Walking: Documents of Contemporary Art

9 Mar 2024 2-3pm

Overview

Join guest editor Tom Jeffreys in conversation with speakers including artist Jade de Montserrat and art historian Gabriella Nugent to discuss the political power of walking.  

Their conversation will range from the streets of Kinshasa to the countryside of the north of England, with walking operating as both celebration and resistance – against the racialisation of rural spaces and colonial patterns of extraction, consumption and e-waste.

Walking is a vital way to assert one’s presence in public space, not only in the street or the countryside but also in art discourse. As a relational practice touching upon access, public space, land ownership and use, walking is always political. 

This event forms part of the launch of the latest anthology in the Documents of Contemporary Art series. It is accompanied by a workshop led by artist Sop at 10am in the Creative Studio.

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