The tragedy caused the UKs highest loss of life following a residential fire since the Second World War.
There is no narrative story or dramatization within the installation.
When you make art, anything half decent … there are certain people you will possibly offend.
Steve McQueen.Elisabetta Villa/Getty Images for RFF.
But that is how it is.
The project was self-funded by the12 Years A Slavefilmmaker and will not be sold commercially or screened on television.
There is an ongoing criminal investigation into the origins of the fire.
The UK government also launched a two-part inquiry following the fire.
It was deliberate neglect, McQueen told The Guardian of the fire.
It was no accident.
There were so many people, so many companies, so many factors …
It was all a deliberate act of neglect and, to a certain extent, greed.
The findings of the second and final phase of the inquiry are due to be reported in late 2023.
Grenfellis the first of a few potential projects we can expect from McQueen in the near future.
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