In this 2014 talk, artist Ruth Beale considers the themes within her exhibition Bookbed with London-based writer and curator Morgan Quaintance and Emily Druiff, Trustee and Founder, Peckham Platform.
The talk provides an opportunity to consider the exhibition in the context of contemporary art practice and to discuss questions arising from the audience.
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.
To accompany the exhibition Bookbed, artist Ruth Beale has complied a small collection of books by or about autodidacts and self-education, and books selected to aid the autodidact.
Barbara Steveni introduces the methodology behind the radical Southwark Education Research Project (1989-95).