- Venue
- Folkestone
- Date
- Saturday, September 23, 2017
12:00 PM - Address
- To be announced soon
- Location
- South East England
- Organiser
- Venice Agendas
OCCUPY FOLKESTONE WORKSHOP with Artist Denise Ackerl
Starting as early as the suffragette movement, non-violent resistance has been a crucial factor in changing political landscapes all over the world. During this 1-hour workshop participants are invited to join a practical and theoretical conversation on contemporary forms of non-violent protest and the importance of creative thinking within it. First, practical strategies used by the Occupy Wall street movement like the ‘human megaphone’ or ‘HOP’, the collective jumping around and shouting ‘Hop’, will be demonstrated and put into action. This is then followed by a discussion on macro and micro gestures of resistance that are suitable for everyone on and offline. Besides getting more familiar with the history of the subject, this workshop emphasizes empowerment through creativity, fun and criticality.
Please register your email through this Eventbrite page https://goo.gl/MjjZcB and we will be in contact with further information about the event.
Venice Agendas 2017: The Contract – Folkestone
Saturday 23 June 2017
1pm – 4pm
Venice Agendas 2017: The Contract is a programme of events including an exhibition, a publication, talks and performances in London, Venice, Margate and Folkestone.
The theme of this edition, The Contract, is particularly relevant both politically and socially. Contracts, whether written or spoken, are promises and agreements that we make with each other, within our communities and across society in general.
The project brings together artists and professionals to share and discuss what a contract means to them, their experiences of relationships governed or suggested by contracts and what might be anticipated or expected in the context of contemporary visual arts and current world events, including the UK Brexit decision.
Venice Agendas 2017: The Contract launched at DACS in London with the opening of the exhibition The Contract on May 3rd and continued with breakfast discussions and live-art performances in Venice during the preview week of the Venice Biennale and a take-over of the Turner Contemporary galleries on 17 June. On Saturday, September 23rd the project arrives in Folkestone with a day of pop-up projects and performances by artists including Denise Ackerl, Athelstan Sound, Alistair Gentry and Young In Hong.
For further information or queries please email [email protected]
