The Apocalypse Reading Room Residency Sharing
Mohammed Z Rahman
The Apocalypse Reading Room is an installation by speculative writer and artist Ama Josephine Budge: an on-site library, a world of talking stories in the face of environmental and social transformation, a gathering of all the books we might need to change the end of the world. The installation is installed in Toynbee Studios’ Arts Bar & Café for the summer months from 1 July – 30 September 2021.
Mohammed Z Rahman and Lateisha Davine Lovelace-Hanson are the two artists selected to be in residence with the Reading Room over the summer, to sit in and with the space and to use this time as a chance to think, read and create in silence as well as in conversation with one another, the project’s founder/curator artist Ama Josephine Budge and the books themselves.
Join us for an evening sharing in the Reading Room hosted by Mohammed with the bare minimum collective, whose literary work can be found in the installation. This intimate conversation will be a chance to share, talk and reflect on the possible futures that already exist within the minds and intentions of books and their authors.
The conversation is chaired by Ama Josephine Budge.
The event will be recorded and shared online in September.
Part of Season for Change, a UK-wide cultural programme inspiring urgent and inclusive action on climate change, led by Artsadmin and Julie’s Bicycle, and supported by Arts Council England and Paul Hamlyn Foundation. #SeasonForChange @JoinTheSeason_

- The Arts Bar & Café is wheelchair accessible and there is a wheelchair accessible toilets. Read more about Accessibility at Toynbee Studios.
- All toilets at Toynbee Studios are gender neutral.
- BSL is available on request – please tick the box during the booking process.
- The event will be recorded and shared online in September.
- Please email access@artsadmin.co.uk if you have any further access requests.
Date and time
26 August 2021
7–9.30pm
Please note
This is now a past event.
Venue
Toynbee Studios
28 Commercial Street
London, E1 6AB
Tel: 020 7247 5102
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