Display of Deep Recovery Student Responses
Mon 9 March, 12:00pm -
Fri 1 May 2026, 5:00pm at Staircase B, Pilkington Library

(Photo credit: Deep Recovery, Libita Sibungu (2023))
About this display
From 10 February to 10 March 2025, Deep Recovery was hosted at Pilkington Library on the Loughborough University campus, for students, staff and members of the local community to access. During this time, Radar ran a competition, which invited current students to submit a creative response to the work. Responses in any art form were welcomed, including creative writing, sound recordings, prints, photographs or textile works.
For a limited time, the winning response and the two runners-up are on display in Stairwell B in Pilkington Library.
The winning response was In Our Image by Jola Ajiboye, who created a digital collage and paint artwork. The two runners-up were Caspar Wort (for a creative writing response) and Niamh Hannah (acrylic ink on paper).
The display is on the walls of Staircase B, between levels 3 and 4.
Library opening hours
The display can be viewed during the Library's opening hours:
- 9 - 22 March, 8.30am - 2am (Mon-Fri) and 9am - 2am (Sat & Sun)
- 23 March - 9am - 9pm
- 13 April - 1 May 24/7
Please note that the Library is closed from 3 - 7 April inclusive for Easter weekend.
View the Library's opening times
Accessibility
There is step free access into the building with accessible toilets nearby. For more information, view the Access Guide for Pilkington Library on AccessAble.
The display goes up the staircase between Levels 3 and 4. If you are unable to access this area, then please email LUArts@lboro.ac.uk and we will share the artwork and information on display with you digitally.
Artists
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Deep Recovery at Loughborough University
Mon 10 February
09:00am - 17:00pm
For one month, Libita Sibungu’s Radar commissioned work Deep Recovery (2023) will be located at Pilkington Library on the Loughborough University campus. Students, staff and members of the public are invited to experience the work during Library opening hours. Read more
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An evocative sound work and risograph publication by Libita Sibungu that interrogates colonial archival practices, drawing on the artist's experiences in Cornwall and the British Geological Survey archives, and exploring themes of memory, identity, and the impermanence of landscapes. Read more

