We Are Free to Change the World: Ready

We Are Free To Change The World is a new series of three Dash Cafés exploring how artists and creative activists respond to the urgency of our times.

Through performance, film and conversation, each event, chaired by Dash Arts artistic director Josephine Burton, brings together creative voices to consider how we act – and how we do this together. A collaborative act between Artsadmin and Toynbee Studios resident, Dash Arts, the series also celebrates Dash Arts’ 20th birthday, and 18th year in the building, and part of the Fête of Britain.

Framed around preparation, balance and movement, the series will make space for connection and reflection, for building or sharing tools and practices, and might be the starting point for something new we imagine together.

The event will also include a live recording of Dash Arts’ podcast OffScript. 

READY

Thursday 20 November, 6pm – 9pm

Toynbee Studios

How do we begin? What does it take to prepare for change—artistically, emotionally and politically?

The first event in the series explores the conditions that help artists and creative activists find their ground. Through performance, short film, and conversation, READY invites a range of perspectives on how we get ready: to listen, to make, to resist, and to come together.

We will be joined by

Bishi Bhattacharya – Artist, Composer and Producer

Lehni Lamide Davies –  Artist, Creative Producer and Coach

Carole Cadwalladr – Author and Investigative Journalist

Sam Lee – Folk singer, writer, conservationist, song collector, award-winning promoter, broadcaster and activist

Featuring artworks by

www (world war water)

www (world war water) is a collaborative research project conceived by Lori Kharpoutlian, Imane Elkabli, and Aïda Jamal. The project takes on the form of a series of works combining performance, installation, poetry, and video, exploring and questioning the personal, ecological, and political tensions that surround water.

co created by

Aïda Jamal – Artist

Imane El Kabli – Artist

Lori Kharpoutlian – Artist