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Redefining Access: Taking Up Space
Join us for an evening of collective joy, creation and disruption. V&A East’s Youth Collective invite you to explore how we can reclaim, rebuild and reimagine at Storehouse through participatory workshops, community interventions and joyful gathering
Step into dialogue with our Youth Collective as we explore how cultural spaces like museums can become places of welcome, accessibility, care and collective power. We’re asking who decides what is remembered and how can we preserve and protect our histories from erasure?
From creating your own archive, to sharing food, reflecting and exchanging bold ideas, this evening is all about connection and collective energy. Whether you’re passionate about activism, art or community - this evening is for you.
This is an invitation from the Youth Collective, come take up space with us and help shape V&A East Storehouse into a place that truly reflects its local community.
Event Programme:
Foyle Learning Centre (Workshops from 6-8.30pm)
Foyle Learning Centre (Workshops from 6-8.30pm)
Trash and Treasure. Write it, release it, rework it. This is an invitation to share your thoughts and opinions, let it go in the Youth Collective's archive bin, and respond creatively to what others are throwing away.
Printing Personhood. In this lino printing workshop we invite you to create your own stamp of East London, using symbols that represent each member of the Youth Collective. Together, mark your place and take up space.
Places and Pages. Explore your own voice and share words that capture your memories, experiences, and everyday life in this poetry workshop.
Taste and Talk. Gather around the table to eat, share stories and connect with other like-minded people. Food served by OITIJ-JO Kitchen and Blasian'd Kitchen.
Gallery 2
Destination East: Youth Collective.
Wait, stand and listen. Immerse yourself in the Youth Collective's world and see the city through their eyes and ears. Installation curated by the Youth Collective, sound designed by Heba Tabidi, Bus stop built by Are You Mad.
Booking is not essential, and we welcome walk-ups to the event. Photography and filming will take place during the day.
Booking is not essential, and we welcome walk-ups to the event. Photography and filming will take place during the day.
With thanks to our collaborators, Karis Beaumont, José García Oliva, Lucía Barsegian, ArtVomit Studio, Heba Tabidi and Are You Mad.
