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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20151114T180000
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/open-eye-gallery-diva-debate-con
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SUMMARY:Open Eye Gallery: Open Eye Gallery: DIVA Debate: Confront/Contest/C
 reate
DESCRIPTION:DIVA Debate: Confront/Contest/Create\n\nSaturday 14 November / 
 18.00 / Free / Booking required\n\nThe world is on fire. New forms of poli
 tical activism have exploded on to the scene and forever altered the way t
 he powerful relate to the powerless. From #blacklivesmatter to the refugee
  crisis stemming from the Middle East to the spectre of Jeremy Corbyn\, th
 e political landscape is shifting in ways that are both intriguing and ala
 rming.\n\nAt the same time\, QTPOC (Queer\, Trans\, people of colour) arti
 sts have been responding and contributing to this new wave. Through a disc
 ussion about impactful queer artworks from recent history\, this panel wil
 l explore the artistic climate – interrogating and exploring the trends\
 , themes and ideas shaping queer art in the UK and abroad.\n\nCome to list
 en and debate with Diva editor Jane Czyzselka and a panel chaired by poet 
 Jay Bernard and featuring film-makers Campbell X and Claire Kurylowski\, a
 nd multi-disciplinary artists Evan Ifekoya and Marcia X.\n\nEvan Ifekoya i
 s an interdisciplinary artist\, exploring the politicisation of culture\, 
 society and aesthetics. Appropriated material from historical archives and
  contemporary society make up the work. By ‘queerying’ popular imagery
  and utilising the props of everyday life\, the aim is to destroy the aura
  of preciousness surrounding art. Central to this practice is an explorati
 on into the ways that collaboration might take place.\n\nClaire Kurylowski
  is a London-based filmmaker. In March 2015 she became an inaugural filmma
 ker of the BFI Flare Pilot Mentorship scheme\, an initiative for five emer
 ging LGBTQ filmmakers to develop their practice mentored by a senior figur
 e from the film industry. Kurylowski’s latest short film\, In Real Life 
 (2014) a feminist social inquiry into the pervasive nature of sexual haras
 sment\, garnered a place in Dazed Digital’s Visionaries and had its cine
 ma premiere at the ICA London. Kurylowski also is the head curator and fou
 nder behind ‘kuntinuum’ a quarterly London based artist run salon (dis
 cussion group) which aims to promote\, empower and corral the voices of qu
 eer-female and non-binary gendered identified creatives.\n\nMarcia X was b
 orn and raised in Chicago IL to immigrant parents in 1985. Inspired by her
  early travels to the Caribbean and US history and politics\, she predomin
 antly works in themes relating to the experience of the Diaspora\, history
 \, feminism\, politics and socioeconomic issues. As a multidisciplinary ar
 tist\, her mediums vary from print to installation\, and currently is expl
 oring minimalist abstract painting. She has her BA in Fine Art and is furt
 hering her studies to attain an MA in Political\, Social and International
  Theory. She lives and works in the Diaspora.\n\nThe event is free however
  booking is required. To reserve your place please ring +44 (0)151 236 676
 8 or email info@openeye.org.uk
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