Decolonising the Archive: 3pm, 15/11/21 @ Kettles Yard

15 Nov 2021 15:00 – 16:00

Ede Room, Kettles Yard

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Introductions of our guest speakers

Samia Malik an artist and designer, her creative practice concentrates on social justice. She’s working towards another human civilisation beyond the demonic, satanic, evil, hierarchical structures of capitalism, neoliberalism that are ground-laying branches to divide and conquer through: racism, sexism and classicism. Malik has exhibited art internationally, also designed clothes that have sold world-wide. Malik is also the director of WOCI (women of colour index) Reading Group, that focuses on making art histories visible of female black and brown artists. Malik, will be relaunching her gallery in November 2021 called Samia Gallery. Malik also works as a lecturer at Shades of Noir at University of the Arts.

Alina Khakoo is a doctoral candidate in Criticism and Culture at the University of Cambridge. Her PhD explores the South Asian diaspora in the British black arts movement, in British black intellectual production, and in British black feminist and lesbian organising in the 1970s–80s. Alongside her PhD, she has worked as a Curatorial Assistant at Kettle’s Yard.