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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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.

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