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List of refugee victims wins national art award

A Brighton student has won this year’s £10,000 Hix Award for her work exploring the human cost of the refugee crisis.

4 December 2018

The judging panel this year included Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk, Stephen Webster, Dylan Jones, and Mark Hix – and the award was designed by Damien Hurst.

Elizabeth Eade, studying Fine Art MA, created Die Liste, a 10m-long hand written list documenting the deaths of 33,305 people who died accessing Europe.

Elizabeth said: “I felt the need to make it when I found a list of people who had died, published in a German newspaper. I was quite overwhelmed. It was such an emotional thing to see this Excel spreadsheet, with abbreviations and in many cases no names - just n/n.

“The list is compiled by an organisation called United who collated it from over 500 organisations around the globe.

“The scale of the tragedy is so vast, and my work was to highlight the impossible task of comprehending its scale.

“This is contrasted with the individual stories. Each line is a story of hope and adventure and ultimately tragedy, of very human endeavour, of brothers and sister and mothers and children.

Elizabeth Eade and the Die Liste

Elizabeth Eade and Die Liste

Elizabeth Eade geting her award

From left to right Sam Bedlow from sponsors Coutts Bank, Hix Creative Director Sophie Herriott, judge Stephen Webster, gallery owner Mark Hix and Elizabeth Eade

“The story as a whole is an epic, and tells of international health, politics, crime and economics, of murder and misadventure, of starvation and corruption and greed.

“It has been a greatly exciting and humbling process.”

Elizabeth said of her studies: “It has been an extraordinary course. I had taken some time after my BA to return to education, and I think this was partly as I didn't understand what a different experience I would have studying a research degree.

“We have wonderful tutors and technicians. I have affiliated myself with the philosophy department, which has transformed and supported my practice. I also have student colleagues who are generous with their time and opinions, which is invaluable.”

Elizabeth, who lives and works in Brighton, graduates next year. She will put the £10,000 award towards her studio costs and a solo exhibition at HIX ART in London in 2019.

The Die liste will be on display in Coutts bank on the Strand from January until March 2019.

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