We Are Here Because You Were There 

The words by A.Sivanandan have always had resonance for me since reading his ‘A Different Hunger’, a very direct response to those who would want to tell you to ‘go back to where you came from’. First exhibited near where I live in Birmingham, a short run of limited edition T-shirts were also created for fundraising for the Institute of Race Relations based in London, set up by Siva and so many more valued elders and progressives. www.irr.org.uk

Exhibited at URBAN NATION museum for urban contemporary art in Berlin til 2024 as part of the exhibition: TALKING… & OTHER BANANA SKINS addressing polarization. It encourages visitors to question their own perspectives. Conflicts and issues are multi-faceted, and not to be pigeonholed. The artworks presented in the 8 chapters of the exhibition are asking how and what is being communicated within society and the urban environment. Putting exchange and dialogue back at the center.

Participating artists: 1UP, AEC INTERESNI KAZKI, AMARTEY GOLDING, ANA BARRIGA, ANDREAS ENGLUND, ANNA LUKASHEVSY, BILL POSTERS, BJÖRN HEYN, BROKEN FINGAZ CREW, DAVE THE CHIMP, DENIS CHERIM, DISNOVATION, EL MAC, FAISAL HUSSAIN, FAUST, FRANCO FASOLI AKA JAZ, HIJACK, HIN, HOT TEA, HUGO BAUDOUIN, HUH?, ICY AND SOT, IDA LAWRENCE, ISAAC CORDAL, JAN VAN ESCH, JEFF HONG, JIMMY TURRELL, JOSÉPHINE SAGNA, KNOW HOPE, LE FOU, LOOK THE WEIRD, LOW BROS, NOEMI CONAN, OLEK, RICH THORNE, ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS, SEPE, SIMON MENNER, SPLASH AND BURN, SPY, TEZZ KAMOEN, THE WA, VARIOUS AND GOULD, VERA KOCHUBEY, YOANN BOURGEOIS