UPDATE: We now have the incredible disability rights activist and researcher, @mariakhansa , in discussion with @gracesg about her latest memoir, To Exist As I Am.
Date: Saturday 4 October
Time: 4–5pm
Location: Block 336, Level 4, 336 Brixton Rd, London SW9 7AA
At the age of twenty-two, Grace Spence Green's spine was broken at the fourth thoracic vertebra, and her life changed tracks. One day, she was in hospital supporting patients, the next she was one.
Through her extraordinary story, she asks how we might fight for change, while joyously embracing life exactly as we are.
Tickets are free and available now via the Festival of ENCOUNTERS website (link in the bio)
Brought to you by @vangoghlondon , supported by @lambeth_council . Many thanks to our partner venue @block336
Please note, this venue is fully wheelchair accessible.
#VanGoghHouse #FestivalOfEncounters #FestivalOfEncounters2025 #FestivalOfEncountersBrixton #VanGoghHouseFestivalOfEncounters #Festival #Brixton #BrixtonLife #Lambeth
Reckoning: Walking Tour and Artists’ Talk with Exodus Crooks and Titaness
Join International Curators Forum (ICF) and San Mei Gallery this weekend - 17 September 2-5pm - for a Sunday afternoon gathering in Brixton, bringing together our September exhibitions:
Epiphany (Temporaire) - an exhibition by Exodus Crooks curated by Orphée Kashala at ICF @ Block 336 presented by ICF and @ortgallery
Love is a state of mind - an exhibition by Titaness aka Maria Joranko & Tiffany Wellington at San Mei Gallery
Featuring:
💥 Artists' exhibition tours and discussions
💥 Collective walk between the galleries
💥 Accompanied by food, drinks and music
Register for the event now via the link in ICF's bio:
/event/reckoning-walking-tour-artists-talk/
@icf__@sanmeigallery@exoduscrooks@orphee_kashala@tifwellington@foxy_azucar
#Brixton #EpiphanyTemporaire #ExodusCrooks #Titaness
Please join us this evening from 6pm as International Curators Forum (ICF) and Ort Gallery present Epiphany (Temporaire), a solo exhibition of new work by British-Jamaican artist Exodus Crooks, curated by Orphée Kashala. The exhibition is presented as part of ICF’s residency at Block 336.
Exhibitions dates: 26 August - 17 September, open Wednesday - Sunday, 12-5pm
Exhibition opening: Friday 25 August 6-9pm
ICF @ Block 336, 336 Brixton Road, SW9 7AA
Exodus Crooks’ work for this exhibition includes sculpture, film, text and sculptural installation. They are invested in a process of carving out (sometimes literally) dialogues and bringing thoughts to the surface, from the layers of history, heritage and culture around them. In this interrogation of domestic and familiar surfaces, Exodus is investigating the embodiment and repository of memories, histories and traditions, inherited, stored and transferred through time and shared space. A succession of profound experiences converge within the exhibition to form an allegory of personal stories of love, loss and pain.
@icf__@ortgallery@exoduscrooks@orphee_kashala
#EpiphanyTemporaire #ExodusCrooks
Thank you so much to everyone that made it to our founders’ leaving celebration and @robertbelldigital ’s exhibition, Songs For An Afterlife 🌟💫
@janehayesgr@blockmadrid
TONIGHT! 1st July 2023 | Doors at 6pm!
Join us to celebrate our 12 year anniversary and say goodbye to our founders, @janehayesgr and @blockmadrid .
Studio artist @robertbelldigital is presenting incredible new work in, Songs For An Afterlife and we will have a DJ set by @joe_hot_chip from 8:30pm onwards 🩷🌟🩵
A huge thank you to our wonderful neighbours @brixtonbrewery for their continued support and for supplying us with the good stuff 🤤
Doors at 6pm. All welcome 🙏
TOMORROW! | 1st July 2023 | 6pm onwards
Join us to celebrate our 12 year anniversary and say goodbye to our founders, @janehayesgr and @blockmadrid .
Studio artist @robertbelldigital is presenting incredible new work in, Songs For An Afterlife and we will have a DJ set by @joe_hot_chip from 8:30pm onwards 🩷🌟🩵
A huge thank you to our wonderful neighbours @brixtonbrewery for their continued support and for supplying us with the good stuff 🤤
Doors at 6pm. All welcome 🙏
Come and party with us on SATURDAY!!!
We will be celebrating our 12 year anniversary and saying goodbye to our founders, @janehayesgr and @blockmadrid .💕
Studio artist @robertbelldigital is presenting incredible new work and we will have a DJ set by the brilliant @joe_hot_chip some time from 8:30pm onwards 🩷🌟🩵
Doors at 6pm. All welcome 🙏
12 YEAR ANNIVERSARY &
FOUNDERS' LEAVING CELEBRATION
1st July 2023 | 6 - 11pm
Songs for an After Life
Robert Bell
1st July 2023 | 6 - 11pm
2nd July 12 - 5pm
Block 336 is preparing to celebrate its 12th anniversary and bid farewell to its founders, Jane Hayes Greenwood, Executive Director, and Xabier Basterra, Chair of the Board. To mark this special moment and celebrate the team’s achievements over the last 12 years, we will host a party on Saturday 1st July from 6 - 11 pm, alongside Songs for an After Life, an exhibition of new audio-visual work by studio artist, Robert Bell.
Songs for an After Life by Robert Bell will display a series of digital works, transforming the gallery using multiple projections, installation, sound and painting. The exhibition will present psychedelic, hallucinatory proposals; forms of weird life, strange monuments and adornments for a dizzying afterlife.
