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. Over the course of three months, participants explored themes such as activism, healing and self-expression via workshops held on zoom.
Artists
A.G
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.
Meera Shakti Osborne
Meera Shakti Osborne has a practice of collective healing through creative self-expression.
Activity
Digital Tapestry
October - December 2020
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.
Meera Shakti Osborne and A.G: artist discussion
25 March 2021
Farrah Gray, Youth Platform Co-ordinator, interviewed Osborne and A.G. about Digital Tapestry, a collaborative video artwork created by Youth Platform members in a 10 week programme of zoom workshops run by Osborne and A.G.
Tilting the Mirror
2020-2023
Tilting the Mirror was a Creative Civic Change project based in Peckham, south-east London. Over three years it aimed to establish a greater knowledge and understanding of community-led cultural activity in Peckham.
Pass(Portal)
Pass(Portal) is a free print and digital activity pack to facilitate creative conversations on the meaning of diaspora on a micro level, exploring home, culture, and travel.
Resource: A Journey Through Time and Culture
A Journey Through Time and Culture is a free activity pack to facilitate creative conversations on the meaning of diaspora. Though it was designed with a classroom setting in mind for KS3 and KS4, it is open and appropriate for use in a variety of settings for all ages.
2024/2025 Impact report
In 2024 we launched Memories for the Future, a two-year inquiry exploring the contributions of the diaspora in shaping Peckham’s identity and heritage.