Open Source: Artists & Climate Emergency

We are a network of organisations across the visual arts sector in the South East region of England.CVAN South East is one of the nine regional networks in England that make upCVAN(the Contemporary Visual Arts Network).CVAN South East aims to be an effective network for the sector in this region by working in partnership on strategic projects and programmes, and by sharing learning and information to maximise expertise and creative thinking.The network is concerned with developing critically engaged art practice, and dedicated to promoting a visual arts ecology that thrives on the inter-dependence of many stakeholders, including artists and art professionals, local government, higher education, not-for-profit and commercial sectors.A major element of our programme is the Platform Graduate Award that we have managed since 2012. CVAN South East is supported by Arts Council England.

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Artists Alinah Azadeh and Laura Buckle discuss the influence of the climate emergency on their practice, launching a new series of webinars.

Two artists share the enduring influence on their philosophy and practice from the climate emergency, launching a new series of one-to-one webinars as part of our VisualiSE programme.Alinah Azadeh and Laura Buckle will discuss, take questions, and share some advice from their own experience. How to respond as an artist to this enormous and overwhelming challenge? What is the specific responsibility of artists and art institutions? How are they adapting to the reality of climate emergency, while also navigating shocks such as the Covid crisis and inflation in the economy?Alinah Azadeh is a visual artist, writer, performer &amp; cultural activist. She uses text, audio, &amp; live practices to create poetic narratives that activate spaces, amplifying untold or overlooked stories. She is writer-in-residence at Seven Sisters Country Park/Sussex Heritage Coast &amp; project lead on We See You Now (2019-22), a decolonial literature-focused arts project, evoking the trans-global imaginary of the iconic coastal area through live &amp; audio works, involving creatives of global majority heritage, funded by Arts Council England &amp; South Downs National Park Authority. Their work will be showcased at Brighton Festival, with plans for a public programme, subject to funding, announced in May.www.alinahazadeh.comLaura Buckle is an artist, researcher, educator and activist, whose practice focuses on the textile industry, in particular; textile waste. She recently completed the MA Art and Ecology at Goldsmiths, University of London. She was a finalist for the Platform Graduate Award 2021.She describes her current research as, ‘attempting to detangle the tightly knit problems interwoven into the global textile industry, and explore the intersectional issues of class and environment’.‘The textile industry is one of the longest and most complicated industrial chains in manufacturing. Through deconstructing and reconstructing textile waste, my work aims to unpick the complexities woven into the textile industry and call to action those responsible’.www.florabucket.com AccessIf you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to access this event please contact us as soon as possible before the event.VisualiSE is funded by Arts Council England.

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