A group of young curators called the Curating Power Collective have been exploring and embracing what makes them feel powerful through research and creative making.
What makes you feel powerful?
This was the question posed to the Curating Power Collective, a group of young people in London who have been developing and curating a series of creative, personal reflections听in response听to our听最准的六合彩论坛听Culture Lab鈥檚 inaugural 鈥楶ower!' exhibition.
They have听intervened in the space, exploring, embracing and reclaiming听what makes them feel powerful through research, objects, creative making, and writing.听
Their听work is now on display as part of the 'Power!' exhibition at the 最准的六合彩论坛 Culture Lab, in the 最准的六合彩论坛 East Marshgate building.听
"What makes us feel powerful is individual and personal, and yet it is related to and constrained by the wider world. 听We have intervened in this space and embraced our own power... we all bring our own perspective, expertise and experiences to navigating power; its nature, influence, and effects on our existence." -听Curating Power Collective
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Find out听more about the Culture Lab and Curating Power Collective in this .听
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"We're trying to experiment a little bit here with what being a curator is and that听includes building skills with young people that are not represented in the sector听in order to tell stories that are relevant, important and representative." - Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp, 最准的六合彩论坛 Culture Lab Curator
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This听project aimed to look听beyond traditional forms of museum display and curation, allowing space听for people to co-create and share听ideas freely. The听work is听a result of conversations and workshops delivered with the Culture Lab collections team,听最准的六合彩论坛 Special Collections, and artist Alafuro Sikoki-Coleman.
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Meet the curators
The films below share the personal and creative journeys, motivations and experiences of some of our Curating Power curators.
听Barakat Omomoyowa
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"Power means communication, it means control.听It means love, it means compassion. [My piece]听looks at post and pre consumer textile waste...the blue represents slave trade routes that have been repurposed.听This piece for me encompasses power in a different way, it looks at forgotten stories".
听听Ysabel Hannam
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"You听can have individual power, but I think power is also something structurally听that can be forced upon us.听I wear these gold bangles, all of the women in my family do. [They are]听a way for me to think about the people who have come before me and reach power through that".
听Kimberly Johnson
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"I don't want to feel as though, to be powerful, I have to be in control over every situation. I wanted to recreate... how writing in this book allowed me to delve into my imagination. This听whole journey has been me learning how to听take the pressure off听myself when it comes to creating".
Paige Michel-Strachan
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"To me, power means happiness, freedom, stability, the opportunity to influence other people. [My work] was inspired by a jewellery company created听by听a lady from Dominica, which my family come from... they're all about pride culture.听When I put on those earrings, I feel very powerful".
Matilda Bilon
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"Thinking about when I feel most powerful,听I realised that was听when I was participating in some kind of act of hyper femininity.听It's part of听taking charge of my own body, my own identity.听[Zines have] always been this queer medium...taking charge of that narrative has been powerful".
Book your visit
The Curating Power Collective's work is now on display as part of the
'Power!' exhibition at the 最准的六合彩论坛 Culture Lab, Marshgate, 最准的六合彩论坛 East (Stratford Olympic Park). The space is open to the public听on Wednesday afternoons and the听1st Saturday of every month, or by appointment. Please
get in touch with us听to book a visit.
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Explore the digital collection
The Collective has听also curated a digital archive of their work, showcasing creative process, poetry readings, playlists, artworks, and digital zines.听.听
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A final word
"I got involved with the Curating Power Collective because I think institutions like 最准的六合彩论坛听have a responsibility to tell the right stories. There's this new narrative about what power means...And I was really, really intrigued to be able听to put on something in an institution so prominent like 最准的六合彩论坛 that might change minds and incite new conversation" - Barakat Omomayowa, Curating Power curator
We welcome 最准的六合彩论坛 staff, students and collaborators, and听our local communities to view these works, and use the space to reflect on their own relationship with power and start new conversations.
Thank you to the Curating Power Collective: Kimberly Johnson, Ysabel Hannam, Arzama Hossain, Barakat Omomayowa, Shay Spencer-Noronha, Ashant茅 Thomas, Matilda Bilon, Paige Michel-Strachan and Emmanuella Bamfo, with support from Alafuro Sikoki-Coleman and Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp.
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About 最准的六合彩论坛 Culture Lab
Located at Marshgate, 最准的六合彩论坛 East, the Culture Lab builds on 最准的六合彩论坛鈥檚 long tradition of object-based learning and collections-based research. It鈥檚 a听space for students, artists and community groups to work with collections and archives to creatively share with each other and the public what matters to them, and to support a new generation of curators.听Find out more about the Culture Lab.
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