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SUMMARY:Stick & Scratch Night: Disrupting Loneliness in Peterborough
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to a night of performances hosted at YMCA Community Hub\, as part of our Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness commission! \nArtist Sarah Saxby has teamed up with young people at YMCA Community Hub in Bretton to create Stick & Scratch – a youth-produced event spotlighting local talent\, creativity and fresh ideas. Celebrate emerging artists and the community selected by local young people in Peterborough. \n\nWhether you are performing on the night or cheering from the audience\, Stick & Scratch is your chance to be a part of this growing\, creative community! \nBook your free tickets here. \nAbout Sarah Saxby \nSarah Saxby is a queer writer\, actor\, facilitator\, and youth worker hailing from the Fens. She’s been working with arts organisations across East Anglia since 2020 to produce and deliver creative work for local communities\, including Norfolk & Norwich Festival\, YMCA Trinity Group\, and Menagerie Theatre. In 2022\, Sarah co-founded Sticks Theatre\, through which her first play\, ‘Fourteen in ‘14’ was produced\, following a year-long residency at the Key Theatre. Sarah’s artistic work is rooted in her identity as someone from the Fens and can be described as both intimate and outlandish\, personal and alienating. Crucially\, it always draws on themes relatable and important to those not accessing traditional theatre. \nAbout Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness\nIn Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. You can find out more about what’s happening in Peterborough here. \nThe Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations\, The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be.  \nThe Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award. 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/stick-scratch-night-disrupting-loneliness-in-peterborough/
LOCATION:Cresset Centre\, Rightwell East\, Peterborough\, PE3 8DX\, Cresset Centre\, Peterborough\, PE3 8DX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Southend-on-Imagination - Plastic Places with Charlie: Disrupting Loneliness in Southend
DESCRIPTION:Join Southend-local Charlie on a walking tour of places from the Beecroft Gallery (the old Southend library) to the Priority Park and Ekco Social and Sports Club that hold formative memories for him\, and learn about how the local environment and infrastructure changed and affected the people that lived here. \nIn this walk\, you’ll explore a part of Southend from local resident Charlie’s personal perspective\, enriched with your reflections\, contemplation and responses. \nPlease bring some tools/materials (like a phone\, camera\, sound-recording device etc) to capture your reflections on the walk and any prompts shared by Charlie. Creativity is highly encouraged. Pen and papers will be provided on the walk. \nThe walk will be fully outside\, so please check the weather on the day\, wear a comfortable pair of shoes\, and bring a bottle of water with you. After the walk\, we might go for a hot drink and you are welcome to join. \nAnyone under 18 needs to be accompanied by an adult. \nSouthend-on-Imagination \nWhen the infrastructure for care and connection is eroded\, how does it affect our memory of a place and sense of belonging? And what happens when we come together to see places we might have never been to or might have passed by hundreds of times from a different lens and imagine their futures by sharing diverse experiences present in Southend? \nSouthend-on-Imagination is an artist project by Gulsen\, commissioned as part of The Unlonely City that brings people in dialogue to explore how our surroundings – beyond brick and mortar – can host and impact our emotions and sense of belonging and collectively imagine how we want Southend to look and feel like in 2050. \n  \nAccessibility Notes  \nThe distance will be approximately 3.5 km with no steps but some uneven surfaces (such as in the park). Please advise us in advance of any additional accessibility needs. If you have any additional questions\, email southendonimagination@gmail.com \n  \nParticipation Guidelines  \nThese walks aim to create a safe and respectful space for all involved. By attending the walk\, you are agreeing to be kind and welcoming to others; approach the walk with curiosity and creativity; be respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences; be mindful of language that may exclude or alienate. Please do not disparage others. \nHarassment and sexist\, ableist and racist\, transphobic or other prejudicial comments or behaviours will not be tolerated. We may ask you to leave the walk if you fail to adhere to this code of conduct. \nPlease keep noise levels low when we are in the residential area and be mindful of not obstructing entrants to the hospital\, buildings etc. Please ask before taking photos of other people on the walk and