learning to imagine a future

I was selected from an open call to devise, produce and deliver a Black History Month event at OUTPOST Gallery in Norwich.

Black histories, decolonial histories, histories at the intersection of class, race, and gender all offer an orientation towards futures of freedom, liberation, and solidarity. The power of these histories relies on recognising their enduring possibility, on bringing the past into conversation with the present, for the benefit of a future that feels increasingly unimaginable.

OUTPOST became a generative space for discussion and the creative imagining of these futures, anchored in the images and words that escape the embalmment of time. Featuring short film screenings, archival footage recorded during uprisings and a short participatory workshop, with each element punctuated by discussion.

Screening of Boots on Ground (Kiran Kaur Brar, 2021) and Speech for a Melting Statue (Collectif Faire-part, 2023)

The workshop element experimented with writing “what if” statements, and placing them in relation to others’ responses on the wall, in an informal and playful style.