You’d been housing yourself all along and just needed to leave the confines of roots to truly feel at home.As I sat in admiration of how lucky I am to be able to witness such beauty, I couldn’t help but feel like I was being hugged. Home is knowing greatness dwells within us, and therefore we dwell in greatness…and that greatness is our home. The book Home is Not a Place, which combines Pitts' photographs with poems by Roger Robinson, was published by Harper Collins UK in September 2022. Featuring photographs, poetry and essays, it is a visual poem reflecting on the complexity, strength and resilience of Black Britain. The Ampersand/Photoworks Fellowship is a collaboration between The Ampersand Foundation and Photoworks, supported by Arts Council England.

Pitts’ photographs in this space are also accompanied by the poem, Home Is Not A Place, by Roger Robinson. Having a sense of what home feels like is a great guide for our souls to know when we are in alignment with paths that lead to our greatest good. As part of the Friends of Europe think tank’s European Young Leaders 2022 programme, Johny has been selected as one of the next generation of young leaders involved in shaping Europe’s future. Pitts invites you to come in, take a seat and feel right at home - to experience what home means to him - whether you’re flicking through family photo albums, chatting and sharing ideas, or listening to pirate radio playlists from Pitts’ 1980s youth. This is a book I have been waiting for' Caleb Azumah Nelson, Costa Book Award-winning author of Open Water ' Rich and evocative .

They began in London and followed the river Thames east towards Tilbury, where the Empire Windrush docked in 1948. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. He is lead vocalist and lyricist for King Midas Sound and has also recorded solo albums with Jahtari Records. It has been on show in Pitts’ hometown of Sheffield at the Graves Gallery, and at the Stills Gallery in Edinburgh. PLEASE NOTE: Concessionary rates apply to under 21s, full time students, registered unemployed and registered disabled – just show us proof of status.

S. Eliot Prize 2019, The RSL Ondaatje Prize 2020 and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Travelling in a red Mini Cooper, Pitts and Robinson’s circumnavigation encompassed the coastal, urban, rural and suburban, via the places in-between.Sometimes home is just knowing we are loved, and we have loved, and other times it is fighting for love. In the back part of the gallery, Pitts presents a room suggestive of a private space, quiet and contemplative.