respect people’s privacy. \nFor any questions please email southendonimagination@gmail.com \n  \nAbout Gulsen  \nGulsen is a multi-disciplinary researcher and artist exploring collective imagination as a way to challenge\, question and interrogate how modern technologies\, systems\, and infrastructures prioritise nebulous concepts of efficiency\, growth\, and innovation instead of\, and often in opposition\, to the real world effects these pursuits have on people. With her practice\, Gulsen looks at what kinds of spaces\, activities\, rituals\, responses\, and conversations might allow us to embrace uncertainty and to come together to imagine different possible futures. \n  \nAbout Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness  \nIn Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. You can find out more about what’s happening in Southend here. \nThe Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations. The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be. \nThe Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award. \n  \nPhoto credit: Southend Museums\, inside Ekco Factory \n  \nThe route for the walk
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/southend-on-imagination-plastic-places-with-charlie-disrupting-loneliness-in-southend/
LOCATION:Beecroft Art Gallery\, Victoria Ave\, Southend-on-Sea\, Southend\, SS2 6EX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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SUMMARY:Spring Into Action with Rainbow Roots: Disrupting Loneliness in Southend
DESCRIPTION:Rainbow Roots are hosting their next in-garden to celebrate the jump into spring. Join them on Sunday 29 March from 11am between 40 and 42 Dunster Avenue to grow something great together. \nIn collaboration with St Mark’s Church and Transpire\, Rainbow Roots is hosting their next in-garden session. It’s time for the clocks to “spring forward” and we are ready to Spring Into Action. Time to shake off winter and jump into the garden. \nOpen to all\, no gardening experience needed – just bring yourself. There will be friendly faces\, hot drinks\, and good chats guaranteed.  \nAbout Rainbow Roots with Maddy McMurray\nMaddy is a non-binary poet and writer\, who is involved with a number of local creative and LGBTQIA+ groups. They are a neurodiversity advocate and regularly host talks sharing their lived experience as a person diagnosed with ADHD.  Maddy will be working on Rainbow Roots\, a community gardening project in partnership with Southend Pride\, Transpire\, and HARP Southend. \nAbout Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness \nIn Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. \nThe Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations. The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be.  \nThe Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award. 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/spring-into-action-with-rainbow-roots-disrupting-loneliness-in-southend/
LOCATION:Between 40 and 42 Dunster Avenue\, Westcliff-on-Sea\, SS0 0HQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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SUMMARY:Art Locker Workshop at Roots and Rise: Disrupting Loneliness in Peterborough
DESCRIPTION:A forgotten locker has been given a new purpose. Now it travels across Peterborough. As it travels\, it needs filling with artwork. \nJoin artist Rose Croft for the launch of The Art Locker. Each locker will have a piece of artwork that can be taken and added to\, asking what happens when we open spaces that are usually closed and private and invite people to share instead of keeping things to themselves. \nThe Art Lockers have been created to disrupt loneliness through small creative acts of exchange. \nDuring the session you’ll hear about the project\, explore the lockers and help fill them as they do their six-week residency across three community venues this spring. \nFor the Art Lockers you could:   \n– Learn how to fold an origami style Victorian love letter\n– Write a note of encouragement\n– Make a small artwork or object\n– Or bring something of your own to add  \nEvery contribution becomes part of the journey. \nAbout Rose Croft\nRose is a socially engaged artist\, storyteller and creative producer\, dedicated to creating safe\, accessible spaces that foster connection through art\, story\, and nature. Their practice is rooted in the belief that creative experiences can inspire joy\, strengthen personal and community resilience\, and deepen cultural connection. \nRose regularly works with arts organisations\, charities\, community groups\, schools and festivals. They are one half of the not-for-profit arts organisation Art Pop-Up and the founder of the producer-led collective Angry Pencil. Rose has shared stories and delivered workshops both locally and internationally for over 14 years. \nAbout Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness\nIn Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. You can find out more about what’s happening in Peterborough here.  \nThe Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations\, The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be. \nThe Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award. 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/art-locker-workshop-at-roots-and-rise-disrupting-loneliness-in-peterborough/
