University News Last updated 29 October 2012
Kalaboration – a partnership project designed to celebrate the 2012 Olympic Games and to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence – is marking the end of this year’s programme of events with “Brand New Generation”.
Held on Thursday 1 November 2012 at The Drum Arts Centre, Birmingham, from 6pm to 8pm, a panel of speakers and presentations will provide an insight into the “Brand New Generation”.
They will pose questions like:
- Who are the new wave of artists practicing today and what are their influences?
- Can artists become a success commercially whilst addressing politics, diversity and identity?
- Should participating in the arts for young people be purely a creative process, or is it important to address social, environmental and cultural issues?
What is Kalaboration?
Kalaboration is a joint initiative between the Univerisity’s Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD), the Drum Arts Centre and RoguePlay Theatre. It is funded by Arts Council England and Birmingham City Council and granted the Inspire mark by the London 2012 Inspire programme.
It was launched on Wednesday 25th January 2012, at The Drum Arts Centre, with the High Commissioner of Jamaica Anthony Johnson, as guest of honour. It has enabled artists and young people to participate in workshops and produce new work and the public to experience a range of thematically linked events, including lectures, symposia, networking and exhibitions, throughout 2012.
Thursday's panel discussions
The first panel discussion is chaired by Elly Clarke of www.clarkegallery.de and features artist/curator Dan Auluk of the recent Allotment project at mac Birmingham (www.danauluk.co.uk), digital artist Antonio Roberts who delivered BYOB at Vivid (www.hellocatfood.com) and visual arts artist Karen Mclean (www.karenmclean.co.uk)
The discussion focuses on who are the new wave of artists practising today and what are their influences? Each artist can be regarded as emerging in the past couple of years and are beginning to make a name for themselves in their respective practises. This is an opportunity for them to share their ideas and experiences of recent projects with our audience.
The discussion will also focus the ever changing social, economic and political environment, locally and globally and the impact/influence this has had on their practice.
A second and final panel discussion will feature members of the Kalaboration steering committee and invited guest speakers, looking back on some of the achievements delivered during Kalaboration and the featured artists Jaskirt Dhaliwal “Everyday Olympian”, Sara Fowles “K2TOG”, Keith Piper “A Short Sprint” and Michael Thompson’s “Freestylee: Artist without Borders”.
We also celebrate the achievements of Kalaborate our young people’s programme delivered by RoguePlay, which offered young people 8 -19 the chance to learn new skills in circus performance, performing and visual arts and is now delivering a further programme of events this time offering commissions to young people.
Anyone who would like to celebrate the successes and put forward any ideas to assist in developing future projects should reserve a place at this event.
RSVP to: kalaborationproject@gmail.com
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