Are you listening? An Evening with Mobilizing Citizenship and Goldsmiths Alchemy
Event
Friday 11 October 2024, 18:00 – 20:00
Mobilizing Citizenship (MC) is an educational and research project where Norwegian and international artists and designers are invited to work with a small group of youth at Kunsthall Stavanger during one semester.
During the autumn holiday week we worked with Goldsmiths Alchemy, a collective of professional artists and youth workers based in Lewisham, London, UK. Participants were invited for one week of workshops on writing, music creation, production and performance, leading to the creation of a collaborative digital mixtape and live event. The workshop ran Monday – Friday from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm with lunch included. Participation was free of charge and no prior music knowledge was required. Mikey Kirkpatrick, Martin Vito, Omar Elsaaidi and Timothy Wairama joined us from Alchemy.
Goldsmiths Alchemy partners with organisations and schools to offer a wide range of professional music skills training, mentoring and performance opportunities for youth. The project was
Mobilizing Citizenship (MC) is an educational and research project where Norwegian and international artists and designers are invited to work with a small group of youth at Kunsthall Stavanger during one semester.
During the autumn holiday week we worked with Goldsmiths Alchemy, a collective of professional artists and youth workers based in Lewisham, London, UK. Participants were invited for one week of workshops on writing, music creation, production and performance, leading to the creation of a collaborative digital mixtape and live event. The workshop ran Monday – Friday from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm with lunch included. Participation was free of charge and no prior music knowledge was required. Mikey Kirkpatrick, Martin Vito, Omar Elsaaidi and Timothy Wairama joined us from Alchemy.
Goldsmiths Alchemy partners with organisations and schools to offer a wide range of professional music skills training, mentoring and performance opportunities for youth. The project was founded at Goldsmith University by musician and associate lecturer in music and education Mikey Kirkpatrick.
The overall focus of MC is to investigate how young people can use tools and methods from contemporary art to express themselves and be heard in today's society. MC is not a talent development programme, but rather an investigation into how contemporary art can be a relevant contribution in young people’s lives.
Curator: Kristina Ketola Bore
Youth Worker: Trine Ottosen
Project Manager: Madelaine Gordan Graadahl
Mobilizing Citizenship has received generous funding from Arts Council Norway.
Mobilizing Citizenship
Mobilizing Citizenship (MC) is an educational project where Norwegian and international artists and designers are invited to work with a small group of young people aged 12-16 at Kunsthall Stavanger during one semester. The overall focus of MC is to investigate how young people can use tools and methods from contemporary art to express themselves and be heard in today's society. MC is not a talent development programme, but rather an investigation into how contemporary art can be a relevant contribution in young people’s lives.
Since its inception in 2018, MC has developed into a practice-based research project. During the period 2022–2024, the project will focus on building more knowledge about how we can create good meetings between contemporary art and young people. As part of this, we are collaborating with institutions and cultural workers from around the world who have expertise in this area. The result of the project will take the form of reflections and documentations, made accessible to artists, curators, cultural workers and institutions who want to create relevant offerings for young people.
Previous Themes and Participants
Autumn 2024
Tema: Are you Listening?
Guest curator: Mikey Kirkpatrick / Goldsmiths Alchemy
Artists: Martin Vito, Omar Elsaaidi, Timothy Wairama
Autumn 2023
Amplifying Voices
With: Loni Johnson (guest curator) and Chire "VantaBlack" Regans.
Autumn 2022
Sharing is Caring
With: Walk of Shame
Spring 2022
DRAMA
With: Lee Heinemann (guest curator), Delali Ayivor, Lex Brown, Ingela Ihrman
Autumn 2019
Unpacking the Visual Norms
With: Benedetta Crippa, Toxic Waste Face, Jennie Bringaker, Lee Heinemann
Spring 2019
Movement and Body Representation
With: WALK OF SHAME, Sidsel Christensen, Zinzi Minott, Trojan Horse (Kaisa Karvinen, Tommi Vasko)
Autumn 2018
Public Space in the Context of the Digital
With: Clara Balaguer, Eglé Kulbokaité and Dorota Gawęda, Laurel Schwulst, Andreas Knag Danielsen and David Lamignan Larsen
Spring 2018
Activism as Artistic Tool
With: Hardworking Goodlooking (Clara Balaguer, Kristian Henson), Synnøve Sizou G. Wetten, Hans Edward Hammonds, Nicole Killian and Benjamin Hickethier
The public event at the end of the week. Photo: Helle Navratil.
From the week of workshops with Goldsmiths Alchemy. Photo: Helle Navratil.
From the week of workshops with Goldsmiths Alchemy. Photo: Helle Navratil.
From the week of workshops with Goldsmiths Alchemy. Photo: Helle Navratil.
From the week of workshops with Goldsmiths Alchemy. Photo: Helle Navratil.
From the week of workshops with Goldsmiths Alchemy. Photo: Helle Navratil.
From the week of workshops with Goldsmiths Alchemy. Photo: Helle Navratil.
From the week of workshops with Goldsmiths Alchemy. Photo: Helle Navratil.
From the week of workshops with Goldsmiths Alchemy. Photo: Helle Navratil.
From the week of workshops with Goldsmiths Alchemy. Photo: Helle Navratil.
Getting ready for the public event. Photo: Helle Navratil.
The public event at the end of the week. Photo: Helle Navratil.
The public event at the end of the week. Photo: Helle Navratil.
The public event at the end of the week. Photo: Helle Navratil.
The public event at the end of the week. Photo: Helle Navratil.
The public event at the end of the week. Photo: Helle Navratil.
The public event at the end of the week. Photo: Helle Navratil.
The public event at the end of the week. Photo: Helle Navratil.
The public event at the end of the week. Photo: Helle Navratil.