LOCATION:Roots to Rise\, RBI Art Centre CIC\, Queensgate\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough PE1 1NT\, RBI Art Centre CIC\, Queensgate\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough\, PE1 1NT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Southend-on-Imagination - Other Mothers and Staying with the Trouble A Walk into the Woods with Charlie Hurst: Disrupting Loneliness in Southend
DESCRIPTION:What happens when we return to our place of origin only to find little sense of belonging\, mutual recognition or an affirming sense of home? How do we reorient afresh in a painfully familiar place? Where can we find new sources of care and connection? How do we remain hopeful when it all feels like starting from scratch? \nOn returning to Westcliff after 10 years away spent in Leeds\, London\, Chicago and New Zealand\, local resident Charlie Hurst invites you to explore some of these questions through this leisurely walk-come-lecture-come-shallow-paddle-through-a-brook\, through both local and personal history. The walk is a part of Southend-on-Imagination project. \nThe walk will begin near Charlie’s gran’s old house on the outskirts of the 1\,000 year old woodland of Belfairs Park and end at their grandad’s commemorative bench hidden in the heart of the bush. Through the course of the walk\, Hurst will touch on concepts of othermothering\, staying with the trouble and the ties that bind (Patricia Hill Collin\, Donna J Haraway\, Sarah Schluman). \nAs we hope some of the walk will include paddling in the brook\, please wear waterproof shoes or welly boots. After the walk\, we might go for a hot drink at Belfairs Nature Discovery Centre. \nPlease bring some tools/materials (like a phone\, camera\, sound-recording device etc) to capture your reflections on the walk and any prompts shared by Charlie. Creativity is highly encouraged. Pen and papers will be provided on the walk. \nThe walk will be fully outside\, so please check the weather on the day\, wear a comfortable pair of shoes\, and bring a bottle of water with you. After the walk\, we might go for a hot drink\, and you are welcome to join. \nAnyone under 18 needs to be accompanied by an adult. \n  \nSouthend-On-Imagination \nWhen the infrastructure for care and connection is eroded\, how does it affect our memory of a place and sense of belonging? And what happens when we come together to see places we might have never been to or might have passed by hundreds of times from a different lens and imagine their futures by sharing diverse experiences present in Southend? \nSouthend-on-Imagination is an artist project by Gulsen\, commissioned as part of The Unlonely City that brings people in dialogue to explore how our surroundings – beyond brick and mortar – can host and impact our emotions and sense of belonging and collectively imagine how we want Southend to look and feel like in 2050. \n  \nAccessibility Notes  \nThe distance will be approximately 1.6 miles with no steep gradients. The route may include some uneven surfaces. Please advise us in advance of any additional accessibility needs. If you have any additional questions\, email southendonimagination@gmail.com \n  \nParticipation Guidelines  \nThese walks aim to create a safe and respectful space for all involved. By attending the walk\, you are agreeing to be kind and welcoming to others; approach the walk with curiosity and creativity; be respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences; be mindful of language that may exclude or alienate. Please do not disparage others. \nHarassment and sexist\, ableist and racist\, transphobic or other prejudicial comments or behaviours will not be tolerated. We may ask you to leave the walk if you fail to adhere to this code of conduct. \nPlease keep noise levels low when we are in the residential area and be mindful of not obstructing entrants to the hospital\, buildings etc. Please ask before taking photos of other people on the walk and respect people’s privacy. \nFor any questions please email southendonimagination@gmail.com \nAbout Gulsen  \nGulsen is a multi-disciplinary researcher and artist exploring collective imagination as a way to challenge\, question and interrogate how modern technologies\, systems\, and infrastructures prioritise nebulous concepts of efficiency\, growth\, and innovation instead of\, and often in opposition\, to the real world effects these pursuits have on people. With her practice\, Gulsen looks at what kinds of spaces\, activities\, rituals\, responses\, and conversations might allow us to embrace uncertainty and to come together to imagine different possible futures. \n  \nAbout Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness  \nIn Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. You can find out more about what’s happening in Southend here. \nThe Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations. The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be. \nThe Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/southend-on-imagination-other-mothers-and-staying-with-the-trouble-disrupting-loneliness-in-southend-a-walk-into-the-woods-with-charlie-hurst/
