This event closed our gallery exhibition more of an avalanche with an afternoon of talks and conversations expanding on the themes it raised. The day featured contributions from Nick Aikens, Curator at Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven and co-curator of recent exhibitions 'The Place Is Here' and 'Rasheed Araeen: A Retrospective'; artists Raju Rage, Trishna Shah, Leah Clements and Phoebe Collings-James; and music producer Elijah. 

015A more of an avalanche Nick Aikens and John Bloomfield

The event opened with a conversation between Nick Aikens, Curator at Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven and 'more of an avalanche' curator John Bloomfield. Nick's recent projects  'The Place Is Here' and 'Rasheed Araeen: A Retrospective' are situated in the 1970s and 1980s and it was hoped that by revisting this research, the conversation could provide a broader historical context for 'more of an avalanche' and an opportunity to view the work through a longer historical lens.

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015B more of an avalanche Raju Rage and Trishna Shah

Exhibition artist Raju Rage invited Trishna Shah, an artist and contributor to the interview portion of the work, to be in conversation. Taking their contribution to ‘more of an avalanche’ as a starting point, they discussed their research and experiences of activism that informed the work.

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015C more of an avalanche Leah Clements

Expanding on themes in the exhibition of sickness and illness, artist Leah Clements discussed ideas around ‘crip’ theory and talked about a new network of art practitioners who will be in residence later this year at Wysing.

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015D more of an avalanche Phoebe Collings-James

Current artist-in-residence Phoebe Collings-James talked about the new work she is developing with Last Yearz Interesting Negro/Jamila Johnson-Small in relation to disobedience and sound as a weapon.

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015E more of an avalanche Elijah

Music producer Elijah presented 'Last Dance', a timely and urgent investigation into the rapid changes affecting UK club culture, and the impact of those changes on music and youth culture. 

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015F more of an avalanche Roundtable Discussion

The contributors reconvened for a roundtable discussion chaired by Nick Aikens.

 

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