BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8180@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240215T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240215T200000 DTSTAMP:20240123T223750Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/tate-liverpool-riba-north-meet-t he-artist-shiraz-bayjoo-and-liverpool-black-archive-hub/ SUMMARY:RIBA North: Tate Liverpool + RIBA North: Meet the Artist: Shiraz Ba yjoo and Liverpool Black Archive Hub DESCRIPTION:\nJoin us for a panel discussion exploring how plant histories have influenced the design of our cities today\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind out how h istorical collections are inspiring artists. Meet British-Mauritian artist Shiraz Bayjoo and Liverpool Black Archive Hub founder Michelle Peterkin-W alker to discover more about how these artists are using archive materials .\nThe conversation will explore the theme of Botanical Histories and Colo nial Legacies\, drawing from the artists’ research and practices in Brit ish botanical gardens: from Royal Botanic Gardens\, Kew to Sefton Park Pal m House\, and Granby Winter Garden. They'll address questions related to t he displacement of plants from Africa to Britain\, the architectural devel opments these required\, and the process of reclaiming traditional knowled ge from Africa as a form of collective agency\, and a way of addressing to day's environmental issues.\nThis conversation will be hosted by art histo rian and Tate Curator\, Christine Eyene.\nMeet the Artist is a series of i n conversation events at Tate Liverpool + RIBA North themed around art\, e nvironment and architecture. Find out more about the next event in this se ries\, Meet the Artist: RESOLVE Collective.\nBOOK HERE\nShiraz Bayjoo\nSh iraz Bayjoo is a contemporary multi-disciplinary artist who works with fil m\, painting\, photography\, performance\, and installation. His research- based practice focuses on personal and public archives addressing cultural memory and postcolonial nationhood in a manner that challenges dominant c ultural narratives.\nMichelle Peterkin-Walker\nMichelle Peterkin-Walker is a socially-engaged artist\, activist and videographer\, born and raised i n L8\, with over 20 years experiences working in community arts. Her pract ice combines photography and design to create digital artworks. She takes inspiration from people\, places\, symbols within African history and cult ure.\nShe has been engaged in Social History project exploring Liverpool's Black Archives since 2018 and created the websites Liverpool Black Archi ve Hub and Yore Lens on L8. In 2021 she moved into Granby Workshop Stud ios\, joining the collective of Black Creatives in L8 and formed a creativ e Black artist collective called Aspen Yard Ensemble (AYE). She founded th e Liverpool African Diasporic Film Network (LADFN) and set up Sojourner Pr oductions.\nChristine Eyene\nDr. Christine Eyene is an art historian\, cri tic\, and curator. She is a Lecturer in Contemporary Art at Liverpool John Moores University and Research Curator at Tate Liverpool. Her curatorial practice encompasses global contemporary arts\, with a particular interest in African and Diaspora arts\, feminism\, photography\, and sound art.\nS ince 2021\, she has been developing independent research on the theme of ‘Botanical Histories and Colonial Legacies’ connecting ancestral and c ollective knowledge and histories in an evergreen forest bordering the rur al town of Lolodorf and the village of Bikoka in the south province of Cam eroon. More recently she has been examining links between Liverpool and th e central African country through the city’s maritime and trade historie s.\n\n\nBOOK HERE\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/01/installation_view_of_the_recent_exhibition_wi.width-1440-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Talks LOCATION:RIBA North\, 21 Mann Island\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool\, L 3 1BP\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.403724;-2.99357 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=21 Mann Island\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool\, L3 1BP\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIU S=100;X-TITLE=RIBA North:geo:53.403724,-2.99357 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR