by
Petra Hilgers
on Wed 20 May 2009 17:09 BST
current deep:black projects
deep:black and Exit The Matrix
deep:black is currently delivering a 5-week course to a group of NEET young people at Hackney Community College. Exit the Matrix is all about challenging young people who often think themselves to be powerless in changing anything about the situation they're in because it's others who hold the control. We believe that every person has some power and choices in a given situation and with this has the responsibility to act.
deep:black and Y-Leaddeep:black is supporting Nida Trust, a Hackney based community/youth development organisation, in their Y-Lead programme. The programme trains up young people from across London to become youth leaders in their communities - and deep:black is delivering an introductory session to conflict resolution. You can get more info about Y-Lead directly from Nida Trust at wwwdotnidatrustdotorgdotuk.
recent deep:black projects
deep:black and My ID Live!
On 28 March, over 50 people came together to join deep:black
for My
ID Live
at Hackney Museum. My
ID Live
was the performance highlight of our intergenerational project that
we've run over the 6 weeks in February & March with a group of young people from
Hackney Community College and a group of older people from Sam and
Annie Cohen Day Centre...
2
generations with over 50 years between them
To
be young now, to have been a youth back then
What
kind of ideas do they have about each other
Is
the distance and difference too great
Or
could they work together
If
for one afternoon they were left in one room
Could
they get in tune and create
As
one?
Yes,
they could. Together they created a space where people were willing
to share personal stories in form of life poetry and spoken word, and
where others were willing to listen and be touched by these words.
This inspired true connection across the generations.
deep:black and The Ideas Generator
The Ideas Generator is a
project we've been doing with a range of arts organisations from
across Hackney who are part of Discover Young Hackney, the council's
annual youth arts festival. deep:black is supporting the organisations
on their journey to increase the diversity of the young people that
take part in their activities.deep:black and The Hidden Archives (LGBT month 2009)On 19 February 2008 we celebrated the 5th lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender history month at Hackney Museum with acreative,
dynamic and interactive event.
The evening brought together a group of artists who created a live improvisation performance featuring dance, poetry and music for a diverse audience. The audience then turned creative themselves and designed together a piece of instant art: a large road map showing individual journeys, cross-overs and connection around (sexual) identity and personal growth. We've handed this art work over to Hackney Museum to begin building a visible and visual LGBT archive in Hackney.
deep:black and Fast 4wrdFast
4wrd
was our multi-media platform exhibition that was at Hackney Museum from 04 September until 22 November. We closed
the exhibition on 22 November with a colourfull interactive programme
that was every
bit as creative as the exhibition which was made up of an exciting mix
of art: photography, film, sound and 3D installation. You can still
watch the Creating Change film that was part of the exhibition below
Creating Change, a film by Zan Lyons
