Taking place in Gallery 3, Emma Warren chairs this discussion, building on her first-hand experience researching and documenting different spaces and dancefloors that have historically been neglected or perceived as informal or peripheral.
Visual artist Karimah Hassan, illustrator and rollerskater Wumi ‘WumZum’ Olaosebikan and musician-scholar Mykaell Riley will be in conversation with Emma to describe their formative experiences of formative spaces.
The discussion will close with a DJ set and an informal dance session for the audience and panellists in which ‘zero skill is required’.
Emma Warren has built a career writing in the music industry and bringing people together to discuss culture making and collective activity. Emma hosts a monthly radio show on Worldwide FM where she invites regular special guests and talks all things music culture. Emma’s book Make Some Space was a project to document the Total Refreshment Centre (TRC) social centre in London, to bring to pages it’s moment in culture. The TRC closed in-part in 2018 but remains open as a music studio & recording space.
Curated by Matt Williams.