Listening as Doorways to Futures
Listening as Doorways to Futures, Artistic Workshop, Center of Experimental Humanities, online
June 2021
The workshop was a collaborative sound collage that resisted recent cultural and sociological claims that humanity is experiencing the ‘End of Imagination’. Drawing on writings from J G Ballard and Frances Dyson, we exercised sound as a portal to different worlds by mixing field recordings from ten participants across the globe who aimed to answer the question: can sounds open doorways?
The project took place in form of two workshops in collaboration with Julian Willming.
Hornsey Film, UCU Strikes
Hornsey Film Screening, UCU Strikes, Central Saint Martins, London, 2nd Feb. 2020
Pat Holland's 1970 documentary 'Hornsey Film' reflected the frustration felt in art schools across the UK during the 2020 UCU university strikes. The organisation of the film screening reflected the bureaucratisation of our college, as the college security restricted our use of equipment and access to electricity, despite us being students.
The consequently DIY nature of the screening led to discussion on ownership and privatisation of university buildings.
'Home', Zine-making Workshop
Home, Zine-making Workshop, Freedom Press Anarchist Bookshop, London, 15th Feb. 2020
A workshop teaching the techniques of lino printing, whilst discussing ideas around the theme of 'home', such as rising rent costs, communal living, memory and homelessness.
The group curated the prints for the zine, discussing and questioning our conceptual and aesthetic choices. The zine was available to buy at Freedom Press.