Borders & Boundaries: Artist Talk Series II with Larry Achiampong

Join us for our second engaging artist talk series with Hereford College of Arts.

Following the success of the 2025 Artist Talk series, Meadow Arts and Hereford College of Arts present Borders & Boundaries. In this second series, the new programme invites five artists whose practices explore borders, boundaries and marginal spaces, to offer their critical perspectives on identity, place and belonging.

At a time marked by rising nationalism, global conflict, intolerance and marginalisation, these talks create space to listen to artists who respond with care, rigour and resilience. Through discussion of their work, the speakers will share how contemporary art can question divisions and open up new ways of thinking.

Several of the invited artists will also feature in a major Meadow Arts exhibition at Hay Castle, opening in May 2026.

Presented in partnership with Hereford College of Arts and Meadow Arts, this free talk series is open to all — including practising artists, students, graduates and anyone curious about the power of art to challenge, connect and inspire change. Join us for thought-provoking conversations and bold ideas shaping contemporary artistic practice today.

*Please note: This talk will take place at the Folly Lane Campus in the Main Hall due to the June Degree Show at the College Road Campus, all welcome.

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About the artist:

Larry Achiampong‘s projects employ film; still imagery; aural and visual archives; live performance; objects; sound and game design to explore ideas surrounding class, gender, cross-cultural and digital identity.

With works that examine his communal and personal heritage – in particular, the intersection between popular culture and the residues of colonisation, Achiampong crate-digs the vaults of history. These investigations examine constructions of ‘the self’ through the activity of splicing the audible and visual materials of personal and interpersonal archives, offering multiple perspectives that reveal the deeply entrenched inequalities in contemporary society.

In 2022 Achiampong released his first feature and most ambitious film to date – Wayfinder, which was longlisted for a BAFTA award in 2023 in the category ‘Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer’. Achiampong has presented projects across the UK and globally, including commissions with Art on the Underground, London (2022); The Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (2021) and The Line, London (2020).