Habeas Corpus Installation view, Manchester Cathedral 2019.

noun: habeas corpus

  • a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.


  • the legal right to apply for a habeas corpus writ. LATIN, literally ‘you shall have the body (in court)’.



 

A site specific installation across multiple spaces within Manchester Cathedral (2019). Produced as part of A Belonging Project curated by Micah Purnell and PassionArt.

Habeas Corpus is a limited edition print series playfully commenting upon British Immigration Removal Centres. The prints make reference to vintage travel posters, each recording the capacity and number of detainees at each location. Colours allude to institutional architecture and mass produced furniture found in public buldings. The flags were installed within the Regimental Chapel in vacant flag poles alonside the existing regimental flags thus occupying a physical presence within the space.

Recent exhibitions include; Displaced a group exhibition curated by The Travelling Gallery Scotland (2019), In-Transit solo show at Canada House Manchester - in partnership with Kinrise. Co, sponsored by Ministry to Business (2018).


Elizabeth Kwant - Mediterranea, light box series, 841 x 594 mm each, installation at Manchester Cathedral Regimental Chapel, 2019.
Elizabeth Kwant - Mediterranea, light box series, 841 x 594 mm each, installation at Manchester Cathedral Regimental Chapel, 2019.
Elizabeth Kwant - Mediterranea, light box series, 841 x 594 mm each, installation at Manchester Cathedral Regimental Chapel, 2019.
Elizabeth Kwant - Mediterranea, screen print on flags, 100 x 150cm each, installation at Manchester Cathedral, 2019.
Elizabeth Kwant - Mediterranea, light box series, 841 x 594 mm each, installation at Manchester Cathedral Regimental Chapel, 2019.
Elizabeth Kwant - Mediterranea, screen print on flags, 100 x 150cm each, installated at Manchester Cathedral, 2019.
Elizabeth Kwant - Mediterranea, screen print on flags, 100 x 150cm each, installated at Manchester Cathedral, 2019.
Elizabeth Kwant - Habeas Corpus, screen print on flags, 100 x 150cm each, installated at Manchester Cathedral's Regimental Chapel, 2019.
Elizabeth Kwant - Habeas Corpus, screen print on flags, 100 x 150cm each, installated at Manchester Cathedral's Regimental Chapel, 2019.
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