Remi Graves: Making Objects Speak

Custom Lane 18 Aug
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‘Outrageously magical things happen when you mess around with a symbol’ David Hammonds, Artist 

Join poet Remi Graves for a writing workshop exploring the narrative and symbolic potential of objects. Inspired by the artefacts on display in History is A Home the workshop will encourage participants to draw out the memories, symbolisms and possible future lives of objects they hold dear. We’ll lean on texts from Remi’s book coal as well as work by other writers and contemporary artists to explore the lives of objects and where they might take us. Participants are encouraged to bring an object (or image of an object) with them. 

Please note this event is for BPOC* only (see definition…

‘Outrageously magical things happen when you mess around with a symbol’ David Hammonds, Artist 

Join poet Remi Graves for a writing workshop exploring the narrative and symbolic potential of objects. Inspired by the artefacts on display in History is A Home the workshop will encourage participants to draw out the memories, symbolisms and possible future lives of objects they hold dear. We’ll lean on texts from Remi’s book coal as well as work by other writers and contemporary artists to explore the lives of objects and where they might take us. Participants are encouraged to bring an object (or image of an object) with them. 

Please note this event is for BPOC* only (see definition below) to offer a level of collective care and safer space that is not widely available.

Event Info

→ This event is for BPOC (Black people and People of Colour) only.

→ This event is in Gallery 2 of Custom Lane, which can be found through the back of Gallery 1. There is step-free access to the building from the courtyard, with cobbles underfoot.

→ This event is seated. If you need a particular kind or placement of seat, please let us know in the “Access Needs” box below.

→ The event space contains nude photography and illustrated archive material.

Download the Custom Lane Access & Inclusion guide  for full venue accessibility information.

*BPOC stands for ‘Black people and People of Colour’ and is a self-identifying term. While the term BPOC is used here, there are limitations with this terminology. These sessions aim to address and overcome systemic barriers that people face directly or indirectly based on their ethnic or national identities, race or perceived racial identities, or the colour of their skin as per the Equality Act 2010. This includes people who identify as Black, brown, people of colour, Global Majority, mixed-race, multiple heritage and/or are from the Global South, and/or are East and Southeast Asian, West Asian, South Asian, Middle Eastern, Arab, African, African-Caribbean, Caribbean, Latinx, Pacific Islander, Indigenous, or First Nations, and diasporas.

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