As part of Ben Judd’s Stanley Picker Fellowship project The Origin, a series of workshops, performances, talks and tours will take place at Stanley Picker Gallery, a boat moored in Kingston Upon Thames and online throughout June and July 2021.
On 24 June at 11am, members and musicians from Refugee Action Kingston will be improvising aboard The Origin using instruments from the countries of origin. Passers by will be able to watch the performances from the riverside. Exact mooring location will be published on this page in the days leading up to the event.
Refugee Action Kingston is a local charity, supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the Kingston area. Last summer, their members collaborated with Music students from Kingston School of Art during the online version of #TheOriginKingston.
The performances will be recorded. The mooring location for the Boat will be published on this page before the event, which will be within walking distance of Kingston town centre. If you have any access requirements, please contact us on 0208 417 4074 to discuss.
Ben Judd’s Stanley Picker Fellowship project The Origin reflects on Britain’s island status, both literal and metaphorical, and how islands shape the communities that live there. The Origin brings together the communities surrounding the Stanley Picker Gallery – from Kingston University students and academics to local networks, charities and residents – and asks them to imagine a classless, stateless, humane society based on common ownership. A temporary community, an experiment in living, a fictional island group. This collaborative project culminates this summer with an installation at the Gallery, a boat on the River Thames and a series of performances, workshops and events – a rehearsal for an alternative future.