LOCATION:81\, 85 Warren Rd\, Leigh-on-Sea SS9 3TT\, 81\, 85 Warren Rd\, Leigh-on-Sea\, Southend\, SS9 3TT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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SUMMARY:Art Locker Workshop at Gladstone Connect: Disrupting Loneliness in Peterborough
DESCRIPTION:A forgotten locker has been given a new purpose. Now it travels across Peterborough. As it travels\, it needs filling with artwork. \nJoin artist Rose Croft for the launch of The Art Locker. Each locker will have a piece of artwork that can be taken and added to\, asking what happens when we open spaces that are usually closed and private and invite people to share instead of keeping things to themselves. \nThe Art Lockers have been created to disrupt loneliness through small creative acts of exchange. \nDuring the session you’ll hear about the project\, explore the lockers and help fill them as they do their six-week residency across three community venues this spring. \nFor the Art Lockers you could:   \n– Learn how to fold an origami style Victorian love letter\n– Write a note of encouragement\n– Make a small artwork or object\n– Or bring something of your own to add  \nEvery contribution becomes part of the journey. \nAbout Rose Croft\nRose is a socially engaged artist\, storyteller and creative producer\, dedicated to creating safe\, accessible spaces that foster connection through art\, story\, and nature. Their practice is rooted in the belief that creative experiences can inspire joy\, strengthen personal and community resilience\, and deepen cultural connection. \nRose regularly works with arts organisations\, charities\, community groups\, schools and festivals. They are one half of the not-for-profit arts organisation Art Pop-Up and the founder of the producer-led collective Angry Pencil. Rose has shared stories and delivered workshops both locally and internationally for over 14 years. \nAbout Artist Ideas to Disrupt Loneliness\nIn Autumn 2025\, artists submitted their creative project ideas as part of The Unlonely City. Since then\, and even before then\, we’ve been thinking about how we can create unlonely cities through creativity\, curiosity and just the right amount of chaos. You can find out more about what’s happening in Peterborough here.  \nThe Unlonely City is an arts programme disrupting loneliness\, nurturing moments of solidarity\, surprise and laughter. Through a series of artistic commissions\, citizens assemblies\, parties and public conversations\, The Unlonely City takes place across Liverpool\, Peterborough\, and Southend\, where Metal is based\, to imagine what an ‘unlonely’ city could be. \nThe Unlonely City programme is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Arts Award. 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/art-locker-workshop-at-gladstone-connect-disrupting-loneliness-in-peterborough/
LOCATION:Gladstone Connect\, 157 Cromwell Road\, Peterborough\, PE1 2EL
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Metal Liverpool: Open Advice Sessions
DESCRIPTION:Our Metal Open Advice Sessions for creatives of all levels and art forms are back this  April!️ \n \nWant to discuss your creative practice\, explore a project idea or build relationships with local organisations? Metal is here to support you. On Wednesday  29 April\, we’re offering free 1:1 advice sessions for artists who live and/or work in our local area.  \nThese sessions will be led by you and whatever you’d like to discuss\, which might include:  \n– Talking through your creative practice \n– Developing or sense-checking a project idea \n– Advice or signposting to funding routes and opportunities \n– Building relationships with organisations\, voluntary groups\, partners or venues \n– Budget development or reading draft applications  \nSessions are available in person from Metal’s home at Edge Hill Station\, or online if you prefer. Each artist can book one session\, and sessions last 1 hour.  \nPlaces are offered on a first come\, first served basis for those who live and/or work in our local area. Book your free place here.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/metal-liverpool-open-advice-sessions-2/
LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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SUMMARY:Metal Southend: Open Advice Sessions
