This final London workshop is in collaboration with the Young People’s Programmes at the Tate Modern. The workshop will be held from November 25th to 29th, conducted by the renowned writer and curator Simon Njami.
The participants come from various communities, aged 18 – 27 years, from all backgrounds to engage with art in the Tate Collection, displays and exhibitions.
The debate around the concept of “South” is an entry point to in-depth discussions about identity, culture and the political and ideological pre-conceptions this term is loaded with. To know where South is, all of the participants will have to first know where they are. The journey of self-exploration that will begin with the workshop and hopefully become a life-long quest.
The works created by the young workshop participants on a notebook, expressing their personal concepts of “South”, will be opened to the public on November 30th from 3:00 pm at the Tate Modern’s Tank Studios, until December 1st.
The workshop is enriched by the collaborations of various professionals, among which Adepero Oduye, Nigerian born and NY based actress, director and writer that will assist Simon Njami in conducting the workshop. Artist Leo Asemota will present his methods of work and development of ideas to the participants in an inspirational moment during the workshop. Anna Mainenti, the photographer with her project Made-Hand who will document the workshop and Teresa Soldini, phycologist and AtWork Venice participant, who will act as the workshop observer.
Concurrently to workshop, Moleskine Foundation will be a part of Glug’s November “Creativity can save the world”, an event held for over 550 creative workers on November 28th in Shoreditch.
Attendees will also be invited to take part in a creativity challenge, an extension of the London AtWork workshop. Two works from the winners of the challenge will be selected to be included in the “Where is South?” final international exhibition, which will be a culmination of the international AtWork journey bringing all the creative outputs of all the workshops together in one final showcase to be held in 2020.
Can Creativity change the world? Our answer is yes, and we hope you share our credo.
See you in London.
Claude Bunny Massassa is a contemporary artist from Gabon. She created Bunny Studio in 2016, a start-up dedicated to photography production, which became DWABI Studio in 2021. As an artist, she has represented Gabon in many international exhibitions in Senegal, Uganda, France, the United States, and Italy. In her art, she denounces social stigmas around issues of identity and mental health, and explores themes of traditions and myths.
Executive Director Kimberly Aceves- Iñiguez has been passionately committed for over 20 years to social justice organizing and advocacy efforts that bring voice and power to youth, LGBTQ people, people of color, and working-class communities in the Bay Area. Before coming on as the Executive Director for RYSE, Kimberly served as the Executive Director for Youth Together, the founding organization of the RYSE Center.
Kanwarpal Dhaliwal is one of the co-founders of RYSE and currently acts as the Associate Director. She supports and guides the implementation and integration of healing-centered practices, grounded in racial justice and liberation, and also develops, promotes, and advocates for policies, investments, practices, and research that enliven healing, justice, and liberation. Kanwarpal believes that the purpose of her work and life is to contribute to movements, communities, and legacies of liberation that honor the ancestors who fought for her existence and survival, and to forge a world that is just and gentle for future generations.
Sagal Ali is the founder and executive director of SAF. After a few years in her career in heritage protection in the cultural sector, she decided to develop the initiative to directly support young creatives in Somalia by launching her own foundation. She hopes to bridge the social gaps and inequalities women face in Somalia, both in society and in the arts scene.
Co-founders Catherine Dunga and Marleen Palmaers created Kitambo to bridge the gap between the African diaspora in Colombia and the narratives from the continent. From Kinshasa and Antwerp respectively, they work to connect African artists from the continent and their peers from the Colombian diaspora.
Martha Kazungu is a curator, art Historian and Founder of Njabala Foundation, an organization that curates periodic exhibitions and organizes a public program of activities to create a safe space for female artists to thrive and blossom.
Alicia Hansen is a photographer and teacher from New York. She founded NYC SALT in 2008 and, beyond teaching valuable creative skills to her students, has developed a long-term support system to uplift them through school and into their early artistic careers.
