Oct

The Future is a Collective Project - Raju Rage.

by Deptford X

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Like Weeds Growing Through Cracks

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The Future is a Collective Project : Raju Rage

The Future is a Collective Project is a collaborative research group open to anyone interested in exploring the question ‘Are we carrying the right tools to shape the future we want and need?'

In this workshop, artist, editor and curator Raju Rage will expand on themes raised in a conversation they had with Queer Masala, published as 'Like Weeds Growing Through Cracks' in their recent publication 'Recipes for Resistance'. Discussions will centre around nature, land, migration and cultural heritage via foraging for food and the potentials for reclaiming and queering these relationships through cooking and eating. The workshop will including reading and eating together and participants may be asked to follow recipes in advance.

If you are interested in attending this workshop, you will be asked to apply with a sentence explaining why.

Please let us know what we can do to meet your access requirements for applying and/or participating. BSL interpretation is available. Email admin@deptfordx.org to discuss further.

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Raju Rage is proactive about using art, education and activism to forge creative survival. Based in London and working beyond, they explore the spaces and relationships between dis/connected bodies, theory and practice, text and the body and aesthetics and the political substance. Their current interests are around sustainability, economies, care, and resistance. They are a member of Collective Creativity arts collective, A People's Art Collective, Another Roadmap and a creative educator and independent scholar with an interest in radical pedagogy.

Raju has a theirstory in activism, self and collective organised queer/ transgender/ people of colour movements and creative projects in London and beyond from which their politics and works draw on and from.

The Future is a Collective Project was initiated by Deptford X director, Nathalie Boobis, in 2016 and is re-emerging in the digital realm as part of Deptford X Online 2020.

The Future is a Collective Project is about creating a learning environment that is non-hierarchical and in which no prior training, education or specific forms of knowledge are required to participate. All experiences are considered to be valid tools for knowledge production and sharing - from emotions, actions, stories and food to texts, films, artworks and music. The hope is that the group can share and learn from knowledge, narratives and ideas that have for too long been excluded from serious attention within the dominant and binary world view of white, western, capitalist patriarchy.

For Deptford X Online, we have invited 6 individuals whose practices we felt were driven by needs and desires to work beyond binary modes of thinking and doing to each lead a session. Each session coordinator offers their research, practice and work in progress as a starting point for a collective group discussion.

Absolutely no prior knowledge or expertise is necessary to join a session but as this is a collaborative research group, participants may be asked to participate in a group exercise followed by a discussion. More details on each session can be found below.

Due to the nature of online video conferencing, participation numbers are limited to 15 per session. We ask that you book your space in advance for this reason.

We will enable a waiting list so that anyone who is unable to participate can free up their space for someone else to join. Anyone participating in the group will be asked to abide by group code of conduct which will be distributed before the group. We can also provide tutorials on how to work Zoom for anyone who has not used this facility before.