Episode 4: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Do art forms like black radical poetry, free jazz and improvisation create a space for the performance of freedom? Did they ever? And can they still do so now?
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Do art forms like black radical poetry, free jazz and improvisation create a space for the performance of freedom? Did they ever? And can they still do so now?
A silent collage of found film footage partially layered with computer graphics to provide a framework in which live music can develop.
Julius Eastman’s Evil Nigger for 4 pianos performed by Joe Kubera, Kate Thompson, David Murray, Alan Fearon and Simon Passmore.
How do we make the connections between the mutual aid practices of our daily lives and anti-capitalist efforts to dismantle wider systems of exploitation?
For musical chameleon Richard Youngs both his creative and family life are focused in the room that many of us consider the centre piece of our lives.
A whistle stop tour of visual and material culture that has anchored the sex workers rights movement through the decades until today.
Tormented and drawn-out high-pitched yelps and drones, all interleaved with periods of torpid silence.
Sex worker only Collective Art Workshop led by the Hard Labour project from Scotland for Decrim.
How do people both inside and outside of prison work together to dismantle the criminal justice system and build a society based on collective care?
A workshop for educators, activists and young people to think about radical, anti-imperialist pedagogy, and what fighting for the Palestinian cause looks like for young people in the imperial core. PDF of the resource available soon.
Jarrod Fowler creates a social space where layered one-to-one live encounters with the audience become sonic material.
Jumping off from Sun Ra’s thoughts on evil, and the Alien films, this performance will explore how the sociality Sondra wants to visualise and participate in has no interest in respectability.