The 4th Wall's Too Tall

Jessie chats with participatory artist Fiona who runs workshops in a range of public settings from museums to festivals. We talk about actually making theory accessible, the importance of asking questions and capturing the everyday as moments of history. Ft. telling our mixed-race-identity-fascination to chill sometimes.

Jessie talks about the newer entertainment venues modelled on street markets and the gentrification at play there. Who gets to visit? What about the vibrant, subversive history of street markets? Ft. The £1 Fish SongVictoria Kelly 'The streets for the people: London’s street markets 1850–1939'https://friendsofqueensmarket.org.uk/history-of-queens-market/https://wardscorner.org/ourhistory ‘Pushed to the Margins: A Quantitative Analysis of Gentrification in London in the 2010s’ - Adam Almedia, Runnymede and CLASS report, June 2021.Christopher Adan, https://journal.urbantranscripts.org/article/the-street-market-as-animated-space-an-ethnographic-exercise-christopher-adan/Patricia Hill Collins, ‘Shifting the Center: Race, Class and Feminist Theorizing about Motherhood’.Ida Daneweid, ‘The Fire This Time: Grenfell, Racial Capitalism and the Urbanisation of Empire’.

Jessie speaks to DK, founder of AccessAbility Arts, a multi-form arts collective promoting underrepresented voices and advocating for creatives with disabilities. We talk about digital spaces, the influence of hip-hop on DK's poetry and addressing barriers faced by disabled people in arts & culture. Ft. it's not all about 'highbrow' art Instagram: @accessabilityartsText to speech app used: Proloquo4Text

Jessie chats with Nine Levels, an Edmonton based rapper and founder of independent record company, Comu Records. We talk about defining success as an independent artist, global and community influences on music, and navigating the music industry. Ft. being a haterrrrContains the odd bit of ~ explicit language ~https://www.comurecords.com/Insta: @ninelevelsStream Parts Unknown now!

Jessie speaks to Mas, a multi-disciplinary community artist. We get into the importance of rest, art in hospitals and the importance of actually being part of a community when doing community art. Ft. drawing a cheese-grater. - 'A Burst of Light', Audre Lorde -'Don't Touch my Hair' Emma Dabiri -https://otcreativespace.co.uk/

Jessie explores her response to The Whitechapel Gallery's exhibition placing Lygia Clark & Sonia Boyce's participatory work in dialogue. Both artists' work is deeply concerned with involving audiences and facilitating participation. Tune in for some thoughts on how galleries can subvert the usual object-label-viewer format.

Jessie speaks to Chloe, a theatre practitioner and engagement facilitator. We chat about community theatre, subverting teacher/student dynamics and what makes meaningful participatory projects. Ft. how learning is like an onion.

Jessie speaks to Eddie, founder of The Queer Fantasy Collective in Manchester. We talk about the importance of social creative communities, probing outreach and queer spaces. Ft. maybe making friends as an adult isn't a scam... Check out @queerspeclit on Instagram. 'Taking Up Space: The Black Girl's Manifesto for Change' by Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi explores navigating exclusive institutions as Black women and outlines ways to resist racist and sexist establishments.

Jessie talks to filmmaker, dresser & designer Serene about working together on an exhibition on Tottenham's Caribbean community. We talk creative goals, wrestling with funding limits and using silence to speak. Ft the joys of leftover rice.

Welcome! In this intro episode Jessie begins by breaking the 4th wall & giving an insight into what you can expect from this pod. Ft some thinking about 'local' spaces, made up phrases and a music rec. 'Black Goose' - Priya Ragu Avtar Brah 'Diaspora, border and transnational identities' in Cartographies of Diaspora: Contesting Identities (1996) Routledge: London & New York Paul Gilroy 'A London Sumting Dis...' (1999) Critical Quarterly, 41: 57-69.