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Offsite9: Sukhjeven Chumber
Artist Sukhjeven Chumber is displaying a series of photographs at Light House which were taken at a Black Lives Matter protest at West Park, Wolverhampton during the first Covid-19 Lockdown in 2020.
Offsite9: Wolveren Watchmen by Jaz Morrison
Featuring the stories of four Wolverhampton-based workers and residents (NEOne the Wonderer, Sahjan Kooner, Leanne O'Connor, Mickey Angel), 'Wolveren Watchmen' emphasises that it is the people who make a city what it is - driving culture, creativity, and community - not the institutions.
Yam Cams Exhibition launch
Wolverhampton School of Art is pleased to announce the launch of a new exhibition: Yam Cams: Picturing the Black Country on Saturday 26 February 2022, 11:00 – 13:00.
Offsite9 Publication is LIVE
From the 22nd January you will be able to pick up a copy of the OFFSite9 publication from venues across Wolverhampton and read about all of the artists who are taking part.
Offsite9: Plant Fete - Charlotte Dunn
Charlotte Dunn is recreating a ‘floral fete’ within Wolverhampton’s West Park, inspired by traditional fete stands and plant selling events of the 19th Century. Her work Plant Fete will host a plant swap, recreating the community fetes that once helped the development of the park.
Offsite9: Ni Singh: Origin Unknown
Origin Unknown brings together a wide array of musical styles and eclectic global influences via a diverse programme of assembled artists. The project, developed by Ni Singh’s League of International Misfits (L.I.M), also includes a series of short films and visual materials on display throughout.
Offsite9: Jambo Cinema - Dawinder Bansal
Jambo cinema interrogates the complex, nostalgic, humorous and sometimes painful processes of remembrance. Dawinder Bansal recreates her father's shop in this iteration of Jambo cinema, which sold electrical supplies and also rented Bollywood VHS tapes to establish their newly immigrated South Asian family.
OFFSITE 9 - 9 WORDS Podcasts By Bobby Tiwana
9 Words are a season of podcasts commissioned by Creative Black Country for Offsite 9 to complement BAS9.
Offsite9: Sahjan Kooner: Frozen Archive for MOON/ish.exe
Sahjan Kooner’s work for Offsite9 explores the relationships between migration, technology and lineage through a new video installation titled Frozen Archive for MOON/ish.exe
Offsite9: Out of darkness cometh light
Out of Darkness Cometh Light is a Visual Vernacular (VV) show that follows the Offsite9 themes of healing, care and reparative history. VV is a new theatrical performance that combines elements of mime, facial and bodily expression. Ish’s VV World (Ishtiaq Hussain), a well-known artist within the Deaf community.
Offsite9: Do you Understand?’ - Zebra Access, directed by Jack Smallwood
A new film produced by Jack Smallwood portrays the emotions expressed by D/deaf people via a new short BSL poem. The poem tackles the concept of dual identity with D/deafness in relation to selfhood and features people who are deaf/hard of hearing and are born, raised and live in Wolverhampton.
Offsite9: Hanifa Hudson - Social Death
Hanifa Hudson is a female activist born and bred in Wolverhampton of Jamaican heritage. She is best known for her pioneering work in break dancing and her activists' roll in the fight for reparatory justice. Her work is inspired by the ethos of music and dance: movements are the vibrations of sound; colours are the feelings of her fight.
Offsite9: Alignment - Kathleen Fabre
Kathleen Fabre is a conceptual artist with an interdisciplinary practice. Alignment sees a series of four site-specific architectural scale wool installations. The temporary installations form vast symbols of hope and each piece acts as a colourful welcome to visitors and residents.
Offsite9: Flexus Dance Collective: A Euphoric Happening in partnership with The League of International Misfits
A Euphoric Happening aims to capture euphoric moments through dance, music and visual media embracing themes of healing and togetherness in a double bill event of Euphoria and Visions.
Gap in the Mind and Gazebo Theatre present "Wander" - a play about immigration in Wolverhampton
Wander is a projection-based play. In it, the audience follow stories told by on-stage characters from diverse ethnicities that make their own individual travels from their place of birth towards Wolverhampton to make new lives for themselves.
Offsite9: (Perspectives) Fae Kilburn
To create (Perspectives) Fae Kilburn is incorporating narratives from those who live, work and visit Wolverhampton, exploring their experiences and asking what needs to change in order to build an inclusive city.
Offsite9: If-we-had-this-space
Asylum Artist Quarter is producing a sound trail that explores the social history of forgotten spaces in Wolverhampton. Nine artists have been chosen to create sound works in the form of music, soundscapes, spoken word and speeches that respond to nine sites in Wolverhampton…
Offsite9: SINGLEPOINT
Four female photographers explore how we navigate the reparative histories of our region when we document culture. Each artist’s practice focuses on framing place, space and community identity.
Offsite9: Pop-up Lives Storybook - Katie Holtom
Pop-up Lives is a visual pop-up book experience designed for a family audience. It is an intimate exploration of togetherness on a miniature stage co-created by Wolverhampton's own children.
Offsite9: Communion - Thomas Jack Brown
Communion is a site-specific video installation tied to the BAS9 theme of ‘tactics for togetherness’. Hosted within the chapel of St. Peter’s Church in the city centre.