CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP WITH ART THERAPIST HANNA LEIPOLD
SATURDAY 24 JULY FROM 10AM TO 12PM
SUNDAY 25 JULY FROM 10AM TO 12PM
Engaging with the arts and creativity generally has proven throughout history to aid communication, build relationships, form social connections and to help make sense of complex emotions and feelings.
In this 90-minute workshop, the participants will be guided through a creative experience facilitated by a qualified Art Therapist to explore and reflect together on the impact of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic on their emotional and psychological wellbeing.
We will use art materials and the exhibited photographs to reflect together in a supportive group environment on the challenges and pressures for young people to navigate the ‘new normal’.
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
KOREBAJU PROJECT BY CÉSAR CUSPOCA
INTERVIEW - SEPT 2020
Artist César Cuspoca talking about the Korebaju Project, a long term collaborative project with the Korebaju, an indigenous community of Colombia.
César Cuspoca is a Colombian artist (b.1987) based in Paris.
His work challenges human perceptions and beliefs established by convention or tradition within society. The idea of experience takes a central role in Cuspoca’s approach and allows him to structure his creative process. Through experiences, Cuspoca produces still images, videos, and sound recordings. He combines these gathered materials with elements of the local environment to build installations in situ.In 2018, accompanied by a production team and a phonetician, Jenifer Vega, Cuspoca spent a month among the Korebaju (Children of the Earth), an Indigenous community located in the Caqueta region of Colombia. The Korebaju population is estimated at two thousand individuals. Like other groups in the region, they were affected by the exploitation of rubber, minerals and wood which consequently lead to human-forced displacements and environmental damages. It’s a community in danger of disappearance according to UNESCO. While Cuspoca spent time with the Korebaju, he was struck by their capacity to adapt and survive despite the continuous violence around them. The Korebaju allowed the artist to record sound, video and photographic materials. Cuspoca used these materials subsequently and combined them with items of the local environment from the exhibition space.
The final installations provoke a sensitive reflection on the Korebaju reality and explore the interconnected stories between Indigenous people and Western civilisations.
www.cesarcuspoca.com
CHILDREN OF COVID BY BEX DAY
EXHIBITION CURATED BY MINA RAVEN
9 - 31 JULY 2021 AT OFFSHOOT GALLERY
Following the outbreak of the Coronavirus came an unprecedented change in the way we organise ourselves both daily and socially. People everywhere had to embrace this new version of normality. Children in particular were faced with the effects of an abrupt withdrawal from school, social life and outdoor activities.
In July of 2020, photographer Bex Day lived with a friend and her 2-year-old daughter, who had begun experiencing delays in speech development due to a lack of social interaction. This inspired Day to document how Covid-19 was impacting children during the formative ages of 4 to 13.
Children of Covid explores the affects of Covid-19 on the human psyche through the unique perspective of a child developing amid lockdown. Following her last series, Seesaw, Day decided to further transgress the bonds of documentary and fashion photography, moulding the means of each genre. Styled by Day and Adam Winder, the series merges surrealism with realism; aiming to evoke moments of the Covid-19 lockdown whilst merging it with staged locations chosen in part by the children.
The photographs come accompanied with text written by each child. Together, the photograph and text work to depict the alternative reality forced upon these children by the pandemic.
Children of Covid is currently shortlisted for the British Journal of Photography’s Portrait of Humanity Prize, Wolf Suschiztky Prize and the Royal Photographic Society’s International Photography Exhibition 163.
Curated by Sandrine Servent, Mina Raven
Curator assistant Kiely Ward
INFORMATION
ADMISSION FREE
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162 High Rd
London N2 9AS
Exhibition Hours
Wednesday to Saturday 12.00 - 18.00
Sunday 12.00 – 16.00
For more info, please email info@minaraven.com
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