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IN HOUSE PROJECTS '19
IN HOUSE PROJECTS 2019
Some of the projects we have devised, developed and delivered
neXus Transnational Exposition
(Vrystaat Festival, South Africa & Brighton Pride, UK)
July 2019
Co-curated by urbanflo creative and artist Vian Roos
Vrystaat Vrynge 1st - 7th July 2019
Brighton Pride 29th July - 11th August 2019.
neXus is a creative exchange between Brighton and Bloemfontein in South Africa - introducing the talents of four visual artists from each region exploring real and imagined social, political and cultural connections. The exhibition is co-curated by urbanflo creative with lead artist Vian Roos and the project is delivered in partnership with Brighton Pride (UK) and Vrystaat Arts Festival (South Africa). neXus is presented as an environmental installation designed to reflect the connective motif, exchange, intersectionality and crossing cultures whilst also paying homage to the 50th anniversary of Stonewall.
The project was launched in July 2019 with a pilot exhibition at Vrystaat Arts Festival and travelled to the UK for Brighton Pride, where the work of lead artist lead artist and co-curator Vian Roos appeared alongside a multi-disciplinary collective including artists Elliss Lewin-Turner, Estabrak Al-Ansari, Dr Gil Mualem-Doron, Heather Glazzard, Lloyd van Schalkwyk, Lyrene Kühn-Botma and Teboho Mokhothu.
Numerous other international guest artists have also been involved in animating the neXus space with their own creative responses to themes using each separate part of the exhibition as a mini stage. UK musician and Spoken Word artist Mrisi headlined an amazing pop up programme in South Africa, performing amongst contemporaries including; Sista Zai (Zambia/Australia), Johann Smith (South Africa), Frenetic Arts (Barbados), Segun Adefila (Nigeria), Jamie Graham (Tasmania), Ukhona Ntsali Mlandu (South Africa), Destro (Zambia), Arifstyle (Senegal), Tshiamo Malatji (South Africa) and Olutobi (Nigeria) to name just a few. Many others will be joining the project as its journey continues…
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Vrystaat Vrynge 1st - 7th July 2019
Brighton Pride 29th July - 11th August 2019.
neXus is a creative exchange between Brighton and Bloemfontein in South Africa - introducing the talents of four visual artists from each region exploring real and imagined social, political and cultural connections. The exhibition is co-curated by urbanflo creative with lead artist Vian Roos and the project is delivered in partnership with Brighton Pride (UK) and Vrystaat Arts Festival (South Africa). neXus is presented as an environmental installation designed to reflect the connective motif, exchange, intersectionality and crossing cultures whilst also paying homage to the 50th anniversary of Stonewall.
The project was launched in July 2019 with a pilot exhibition at Vrystaat Arts Festival and travelled to the UK for Brighton Pride, where the work of lead artist lead artist and co-curator Vian Roos appeared alongside a multi-disciplinary collective including artists Elliss Lewin-Turner, Estabrak Al-Ansari, Dr Gil Mualem-Doron, Heather Glazzard, Lloyd van Schalkwyk, Lyrene Kühn-Botma and Teboho Mokhothu.
Numerous other international guest artists have also been involved in animating the neXus space with their own creative responses to themes using each separate part of the exhibition as a mini stage. UK musician and Spoken Word artist Mrisi headlined an amazing pop up programme in South Africa, performing amongst contemporaries including; Sista Zai (Zambia/Australia), Johann Smith (South Africa), Frenetic Arts (Barbados), Segun Adefila (Nigeria), Jamie Graham (Tasmania), Ukhona Ntsali Mlandu (South Africa), Destro (Zambia), Arifstyle (Senegal), Tshiamo Malatji (South Africa) and Olutobi (Nigeria) to name just a few. Many others will be joining the project as its journey continues…
Stonewall Solidarity
Brighton Pride Exhibition
An Exhibition by Elliss Lewin-Turner for Brighton & Hove Pride | Jubilee Library
July/August 2019
In acknowledgement of the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, urbanflo artist Elliss set up a pop up photo shoot for members, allies and supporters of the LGBTQ+ community who were visiting Vrystaat Arts Festival in South Africa. The international participants hailed from across South Africa and the wider African continent as well as from Australia, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, Tasmania and beyond...
A selection of the pop up portraits were put together as a special addition to the
A selection of the pop up portraits were put together as a special addition to the
Brighton Pride neXus exhibition for a collection called 'Stonewall Solidarity'
Elliss Lewin-Turner is an interdisciplinary artist blending media and genres including video, photography, illustration, writing and performance. Her work explores bodies, cultures and the environment, seeking to question the way they are perceived.
