Poet Larena Amin joined the discussion to explore different perspectives on socially-engaged artists’ practice and their responses to activism, healing, and self-expression. Early career artists and young adults contributed to this open session. We have made the recording of this discussion available online to increase access for more people.
This special event was funded by ArtFund.
Artists
Meera Shakti Osborne has a practice of collective healing through creative self-expression.
A.G is a DJ, producer and presenter from east London. Her work takes inspiration from American underground club music in Baltimore and New Jersey to Bollywood soundtracks.
Exhibitions
This video artwork was developed by young people working with video artist Eva Grace Bor. It is the result of a Peckham Platform programme that invited artist Meera Shakti Osborne and producer A.G. to run workshop sessions with our Youth Platform group.
Our Youth Platform presented a collaborative artwork at the 2021 GALA Festival in Peckham's Rye Park.
Projects
This three year initiative aimed to establish a greater knowledge and understanding of community-led cultural activity in Peckham.
This project celebrates the distinct dialogues of a multi-generational group of participants and mediums of ‘insistent archiving’ that preserve the wealth and variance of these narratives.
The project took its title from a conversation that Bennett had with an older friend. Speaking out of turn, the artist was met with the reply “Yuh Figet Yuhself!”. The statement was made in jest but served as a reminder that she had literally and figuratively forgotten herself.
Resources
This digital tapestry is a collaborative work from artist Meera Shakti Osborne and producer A.G. made after working with a group of young people on the 2021 Digital Tapestry project.
We are looking for an artist or designer to lead a series of workshops during our Youth Platform x Arts Week, for young people aged 14-18, taking place the first week of August (Monday 3 – Friday 7 August).
Are you aged 11-18? This is an opportunity to shape your local outdoor space! Join us in Peckham for an evening workshop and create new surface designs for the basketball court at the Oliver Goldsmith Estate with Architect and Spatial Designer Bamidele Awoyemi.