DESCRIPTION:Come along to one of our artist advice and support sessions for artists with the Metal Southend team on Wednesday 29 April. \nWe’re offering free 1:1 sessions for artists who live and/or work within our local areas. They will be led by you and what you would like to discuss. Sessions may include: \n\n\n\n\nDiscussing your creative practice\nTalking through a project idea\nAdvice or sign posting to different funding routes or opportunities\nBuilding relationships with different organisations\, voluntary groups\, partners or venues\nBudget development or reading draft applications\n\nWe’re offering these sessions in person at Chalkwell Hall\, as well as the option to discuss your work with us online. There is one session available per artist and the slots are 1 hour long. \nIf you would like your session to be online\, please contact us directly via phone or email to confirm and we will arrange a video link. \nBook your free slot here. \nWho is the offer for? \nOur Open Advice Sessions are open to artists working in any artform\, at any stage of their career. Individuals\, collaborations or collectives can book a slot. \nAny artist that has previously booked a slot with us won’t be eligible this time. \nYou must live or work in\, or have a strong connection to South Essex (Basildon\, Brentwood\, Castle Point\, Rochford\, Southend-on-Sea\, Thurrock). \nBook your free slot here.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/metal-southend-open-advice-sessions-3/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260501T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260501T220000
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SUMMARY:Liverpool Music Improvisors: Jair-Rohm Parker Wells
DESCRIPTION:International music improvisor Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is coming to Liverpool for a performance of his ‘Loopadelica’ project improvising on and processing the electric bass live. Also performing is Phantom Leg\, an eclectic collective mixing ambient\, ethnic\, electroacoustic\, and noise. \nCome along and experience the sounds on Friday 1 May from 7.30pm at Edge Hill Station. \nTickets are £8 / £5 unwaged and you can pay on the door.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/liverpool-music-improvisors-jair-rohm-parker-wells/
LOCATION:Metal Liverpool\, Platform 1\, Edge Hill Station\, Tunnel Road\, Liverpool\, L7 6ND\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Liverpool
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ORGANIZER;CN="Metal Liverpool":MAILTO:edgehill@metalculture.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260507T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260507T193000
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SUMMARY:Creative Peer Meet-Up with Olga Jurgenson  & Idit Nathan
DESCRIPTION:Feeling stuck working on your own? Missing creative conversation\, shared thinking\, or simply being in a room (even a virtual one) with people who get it? \nJoin artists Olga Jurgenson and Idit Nathan for a relaxed and welcoming peer mentoring introductory session as part of Get a Room – space for creatives to come together\, spark new ideas\, and collaborate. Book a free place. \nOlga and Idit have both been part of a long-standing peer mentoring group and know first-hand how valuable it can be to have a space for reflection\, support\, accountability\, and creative exchange. This session is an invitation to come together with other artists and creatives\, meet like-minded people\, and explore what a peer-led support group could look like. \nWhether you’re looking for connection\, fresh perspective\, encouragement\, or just a space to think out loud with others\, this session is for you. \nTogether\, Olga and Idit will introduce some of the guiding principles of peer mentoring and help create a space for open conversation\, curiosity\, and creative solidarity. The hope is that this will support the formation of a new group that can continue meeting independently in the future. \nAn additional follow-up session will also be shaped around the needs of the group. \nThis session is free to attend. To book your space\, fill in the form here. \nAbout Get a Room\nGet a Room is all about making space for connection\, conversation\, and creative collaboration. It’s for artists and creative folks who want to think out loud together\, share early ideas\, and build something meaningful with others. These are the kinds of spaces that are often missing in our cities and across the country: spaces where people can come together to share\, reflect\, and explore ideas in a supportive\, private setting. This initiative supports the formation and development of artist- and creative-led groups built on kinship\, curiosity\, and solidarity. Groups where people can come together to talk about what’s on their minds\, swap experiences\, and maybe even dream up something new. \nAbout the artists \nIdit Nathan\nIdit is a Cambridge based conceptual artist\, her work includes interactive installations\, live events\, games\, audio visual works\, walks and artists’ books where play operates as a productively provocative space to challenge accepted understandings. Using optics\, scale and perspective participants respond to