Concessions available Join artist Harold Offeh and curator Jarelle Francis for a conversation exploring the conceptual frameworks that underpin Offeh’s exhibition TRUSTFUL STRANGERS INDUCE FEARLESS ALIENS . Taking African-American writer James Baldwin’s 1953 essay Stranger in the Village as a point of departure, alongside other key influences on Offeh’s practice, the discussion will consider how the figure of the “stranger” continues to shape experiences of race, belonging, memory and public life. Bringing Baldwin’s reflections into dialogue with Offeh’s 25-year interdisciplinary practice and Francis’s research into transnational histories and cultural exchange, the conversation will explore how performance, curatorial practice and collective participation can challenge dominant histories and create new spaces for dialogue around race, belonging, memory and public life. About Harold Offeh Harold Offeh (b. 1977, Ghana) lives and works in Cambridge and London. Working across performance, video, photography, learning and social arts practice, Offeh is interested in the space created by the inhabiting or embodying of histories. He employs humour as a means to confront the viewer with historical narratives and contemporary culture, grappling with issues such as colonialism, the dynamics of work, labour and gender, and ideals of masculine power. Offeh has exhibited widely, including at Tate Britain and Tate Modern, South London Gallery, Turf Projects, Kettle’s Yard, Wysing Art Cent

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