The exhibition will be open as part of the celebration, with music beginning at 8:30pm. Songs for an After Life will be open to the public on 1st July 2023 from 6 - 11 pm and on 2nd July between 12 - 5 pm. We look forward to seeing you there!
1. AXON, 2014. Robert Bell. Digital image
2. Another Funny Turn, Harriet Fleuriot & @sarahcockings , 2019
3. BLUE POWER, @karenmclean_art , 2021
4. The Structure of feeling, @andyholdenphotos , 2020
5. Polarised, @_kim_coleman_ & @ljbuckers
6. Lead Me Not Into Temptation, Jane Hayes, 2017
7. I.D.S.T, @mikeballards , 2012
8. Chrine, Morley Hill, 2013
9. The Deepest Darkness, @robinmasonrobin 2013
10. Torremolinos-Tableaux-Tongue-Twister (After Sun) @sarahrobertsfa 2017
EVENT / Next week, Monday 12 June 6-8pm! Join us for a closing event for ICF's Diaspora Pavilion 2: London presented in partnership with Block 336.
ICF's Artistic Director David A Bailey and Deputy Artistic Director Jessica Taylor will be in conversation with both exhibiting artists Sonia E Barrett and Kashif Nadim Chaudry.
The event is free to attend, booking is essential. Register now via the link in our bio.
The talk will reflect on the artists’ practices, the production of the Diaspora Pavilion 2: London exhibition, and the ongoing development of ICF's Diaspora Pavilion projects.
@kashifnadimchaudry@soniaelizabethbarrett@jessicataylor___
Diaspora Pavilion 2: London is generously supported by @artfund , @aceagrams , @henrymoorefdn_grants , Cockayne and The London Community Foundation.
Installation images by @kat_perlak
#DiasporaPavilion #DiasporaPavilion2 #SoniaEBarrett #KashifNadimChaudry #Brixton #Art #Artist #Sculpture
EVENT / To mark the end of ICF’s Diaspora Pavilion 2: London exhibition presented in partnership with @block336 , we are holding a closing event on Monday 12 June 6-8pm.
The event will feature a conversation with exhibiting artists Sonia E Barrett and Kashif Nadim Chaudry chaired by ICF’s Artistic Director David A Bailey and Deputy Artistic Director Jessica Taylor.
The talk will reflect on the artists’ practices, the production of this exhibition, and the ongoing development of the Diaspora Pavilion projects.
RSVP now via the link in our bio!
@kashifnadimchaudry@soniaelizabethbarrett
Diaspora Pavilion 2: London is generously supported by @artfund@aceagrams@henrymoorefdn_grants Cockayne and The London Community Foundation.
Image 1: Kashif Nadim Chaudry photographed by Reece Straw. Image 2: Sonia E Barrett.
#DiasporaPavilion #DiasporaPavilion2 #SoniaEBarrett #KashifNadimChaudry #Brixton #Exhibition #Talk
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12 YEAR ANNIVERSARY &
FOUNDERS' LEAVING CELEBRATION
1st July 2023 | 6 - 11pm
Block 336 is preparing to celebrate its 12th anniversary and bid farewell to its founders, as Jane Hayes-Greenwood, Executive Director, and Xabier Basterra, Chair of the Board, will step down from their respective positions on 30th June 2023. To mark this special moment and celebrate the team’s achievements over the last 12 years, we will host a party on Saturday 1st July from 6-11 pm, alongside Songs for an After Life, an exhibition of recent audio-visual work by studio artist, Robert Bell. Block 336 was founded in 2011 by Jane and Xabier, who were joined shortly after by Alex Gough and Robert Bell. Together, they nurtured Block 336 into an artist-led project space and studio provider, consistently expanding its ambitions and reach over the years. In January 2013, Block 336 became a registered charity limited by guarantee, leading to the appointment of Jane as Executive Director and Xabier as Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Over 12 years, Block 336 has become a supportive and creative platform for an extraordinary and diverse community of artists to bring their most ambitious and bold projects to life. Under Jane’s Directorship, the gallery has held over 40 exhibitions, supporting over 170 artists, and creating unique opportunities for artists to experiment and expand their practice. The team have also worked with local organisations focused on disability, mental health, and young people; hosting collaborative educational projects and events for their staff, service users and the general public. Block 336 has partnered with, amongst others, Artquest, Black Cultural Archives, International Curators Forum, Black Thrive, Brixton Inclusive, Carers’ Hub Lambeth, Certitude, Creative Future, Lambeth College, Lambeth & Southwark Mind and the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
Announcing Bolanle Tajudeen as Block 336’s New Chair
The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Bolanle Tajudeen will take on the role of Chair. Bolanle is a curator and founder of Black Blossoms School of Art and Culture that has partnered with prestigious cultural institutions, including Art on the Underground, Tate, and the Photographer's Gallery. Black Blossoms aims to ensure that Black and artists of colour are remembered in the public consciousness and are given the recognition they deserve. With her passionate commitment to uplifting and amplifying the voices of Black women and non-binary artists, Bolanle Tajudeen has significantly impacted the contemporary art world. Her drive to make lasting change in the sector aligns with Block 336, upholding that supporting artists is crucial for developing the art ecosystem, which relies on recognising and valuing artists' work for its growth and sustainability.
The Board of Trustees will continue to work with Alex Gough and Robert Bell to ensure a long-term sustainable model for Block 336, reinforcing the organisation's commitment to artists and local partnerships. We look forward to announcing our plans and programme for 2024 and beyond. In the meantime, Block 336 is delighted to be partnering with ICF on the 2023 programme.
Image: Torremolinos-Tableaux-Tongue-Twister (After Sun), 2017.
Sarah Roberts
@bolanle_tajudeen@elizacjg@adelaidedamoah@rosaharvest
