Friday 16 Aug 2024 at 14:30

A panel in We Out Here‘s Talks Tent hosted by Skin Deep, with panellists Hwa Young Jung, Hadiru Mahdi aka brother portrait, Sylvia Suli and Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff.

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Play and imagination are critical to world-building, and go hand in hand with racial justice and liberation work. We have to be able to dream up new systems and ways of being while living in a world that actively diminishes our capacity to think beyond crisis and survival. This requires fantasising, improvising, tuning into our bodies and each other, and letting go of our everyday programmed responses.

In a conversation between PLAY’s Managing Editor, Creative Director and two of the issue’s contributors, this talk will draw on the core themes from Skin Deep’s most recent publication, and make some space for playtime…

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Hwa Young Jung is a multidisciplinary artist working in the arts, cultural and sciences, facilitating collaborative projects and workshops. She works with people to co-create projects, often using games and play to explore social issues. 

Hadiru Mahdi aka brother portrait is an artist primarily working with words, music and the image. He’s interested in the potential of play to unearth radical and yet unknown responses to the challenges of our times.

Sylvia Suli is a film director and creative strategist based in London. Formerly a video producer at British Vogue, video commissioner at Dazed and Head of video at i-D Magazine, she has been with Skin Deep since day one, where she is Co-Creative Director. She built the organisation’s visual identity, ensuring that radical media remains accessible and making sure the revolution stays sexy. 

Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff is an award-winning writer and editor, specialising in project-based work across disciplines including journalism, literature and the screen.