Sink Without Trace presented work by eighteen artists on the subject of migrant deaths at sea. The exhibition included artists from Denmark, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iraqi Kurdistan, Israel, Italy, Slovakia, South Africa, Sudan and the UK- currently living in France, Germany, Italy and the UK.

Through drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and video works, Sink Without Trace offered alternative perspectives on a subject that is often only presented through the eyes of the media and politicians. 

The exhibition included found objects from shipwrecked migrant boats in Sicily, anonymous drawings made on migrant boats and works made by unaccompanied minors in transit camps in Calais.

Sink Without Trace also included photographic documentation of the forensic project relating to the shipwrecked migrant boat that was displayed at Venice Biennale by Christoph Buchel in 2019.

As part of Sink Without Trace,T06411, a rescued North African migrant boat was on public display close to the gallery on Regent’s Canal, Kings Cross during Refugee Week 2019 (17- 23 June).

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A public programme of events was also presented in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts, Refugee Week and Westminster University. 

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An impact study on the exhibition was conducted by the curators and published by Westminster University.

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Proceeds from the sale of exhibition catalogues and event tickets went to the charity Alarm Phone (https://alarmphone.org/en/about/).

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Sink Without Trace was funded by Arts Council England and was curated by Federica Mazzara and Maya Ramsay

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Artists

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Behjat Omer Abdulla

Broomberg & Chanarin

Victoria Burgher

Max Hirzel

Mariwan Jalal

Tamara Kametani

Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen

Gil Mualem-Doron

Forensic Oceanography

Maya Ramsay

Mario Rossi

Shorsh Saleh

Aida Silverstri

Art Refuge UK

Nathaniel White

Lucy Wood

Dagmawi Yimer

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