Free entry
Sat 15 Aug 2026, 12 - 1.30pm
Gallery 5
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| Saturday | 11am–6pm |
| Sunday | 11am–6pm |
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About This Event
This event takes place within the exhibition in Gallery 5 at Whitechapel Gallery, located on floor 1A.
This event lasts approximately 1.5 hours and is drop-in with no booking required.
We are unable to provide British Sign Language interpretation for this event
We are unable to provide live closed captioning or CART for this event.
Transport
To the best of our knowledge, there are no planned disruptions to local transport on the date of the event.
Our nearest train station – Aldgate East Underground (1 min) is not wheelchair accessible. The closest wheelchair accessible stations are Whitechapel (15 min), Shoreditch High Street (15 min) or Liverpool Street (15 min).
Free parking for Blue Badge holders is available at the top of Osborn Street in the pay and display booths for an unlimited period. Spaces are available on a first come, first served basis.
Join artist Jannat Hussain for a participatory performance exploring memory, materiality, and collective remembrance through her sculpture Our Hands, Our Eyes (2026).
Drawing on reflections from community creative practice, the archaeological site of Wari-Bateshwar in Bangladesh, and the enduring significance of beads as repositories of memory, Hussain will share the stories and ideas that informed the work. The performance considers how objects accumulate meaning over time, carrying traces of touch, care, and exchange, and how these material histories continue to resonate across generations.
Participants are invited to take part in a simple act of remembrance by adding a bead to the sculpture while holding in mind a person, place, or moment they wish to honour. Memories may be spoken aloud or kept private. As beads accumulate throughout the event, the sculpture becomes a growing archive of collective memory, care, and connection.
This participatory performance and workshop is free and drop-in with no booking required.
This event accompanies our current exhibition OITIJ-JO Collective: TUFAN.
Jannat Hussain is an interdisciplinary artist and creative facilitator. Her practice orientates the space between introspective realities and outward expression, where close observation of the self and interpersonal dynamics translates into highly emotive responses.
Her work is experiential, operating on the erudition of feeling. It consists of extrapolating sentimental moments in her life that are worthy of rendering, to map her emotional landscape. Jannat’s current concerns lie in using the material and cultural attributes of sculpture and performance art to unpack various forms of intimacy, tracing how vulnerability and connection manifest within personal and collective experiences.
The tactile qualities of clay and the transformative effects of nature on land currently serve as anchoring points in her practice, emphasising the role of memory in honouring relationships when investigating the broader dimensions of intimacy.
She is currently the Creative Programme Coordinator for Arts Network, an arts and mental health charity. Selected exhibitions include Tate Britain, The V&A, The Albany Theatre, Cooke Latham Gallery & FILET.