contemporary dilemmas both as actors with free will and actors in an historical and cultural context. Her artworks have been been exhibited internationally and are held in private and public collections. Idit has taught\, lectured and mentored privately and at art schools across the UK and until 2020 was associate lecturer at Central St. Martin’s College (University of the Arts London)\, where she completed an arts practice PhD titled Art of Play in Zones of Conflict – the Case of Israel Palestine in 2018. \nOlga Jürgenson\nBorn in Siberia\, raised in Estonia\, currently based in the UK\, Olga Jürgenson works and exhibits internationally. Her inherited familial nomadism\, combined with an inquisitive mind filtered through a feminist lens\, has led her to explore humanity’s search for utopian Paradise. Whether collaborating with the world’s first AI love doll Samantha\, researching television detective stories while questioning the role of God\, or painting portraits of robots disguised as celebrities\, Olga is drawn to the complexity of human nature. Her current work involves communicating with the spirits of her ancestors\, rummaging through their archives as they gladly share with her their Earthly experiences in carpentry\, crocheting and surviving bloodthirsty dictators. Olga has also participated in significant group exhibitions globally. 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/creative-peer-meet-up-with-olga-jurgenson-idit-nathan/
LOCATION:UK Wide (Online Event)\, Online\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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SUMMARY:Resetting Your Creativity Rhythm with Jeffrey Choy
DESCRIPTION:Clocks went forward on 29th March\, and we “lost” an hour. What if we used this seasonal shift to find a different kind of time? \nIn this edition of Get A Room\, artist and writer Jeffrey Choy invites you to a low-pressure social setting centred around the ups and downs of the creative process. This session specifically looks at the down cycles of creativity\, the essential periods of absorbing others’ arts\, daydreaming\, being playful and resting\, activities that are often treated as “unproductive”. This Get A Room is a curated space for collective rhythm with no expected outcome. Whether you’re in a high-energy creative phase or a quiet burnout phase\, you’re welcome to bring your “unfinished business” into the room. \nWhat to bring:\n– (optional) Your Work: A laptop to write\, a sketchbook to doodle\, knitting\, or a project you’ve been stuck on.\n– (optional) Your Inspiration: A book you’re currently devouring\, a handheld game you’re playing\, or a clip/reel that’s haunting your thoughts\n– (mandatory) Yourself: Just as you are\, whether you’re feeling high-battery or low-power. \nWhen: Thursday 14 May\, 5-7pm \nWhere: at RB7 Art Centre CIC\, Queensgate\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough PE1 1NT \nBook a free space here. \nAbout Jeffrey Choy\nJeffrey Choy is an artist and writer investigating the mechanics of cultural production\, with a focus on decolonial narrative\, through his practices of writing\, visual and spatial design\, documentation\, publication\, and interactive media. His practice examines the designer as scribe for commercial culture\, questioning how visual communication lends authoritative power to political and economic entities. Jeffrey works against this complicity\, interrogating how propaganda and class disparity become naturalised within culture. \nAfter a decade in visual communication and branding\, and having trained and worked in the fields of interior design and architecture\, Jeffrey’s creative trajectory shifted dramatically following the political upheaval in his hometown of Hong Kong. This rupture led him to rethink the role of media\, language\, and visual communication under conditions of state control. Across print\, digital media\, and physical spaces\, he explores how narratives are shaped\, censored\, and reclaimed. His publications work as both artistic objects and platforms for critical discourse\, often extending into participatory formats that treat play as a deliberate counter to late-capitalist crises and the ideology of infinite growth. \nHe is the co-founder and lead visual of Hidden Keileon CIC\, an artist-led collective working with migrant and queer communities to imagine futures through non-hierarchical collaboration and multidisciplinary\, life-affirming cultural projects. His artistic practice is shaped by collective authorship\, radical friendships\, and a politics of publishing grounded in the commons\, designing as a shared practice of survival and reimagination\, open to the curious and the critical alike.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/resetting-your-creativity-rhythm-with-jeffrey-choy/
LOCATION:RB7 Arts Centre\, Queensgate\, Queensgate Shopping Centre\, Long Causeway\, Peterborough\, PE1 1NT\,\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Peterborough
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