WORK
I Too, am a Survivor is a 360-degree immersive installation that invites audiences to step inside a twelve-sided room and experience the imagined journeys of cultural artifacts from the World Cultures Gallery at World Museum, Liverpool. Created in collaboration with T.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet Sarah Howe, the work blends poetic storytelling with cinematic visuals and spatial sound to reframe how we engage with museum collections.
Through large-scale projection and enveloping audio, seven artefacts - including Chinese ceramics and other objects from across Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania - are brought to life. Their stories explore themes of movement, belonging, displacement, and resilience. Instead of being viewed as static museum pieces, these objects become powerful narrators of global histories, inviting reflection on the deep connections between people, place, and cultural memory.
Set within a gallery that houses over 1,600 objects from around the world, the installation is the first in a series of artist-led interventions that aim to rethink traditional museum storytelling. By placing the voices of artists and artifacts at the centre, the museum opens up new ways of understanding the histories behind its collections - acknowledging both the beauty and the complexity of their origins.
Now on permanent display at World Museum Liverpool, I Too, am a Survivor uses immersive technology to offer a quiet yet powerful space for dialogue. It challenges visitors to consider whose voices are heard, how stories are told, and the many ways in which objects carry meaning across time and place
I too Am A Survivor
National Museums Liverpool
2021
Produced for National Museums Liverpool
Animation & Creative Design:
Rebecca Smith
Poet:
Sarah Howe
Sound design:
CJ Mirra
Storyboarding:
Meaningful Magic
Technical Partners & Set build:
Adlib
With thanks to all the team at NML
Tide Project
Liverpool John Moores University
