And …Where Do You and I Fit In?- Reflections on Coordinating Shake!
Some 9 months since joining Platform, I wanted to offer some reflection on working on Shake!, which is the project I co-ordinate and what I largely work on. This piece is extracted from my concluding remarks at our last Shake! Showcase , slightly paraphrased for the blog reader. Shake! is a...
News Flash: Shake! in the Red Pepper ‘Summer of Action
Woop! Check out Shake! in the Red Pepper 'Summer of Action' http://www.redpepper.org.uk/summer-of-action/ More details on how to get involved with the shake! intensive this summer at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre below: Spread the word 🙂
Shake! Update: Hannan Majid and Richard York, from Hi8us South join Shake! intensive.
EXCITING NEWS UPDATE: this Shake! we will have film makers Hannan Majid and Richard York, from Hi8us South. Derek Richard from Hi8us tells us:Richard and Hanan tend to work together and/or interchange themselves across the duration of a project. This might seem unusual, but it always works for us....
Shake! Film: Perceptions
Here is the final edit of the film made by Shake! participants during our Shake! 2013 at the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, Deptford in February. The film was a response to a range of political discussions that took place during the week ranging from; power, race, media, misogyny,...
Official: Shake! Showcase At Least 18% Better Than Glastonbury
Gender issues get a lot of discussion here at Shake! so it was with interest that we saw this article today on the representation of women on the line-up at festivals. We thought it only fair that we checked ourselves and with a hasty count-up and re-design of our Verse/Voice/Power poster from...
Event: Shake! Showcase #2 Voice! Verse! & Power!
Voice! Verse! & Power! is the explosive showcase from the participants of the second Shake! course. Featuring freshly created poetic, filmic and musical responses to injustice, the showcase will present an original and inspiring mix of political creativity. The event is FREE, but with...