By Baff Akoto
An immersive, powerful commemoration of Black and immigrant Britons killed after police contact, blending XR, testimony, poetry and live performance to embody nostalgia, loss, grief and joy.
Award-winning artist Baff Akoto presents Collateral Echoes, an immersive installation that honours the lives, memories, and potential of Black and immigrant Britons disproportionately killed following police contact since 1969. Blending XR, moving-image, archival material and evocative sound design, the piece features first-person testimonies, historical imagery, and performances — including prose by Paapa Essiedu and poetry by the late Benjamin Zephaniah. Collateral Echoes moves beyond headlines and statistics, offering a deeply human exploration of mental health, racial disparities, the immigrant experience, and collective memory. Inviting audiences into spaces of nostalgia, loss, grievance and joy, Akoto’s work gives a voice to the communities that continue to survive, resist and remember.
Live performance
Creative Director Anthea Lewis
Photos by Jade Ayino
Choreographer and artist Anthea Lewis explores rituals of grief and the power of collective energy through movement and sound, in a live collaboration with musicians and dancers. Devised in collaboration with the performers.
Team
tyroneisaacstuart – Sound Director & Performer
tyroneisaacstuart is a London-based interdisciplinary artist known for immersive, concept-driven experiences that bridge sound, movement, and visual art. His practice, rooted in jazz and street/contemporary dance, explores themes of identity, spirituality, and the interplay between noise and silence. He creates choreographic scores, experimental soundscapes, and modular art objects, inviting audiences to engage with layered narratives.
Mohannad Bashir – Bass guitarist
From Newport in Wales Mohannad is the bass guitarist with hardcore punk band Torchbearer. Mohannad is also an experienced Executive DTP specialist working in the translation and localisation industry. He has a MA in Publishing from University of the Arts London and a BA in Graphics design from the University of Wales.
Mohannad Bashir has been leading a campaign for justice after his brother Mouayed died at home while in police restraint on February 17, 2021.
@justice4mouayed
Amarnah Ufuoma Cleopatra – Performer
Born and raised in London, Amarnah is a contemporary dancer with roots from Nigeria. Her professional training begun at the London Contemporary Dance School where she gained a First class BA (Hons) Degree.
Amarnah has since worked for various dance artists, theatre companies and film directors, performing with Natasha Gilmore’s Barrowland Ballet, Tara D’arquian, Igor and Moreno, Susanna Ajaye, Breach Theatre Company and Möbius Dance.
Amarnah is also a founding member of The Sparse Collective, an improvisation dance theatre collective.
Lauryn Pinard – Performer
Lauryn Pinard is a Franco-Haitian multidisciplinary artist based in London. Her practice spans dance, visual art, research and teaching, engaging deeply with the body as an archive. Pinard’s work is profoundly personal, reflecting her journey and heritage. She was Artist-in-residence at Academy Mews Dance Studio in autumn 2022 and is one of the five visual artists commissioned by Serendipity Institute of Black Arts and Heritage for the “100 Black Women Who Have Made a Mark” exhibition.
Rudzani Moleya – Performer
Rudzani Moleya is a South African multidisciplinary artist, movement director, and facilitator, currently based in London. She is known for her work exploring identity, movement as a form of healing, and the body as a living archive. She has performed, directed, and facilitated workshops across various venues and festivals in the UK, South Africa, and internationally
Wisdom Iheoma – Performer
Wisdom Iheoma, is a Spanish, Nigerian born actor and multi-disciplinary performer graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London. Since graduating Wisom starred in Marc-Emmanuel Soriano’s play One Who Wants to Cross (Un Qui Veut Traverser), at The Finnborough Theatre. He is also an accomplished pianist and vocalist, performing across London.
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