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
PANEL DISCUSSION
EXCEPT THE CLOUDS
19th October 2019 - 7:00pm to 9pm
A panel discussion around the thematic of resistance in the arts hosted by Max Barnett at Pylot Magazine with artists Berangere Fromont, Nikolas Ventourakis, Daphne Milner and Sandrine Servent.
Max Barnett - Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director of Pylot Magazine.
Max Barnett is a Photographer, Magazine Editor, and Image Editor based in London.
He moved to London in September 2010 in order to complete a BA in Photographic Arts at the University of Westminster. While studying he developed the original concept for a new magazine, which later became PYLOT Magazine.
PYLOT was officially launched in 2014 after Max assembled a small team, who worked together to create the magazine’s identity. He currently works as the Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director of the magazine.
Alongside starting a magazine, Max has established a career as a photographer, working with a range of clients and magazines.
Bérangère Fromont - Photographer
Bérangère Fromont is a french photographer. Born in Martigues in 1975, she lives and works in Paris. She studied film and literature at the Sorbonne.
Her work has been exhibited throughout the world, among them le festival Circulation(s), le festival Manifesto, les Boutographies, le Prix de la Maison Blanche, the BusanInternational Photography Festival,Photonai, le Festival Photo Saint Germain, le Centre d'Art Contemporain de Nîmes, Thessaloniki Biennale and shown in various web and paper publications (British Journal of Photography, Vogue Italia, Americansuburbx, der Greif, die Nacht, Co-curate, BKN, The Smell of Dust III, Fisheye, Mouvement, L'intervalle, Hunger).
The book "Cosmos" was published by AndréFrère Editions in 2015, «I don't want to disappear completely» with September books. And now on a third book «Except the clouds» with Void.
www.berangerefromont.com
Nikolas Ventourakis - Visual Artist
Nikolas Ventourakis is a visual artist living and working between Athens and London. His practice is situated in the threshold between art and document, in the attempt to interrogate the status of the photographic image. Aquest that unfolds in the decisive years of the digital revolution, when a crucial overlap between producers and viewers seem to have reset all previous critical discourses.
Ventourakis completed an MA in Fine Art (Photography) with Merit at Central Saint Martins School of Arts (2013) and is the recipient of the Deutsche Bank Award in Photography (2013). He was selected for Future Map (2013), Catlin Guide (2014) and Fresh Faced Wild Eyed (2014) in the Photographers Gallery as one of the top graduating artists in the UK.
In 2015 he was a visiting artist at CalArts with a FULBRIGHT Artist Fellowship and is a fellow in New Museum’s IDEAS CITY. He was shortlisted for the MAC International and the Bar-Tur Award. Recently he has exhibited in FORMAT Festival, Derby; the NRW Forum, Düsseldorf, the Mediterranean Biennale of Young Artists 18 the parallel program of the Istanbul Biennale and ArtNight London, Hors Pistes 14at the Pompidou Center and at the DESTE Foundation/New Museum collaboration show.
www.ventourakis.co.uk
Daphne Chouliaraki Milner - Writer and Editor
Daphne Chouliaraki Milner is a London-based Writer and Editor who is currently working at The Business of Fashion. Beyond BoF, she has written about art, culture and fashion for publications including It’s Nice That, AnOther, Another Man, GARAGE and Elephant magazine.
Daphne has just completed her Master’s in Contemporary Culture at UCL. During her time there, she has written essays on cultural landmarks like The Wire and Big Little Lies as well as the music of Sylvester and Janelle Monáe.