Sunday 23 Mar 2025 at 14:00, ESEA Community Centre, Englefield Road, London, UK
Buy tickets here!
Standard and Solidarity tickets include one print issue of Anthology and entry.
Entry only to the launch is available.
Magazines will be available onsite at a special launch discount!
✨Come celebrate the launch of Skin Deep: Anthology, our latest print magazine chronicling over 10 years ✨
This Anthology issue of our print magazine will mark a decade of Skin Deep’s work at the intersection of culture and racial justice by republishing the best of our back catalogue alongside bold new commissions on the theme of time, cycles, pacing, rhythm and change.
We’ve curated an afternoon and evening of performances, discussions, banner-making, food, music and a library of selections – settle in and flip through our back prints, readings by collaborators, our sources of inspiration and reference. Snacks and drinks will be provided throughout the day. Food will continue to be available at reduced cost in the evening to welcome Iftar.
Last year Skin Deep welcomed in 10 years 🥲 From a student zine in June 2014, we’ve been creating an outlet for discussing racial politics and archiving against the erasure of the experiences of BIPOC students in academic institutions. To continue growing in this next decade of work with co-conspirators through writing and discussing the just and liberated futures we envision, brings us to a moment to celebrate.
TIMINGS | 2-10PM
Complimentary sweet & savoury buns, tea, coffee, juice will be served throughout the day. While supplies last!
2PM – DOORS OPEN
All Day – LIBRARY: Settle in and flip through our back prints, readings by collaborators & sources of inspiration for the Anthology!
2-6PM – MARKETPLACE: Meet local publishers, writers and community organisers that are part of the wider ecology of Skin Deep including Haymarket Books, Tilted Axis Press and Save Soanes.
3:30 – 5:30PM – WORKSHOP: Building A Sonic Archive with Olivia Melkonian
Preserve family, community and personal history through audio recording and archiving.
Description: This workshop invites participants to collectively challenge the traditional concept of archiving, from motive to medium. Offering a warm space of open dialogue, this workshop welcomes new ideas and explorations of archiving as a practice, alongside practical demonstrations and accessible audio production tools to develop technical skills needed to build your own sonic archive. All experience levels welcome!
- To book your spot, please drop us a line at events@skindeepmag.com. For all ticket holders, space is limited! You do not need to bring anything to the workshop, however if you have a piece of audio you’ve recorded and would like to share it, please feel free to bring this. In preparation for the workshop, try to actively listen and this may encourage you to record some audio if you haven’t before.
5:40 – 6:45PM – WORKSHOP: Still Drawing with WANAWAL x Êvar Hussayni
The West Asian and North African Women’s Art Library (WANAWAL), founded by Êvar in 2019, is an alternative archival practice and library that exists as a digital and physical collection.
Description: Using materials from the WANAWAL collection, participants are encouraged to draw, sketch, visualise what and how they see. All ages and all abilities are welcome.
- Walk-ins are welcome. No bookings required.
6-8PM – DINNER SERVICE:
- Recognising some of us may be welcoming Iftar, dinner meals will be available for all at reduced cost from sunset to 8PM. No bookings required.
7-8PM – SKIN DEEP ROUNDTABLE ON ANTHOLOGY:
- Chaired by Vasundhara Mathur, join us for a conversation on Anthology, a decade of Skin Deep directly from the team as well as Anthology issue contributors.
8PM – LAST ENTRY: Tell a friend, pass it on! Please arrive on time.
- The Garden will also close at this time.
8-10PM – CASSETTE TAPE DJ SET by OLIVIA MELKONIAN: sounds offered by Olivia
10PM – DOORS CLOSE
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Accessibility: The venue is all on the ground floor. There is a ramp at all entry / exit points. There is a wheelchair accessible toilet, and all toilets are gender neutral.
Standard tickets are £22.50, which includes a copy of the print issue and entry. Solidarity tickets are £32.50, and will help support the impact campaign for the magazine, which aims to get free copies of the mag to grassroots organisations, youth groups and community spaces, as well as providing workshops, reading groups and other resources that will make sure the mag has a meaningful life after publication.
Event only tickets are £8.50. There will be communal copies to flip through as part of our library so come join us.
We don’t want money to be a barrier for our community attending our events, so if you’re in a position where you’re unable to pay for a ticket, please email us on events@skindeepmag.com.
If you are a Skin Deep member, your ticket (which includes mag and entry) is free. Email ninajang@skindeepmag.com to be added to the guestlist. You can sign up to be a member here.