Thursday 23rd November, 6 – 9pm : The Beauty of Movement: arts and research for new migration narratives
LAGO, ODI, Phaidon and Moleskine Foundation cordially invite you to an evening of celebrations as part of the London Migration Film Festival. Join us on the 23rd of November from 6pm onwards at the Shoreditch Arts Club, 6 Redchurch St, London E2 7DD.
Moving between places and across borders is much more than just crossing them. It is a journey of ideas, talent and cultures. In a transient world, movement connects us all. Its beauty is in the experience shared by so many, and the creativity, ideas and hopes of the people making these journeys. Yet, too often this beauty remains an untold migration story.
This event asks: what if? What if art and design can help make this story the new migration narrative? What if culture and policy communities can work together, building new pathways for global change? What if creatives can unlock different answers to enduring questions? What if experimental design can shift the public conversation in ways that drive local action?
To explore these questions, we are bringing together artists, designers, researchers and policymakers working together, often unconventionally, to form new communities of action.
Photograph by Sama Kai
Host: Marta Foresti, founder of LAGO and Senior Visiting Fellow, ODI
Welcome: Eka Ikpe, Director of the African Leadership Centre at Kings College and ODI Trustee
Screening: ‘On Freedom of Movement (wi de muv)’ directed by award-winning artist Julianknxx
Panel:
Federica Fragapane, award-winning information designer
Khalid Albaih, political cartoonist and journalist, ICORN/PEN Artist in residence
Gabriella Gómez-Mont, former Chief Creative Officer for Mexico City
Adama Sanneh, CEO of Moleskine Foundation
Join us for an exclusive afterparty sponsored by the London Migration Film Festival and Brixton Brewery, celebrating a year of LAGO and our communities. We will be exhibiting work by photographer Sama Kai, as well as our speakers, music curated by ODI DJ in residence Mark Miller and much more.
Members have access to all events in our programme.