The installation reflects on intertwined histories of wealth, empire and cultural memory by highlighting Brighton and Hove’s largely hidden or forgotten legacies resulting from the forced migration of enslaved people.

Conceptually, this work explores the tension between profit and protest. Here the tension between the wealth generated for residents by the plantation slavery system and the strong strand of abolitionism that rooted and flourished in the city.

The immersive environment of A Timeline of Infinite Skies invites audiences to navigate a continuum of Brighton’s past, present and speculative futures, tracing connections between migration, labour, archives and the conditions that have shaped and continue to shape the city’s identity.

Antonio Jose Guzman and Iva Jankovic have worked together for more than ten years as the collective Messengers of the Sun, a nod to musician Sun Ra’s Afrofuturist mythologies.

Join us for the preview of A Timeline of Infinite Skies on 1 May, 6-8pm. There will be short speeches at 7pm with BSL interpretation by Dr Sue MacLaine

This exhibition is produced in partnership with Brighton Festival