SURVIVING OR THRIVING? THE POLITICS OF HOME
SAN LDN is excited to invite you to an online Discuss & Exchange session with invited guest speakers. Open to everyone interested in the intersection between art & society.
WEDNESDAY 21ST OCTOBER, 6PM
REGISTER FOR FREE ON EVENTBRITE!
When survival becomes
an acquired taste, improvement
a second skin, and home
is a long-distance love affair
with loss
– Vahni Capildeo, 2018, Collections in Verse
What’s it like to spend every day of your life thinking you might have to leave your home tomorrow?
WE HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO SHELTER, BELONGING AND SAFETY, YET THE PATH TO FINDING HOME IS OFTEN A COMPLEX AND EMOTIONALLY CHARGED PROCESS. IN A WORLD WHERE HOME IS INCREASINGLY INSECURE, CONDITIONAL AND FACING ABOLISHMENT, WHAT ROLE CAN ART HAVE?
JOIN US IN THIS SAN DIGITAL MEET-UP AS WE UNPICK AND HIGHLIGHT EXAMPLES OF ARTISTS AND CURATORS WHO ARE USING STORYTELLING TO PUT LIVED EXPERIENCE BACK IN THE CENTRE OF NARRATIVES ABOUT HOME AND HOUSING.
Image credit: Stephen Burridge for Between the Storeys, 2018. A poetry film series exploring gentrification in Smithfield (London) with voices from the local community. A collaboration between Poet in the City and Culture Mile
GUEST BIOGRAPHIES
Zain Dada is a writer, researcher, and cultural producer. He is currently Programme Manager at the charity, Maslaha and is the co-founder of Khidr Collective – a platform for British Muslim artists. Zain has worked on the intersection of the arts, community and research. From co-programming events at community centres due to be demolished to turning facts about obscure council redevelopment plans into powerful, human stories that stir people’s imaginations. He is inspired by projects, initiatives and movements which are accessible, creative and broad in their approach to provoke social change. He recently published research on community arts organisations called ‘State, Survival and Sustainability: The future of community arts.’
Hannah Lowe is a poet, memoirist and academic. Her first poetry collection Chick (Bloodaxe, 2013) won the Michael Murphy Memorial Award for Best First Collection. In September 2014, she was named as one of 20 Next Generation poets. Her family memoir Long Time, No See (Periscope, 2015) featured as Radio 4’s Book of the Week. Her second collection, Chan, is published by Bloodaxe. (2016). Her most recent chapbook The Neighbourhood (Outspoken Press, 2019) focuses on the complexities of what makes a neighbour and a community.
Catherine Packard is an artist and facilitator with years of experience developing and producing art events, exhibitions, and festivals. The community living in and around the estate where she lives in King’s Cross has been at the heart of many of the projects. Most recently, Catherine has been working on developing a Peoples’ Archive documenting the involvement of the community living on her estate’s involvement in 1980s squatters movements.
Jasmine White is a creative producer experienced in community and youth engagement. She is currently Head of Programme at Poet in the City where she sets the artistic direction for the organisation’s London programme. Before joining Poet in the City, Jasmine worked for Participation People, a specialist youth engagement organisation where she facilitated social action projects with Children in Care and Care Leavers. Jasmine holds a masters in Arts and Cultural Management from King’s College London that focused on the connections between art and activism, co-creation and change. Jasmine also works with the Social Art Network to build agency for socially-engaged artistic practices in the UK.
Timetable:
17:50 Zoom open to registered participants
18:00 Greetings, guidelines and introductions
18:15 Presentations & Q&A (Live on YouTube)
19:00 Discuss & Exchange session (smaller groups / breakout sessions)
19:20 Group Feedback
19:40 Closing
*Only the presentations will be broadcast, the Discuss & Exchange sessions takes place only to registered participants.