‘Human zoo’ shut down by protests
THE highly controversial “human zoo” Exhibit B exhibition closed down on its first night after campaigners physically blocked the Barbican’s entrance.
The brainchild of white South African artist Brett Bailey, the show featured black actors in chains to “turn the notion of exotic spectacle on its head.”
But after weeks of campaigning Black Activists Rising Against the Cuts (BARAC) was able to bring the racist exhibition to a halt.
Organisers reportedly feared for “the safety of performers, audiences and staff.”
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