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Radical Joy Exhibition Launch, Rhodes House
You are warmly invited to join us at Rhodes House for the opening of our Artist in Residence Rebecca Korang’s exhibition Radical Joy on Monday 20 October.
This year, Berlin-based artist Rebecca Korang undertook an intellectual residency with the support of the Rhodes Trust. To mark the culmination of her research-driven project, Rhodes House is hosting Korang’s second solo show. Responding to the theme of ‘Radical Joy,’ Korang centres the stories of Black prisoners of war in the Second World War. Korang presents a novel depiction of their lived experiences through her creative interventions into the archive, using tools and mediums including textile, weaving, and painting. Engaging with archival material and the built environment, Korang has built her own archive using images and material found from eBay.
As an Afro-German woman, the theme of “Radical Joy” became inevitably autoethnographic. This exhibition is a culmination of multiple and intertwined threads; bridging the personal with historical, embodied, and situated explorations.
Doors open at 17:30, with introductory remarks from Rebecca Korang and the Rhodes Trust team at 18:00. Drinks and canapés will be served.
Date:
20 October 2025, 17:30
Venue:
Rhodes House, South Parks Road OX1 3RG
Speaker:
Rebecca Korang (Rhodes Trust)
Organising department:
Rhodes House
Organiser:
Rhodes Trust (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
communications@rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Rhodes Trust (University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://bit.ly/RadicalJoyLaunch
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Lucy Mercer
