Woodcut in Social Movements – Woodcut Workshop, 23/11

Svenska/English

When: Saturday November 23, 11 am – 5 pm
Where: SKHLM Konsthall at Skärholmen centrum, Storholmsgatan 16 (near Myrorna)

How can woodcut be a tool for social justice struggles and building international solidarity? Artists Bella Normark and Kay Stephens are facilitating a woodcut workshop which draws on learnings from their exchange with woodcut collective A3BC in Tokyo last year.

Normark and Stephens have been active in daikon* collective in the UK, which used print to create community and politics in the Southeast and East Asian diaspora. During the workshop, they are joined by A3BC to present their respective practice, and invite participants to create a collective piece in woodcut to visibilise the interconnectedness of our struggles.

The lecture and workshop is free and open to all, focusing on the struggles we carry and are active in.

Registration is done via the form here.

In collaboration with FOLK i Skärholmen.

Practical information
-No prior knowledge required.

– We start with the lecture, then we break for lunch and continue with the workshop after.

-There are micro if you want to bring a lunch box and food in the mall if you want to buy.

-Bring loose clothing and shoes as we will be working with colors and other materials that can smudge.

– The lecture and workshop will be held in English with simple translation into Swedish if needed.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Bella Normark and Kay Stephens are co-founders of daikon* – a creative platform by and for the Southeast and East Asian diaspora, based in the UK. daikon* is the name of five zines (self-published magazines) which explore themes like migration, solidarity and queer and trans experiences. Together and separately, Normark and Stephens have continued working with print art as a way of creating collective voice and for visual campaigning in community groups.

A3BC (Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear and Arts of Blockprint Collective) formed in the summer of  2014 at IRREGULAR RHYTHM ASYLUM (IRA), an infoshop in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Our foundation was inspired by woodblock print collectives in Southeast Asia, such as Pangrok Sulap, Taring Padi as well as Marginal. We have learned a lot about the skills and joys of collective printmaking from our friendship with these collectives. Although A3BC stood for “Anti-War”, “Anti-Nuclear power” and made artwork with such themes in the beginning, we now address a wider range of social justice issues with our woodblock prints.