New Programme:
The Future is a Collective Project
The Future is a Collective Project was initiated by Deptford X director, Nathalie Boobis, in 2016 and is re-emerging in the digital realm as part of Deptford X Online 2020 for an edition of 6 workshops.
The Future is a Collective Project is about creating a learning environment that is non-hierarchical and in which no prior training, education or specific forms of knowledge are required to participate. All experiences are considered to be valid tools for knowledge production and sharing - from emotions, actions, stories and food to texts, films, artworks and music. The hope is that the group can share and learn from knowledge, narratives and ideas that have for too long been excluded from serious attention within the dominant and binary world view of white, western, capitalist patriarchy.
For Deptford X Online, we have invited 6 individuals whose practices we felt were driven by needs and desires to work beyond binary modes of thinking and doing to each lead a session. Each session coordinator offers their research, practice and work in progress as a starting point for a collective group discussion.
Upcoming Sessions:
15 Sep, 6.30 - 8pm
Ray Filar - Touch Me / DON'T TOUCH ME
29 Sep, 6.30 - 8pm
Tyreis Holder -"Poetry is not a luxury" - Audre Lorde
6 Oct, 6.30 - 8pm
Fritha Jenkins
20 Oct, 6.30 - 8pm
Davinia-Ann Robinson
Cairo Clarke (DATE TBC)
📸: Project O, X, 2017, Commissioned by Deptford X
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Opportunity for 15 - 19 year olds
What next?
We are still looking for participants for our art project for 15-19 year olds from Lewisham Borough on the theme ‘What Next?’ as part of We Are Lewisham’s Micro Commissions.
You will work with South London based artist and poet, Tyreis Holder. Together you will explore your hopes and concerns for the future and create a collaborative public artwork in Deptford.
All meetings will take place online and are free to attend.
A date will be set once we have a sufficient number of participants.
For more information or to take part, email admin@deptfordx.org
📸: Tyreis Holder, 'Ode to Self', 2018
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Call out for New Moor (No more) by residency artist Jaron Hill
September resident artist, Jaron Hill, is looking to speak to people with whom the notion of ‘retuning home’ has significant meaning. Working alongside fellow artist, Kerrie Addy, he invites anyone with any broad interest or personal connection to this theme to contact him in the hopes of finding fresh voices and creating new and exciting material for issue 2 of the duos Leeds based publication, HERM.
"For issue one, we worked with West Yorkshire Queer Stories and Yorkshire MESMAC to capture the voices, stories and talents of West Yorkshires LGBTQ+ community. For the return of the publication, we are exploring what it means to return home, in the broadest sense possible, whether it be culturally, physically or metaphysically. Home can exist in or outside ones body, comfort zone, culture or location. In considering what it means to return home, we welcome anecdotes, artworks, proposals or even conversations with relevance to or interest in the subject."
If this feels pertinent to you, contact hermherm.art@gmail.com or Jaron (@jarhil) on instagram
📸: Courtesy of the artist, Herm-Jaron Hill and Kerrie Addy-2019
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