The Resistant Representations of Artist-Activists

This event highlights how artistic and curatorial practices have been deployed to represent residents’ needs and desires in the face of unjust statutory consultations. Each guest has combined their creative practice with their campaigning against developer-led regeneration. They will come together to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of artistic activism to resist and bypass top-down consultation practices that ignore the demands made by local communities.

Speakers:

Aysen Dennis and Alessia Gammarota (Artist and curator, campaigners with Fight 4 Aylesbury)

Tom Keene (Artist/Researcher/Activist with Save Cressingham Gardens)

Loraine Leeson (Artist/Researcher, Middlesex University)

Chaired by Claire Louise Staunton (Curator/Researcher)