Anti-racism and discrimination knowledge work for CREAM as an internationally recognised research centre Join us for 2 workshops convened by international artists/critics, Diane Roberts and Chris Creighton-Kelly Dates: March 25th & May 27th 2021 – Time: 4:30-6:30pm CREAM FUTURES # 2 March 25th – Unravelling Legacies – Seeking New Ways of Knowing (with Diane Roberts) […]
‘A history of Unnecessary Developments’ an exhibition by Tereza Stehlikova and SJ Fowler. A long form collaboration between the artist-filmmaker Tereza Stehlikova and artist-poet SJ Fowler takes shape in an exhibition of experimental documentary, found sculpture and abstract writing. Exploring, recording and revealing the environs of industrial West London, this exhibition creates a temporary shrine […]
An Atlas of Chronographic Things A Deep Field Research Project: Featuring work of Diann Bauer, Jol Thoms and Neal White Catalogue available here The Deep Field Project has been working alongside CREAM Visiting Research Fellow Stefanie Hessler on a long term research project that recently launched as part of the exhibition ‘Who Wants to Live […]
“What matters is creating relevant forms of togetherness between practices, both scientific and non-scientific; finding relevant ways of thinking together” (Stengers, I. Another Science Is Possible, 2018. P.145). We are interested in exploring ingenuitive approaches to creative artistic-research by engaging with the challenges of interdisciplinary education through use of innovative materials, situated seminars, creative workshops […]
The Assembly was organised by The Deep Field Project in partnership with Arts Catalyst, non-profit contemporary arts organisation that commissions and produces transdisciplinary art and research. The event brought together artists, academics, activists and human rights experts to collectively explore the politics of extraction across the globe and the role that its operations play on […]
Organised and led by Arts Catalyst with Nicola Triscott and Neal White at University of Westminster. Together with artists, scientists and thinkers interested in re-imagining social, artistic and scientific research as a bottom-up community-led approach, particularly in relation to planetary health, the day explored the complex, interdependent relationship between the health of the planet and […]
Earth Lab : An Investigation of Earth as a Laboratory. 30 September 2017 Coordinated by Neal White and John Beck, and led by independent curator Dr Rob La Frenais, this colloquium brought together International artists, inventors and thinkers who re-imagine Earth, sea and sky from a bottom-up, post-anthropocenic position, in a wide-ranging, broad-brushstroke survey of […]
This exhibition recognises the impact that Jamaican music has had on culture and explores its past, present and future, with special focus on the untold story of the Southampton Blues Parties of the 70s and 80s. Join us for a free evening of celebration and affirmation with an exhibition preview, a film screening of ‘Bass […]
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Cultural Icons takes inspiration from the history and tradition of the Staffordshire flatback, once produced by most of the potteries in the region. Such objects reflected the interests of ordinary people in Victorian England, their subjects including famous entertainers, politicians, royalty and religious themes. For this project, curator Tessa Peters assisted by artist Christie Brown invited […]
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Drawing exclusively from the Westminster Menswear Archive this exhibition explores the invisibility of menswear due to its intrinsic design language that concentrates on the reiterations of archetypal garments intended for specific functional, technical or military use. It will illustrate how designers have disrupted this through minimal, yet significant modifications to produce outcomes that both replicate […]
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