This Is No Longer That Place: A Public Discussion

To what extent can art affect change when addressing issues of migration, displacement, and access? Join us for events that explore the capacity of artists and arts institutions to intervene in the current geopolitical climate. 

Friday 8 March 2019, 18.30-20.30pm, Tate Britain Millbank, Westminster, London SW1P 4RG

This Is No Longer That Place: A Public Discussion 

Professor Gurminder Bhambra Professor Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex. Author of Connected Sociologies; and Rethinking Modernity: Postcolonialism and the Sociological Imagination.

Oliver Ressler Artist, produces installations, projects in public space, and films on issues including democracy, migration, forms of resistance and social alternatives.

Justinien Tribillon Writer, co-editor, Migrant Journal, a 6-issue publication exploring the circulation of humans, matter, goods and ideas, and their impact; and researcher at Theatrum Mundi.

Chair: Elvira Dyangani Ose, Director, The Showroom

This is No Longer That Place: A Public Discussion is curated by The Showroom with Michaela Crimmin, Royal College of Art, in association with Tate, for the European Cooperation project 4Cs: From Conflict to Conviviality through Creativity and Culture. 4Cs is co-funded by Creative Europe, with UK activities co-funded by the Royal College of Art. 4Cs seeks to understand how training and education in art and culture can constitute powerful resources to address the issue of conflict as well as to envision creative ways in which to deal with conflictual phenomena. Partners include Universidade Católica Portuguesa; Tensta Konsthall; SAVVY Contemporary; Fundació Antoni Tàpies; Museet for Samtidskunst; Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs; Royal College of Art; and Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts.  

Filming: Please note that the events will be filmed.