Exhibition
Jerwood Collaborate!
02 Oct 2019 – 15 Dec 2019
Jerwood Arts
London, United Kingdom
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Array at Belfast Pride 2019. Photo: Laura O’Connor/Array Studios
Talk
Panel Discussion: Collaboration and Mutual Care
11 Nov 2019
Regular hours
- Mon, 11 Nov
- 19:00 – 20:30
Address
- 171 Union Street
- Southwark
- London
England - SE1 0LN
- United Kingdom
Event map
Ellen Mara De Wachter, author of Co-Art (Phaidon, 2016), invites curator Nora Heidorn and artist Jade Montserrat to discuss self-care and mutual care within collaborative and creative practices.
About
Over the past few years, Audre Lorde’s maxim that self-care is ‘an act of political warfare’ has been invoked in a range of different contexts and for a surprising array of purposes. Some might say Lorde’s concept of ‘self-care’ has been co-opted by the wellness industry, while others argue that the demands of contemporary life and the cultural industries leave us with no choice but to retreat and look after ourselves. What effect is this having on social and collaborative processes and outputs?
This discussion programmed alongside Jerwood Collaborate!, will draw on recent exhibitions by curator Nora Heidorn (‘Sick & Desiring’, Bergen Kunsthall, 2019) and artist Jade Montserrat (‘Instituting Care‘, Bluecoat, Liverpool, 2019) to explore a range of creative responses to social, economic and industry pressures, such as doing less, doing nothing, and balancing engagement with abstention and refusal.
