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SKFEST is our annual micro festival and our biggest event of the year. Run across Dalston over two days, we celebrate diversity in the Hackney community and beyond, giving a platform to emerging talent working in poetry, theatre, music, visual arts and movement.
2017's edition featured an art curation workshop, Bun Babylon, run by Rianna Jade Parker, our very own stage adaptation of Lord of the Flies - BOYS, a reading and Q&A with author JJ Bola as well as a host of community market stalls brought to us by Jamii. We ended SKFEST with the sensational Art in the Warehouse, which featured ABOE, Brother Portrait, Belinda Zhawi and Omar Bynon, just to name a few. 2018 sees us programme work at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre for three days, including a special edition of Born::Free, a visual art takeover from (In)Space, a new interpretation of HOME directed by Steven Kavuma, drop-in and intensive creative workshops led by The S+K Team, a closing special of Art in the Theatre and so. Much. More. The only question left is... Are you ready? Tickets out soon!
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THE ARCHIVE
Scroll down to view the full programme of SKFEST 2017, and get an idea of what's in store this year by watching the video below!
Community Market, curated by Jamii
Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
We invited Jamii to curate 2017’s Community Market, housed in the idyllic Dalston Eastern Curve Garden throughout SKFEST.
Jamii is a discount card for Black British businesses, where you can save on everything from your favourite hair products, to beautifully authentic food and stunning and empowering artwork.
Jamii is a platform designed to get you into the habit of thinking about the incredible businesses within the community whenever you shop. Jamii encourages entrepreneurial talent, and have a desire to see these Black British businesses grow and grow.
Jamii is a discount card for Black British businesses, where you can save on everything from your favourite hair products, to beautifully authentic food and stunning and empowering artwork.
Jamii is a platform designed to get you into the habit of thinking about the incredible businesses within the community whenever you shop. Jamii encourages entrepreneurial talent, and have a desire to see these Black British businesses grow and grow.
Bun Babylon, with Rianna Jade Parker
Dalston CLR James Library
We invited writer, curator and artist Rianna Jade Parker to lead a progressive workshop on getting to grips with putting together an exhibition in contemporary art spaces across the UK. The workshop focused on curating visual arts in a variety of spaces including galleries and museums.
The session touched upon how curation works in both established institutions and DIY spaces whilst also exploring what it’s like working as a consultant in these spaces – and how curation can be a form of resistance/bunnin babylon.
The session touched upon how curation works in both established institutions and DIY spaces whilst also exploring what it’s like working as a consultant in these spaces – and how curation can be a form of resistance/bunnin babylon.
Live and Direct, with The S+K Project
Dalston CLR James Library
The S+K Project’s outreach team led a one-of-a-kind workshop sharing methods and techniques for emerging actors, devisers, facilitators and theatre-lovers on how best to start the process of making work.
With a focus of working in inclusive settings, The S+K Team guided participants through practical exercises and activities to equip them with the tools to make work for yourself and others with confidence, creativity and charisma. This was an inclusive workshop open to all abilities and experiences, led by David Gilbert and Monae Robinson.
With a focus of working in inclusive settings, The S+K Team guided participants through practical exercises and activities to equip them with the tools to make work for yourself and others with confidence, creativity and charisma. This was an inclusive workshop open to all abilities and experiences, led by David Gilbert and Monae Robinson.
BOYS, by The S+K Project
DALSTON EASTERN CURVE GARDEN
BOYS was an adaptation of Lord of the Flies, a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author William Golding.
With an all POC male cast, the sold-out play was a dark examination of what happens when a group of young men are stranded on an island and try to govern themselves. The play explored the themes of politics, morality, gender and identity, viewing Golding’s writing through a contemporary lense for today’s audiences. Produced by The S+K Project, directed by Steven Kavuma.
With an all POC male cast, the sold-out play was a dark examination of what happens when a group of young men are stranded on an island and try to govern themselves. The play explored the themes of politics, morality, gender and identity, viewing Golding’s writing through a contemporary lense for today’s audiences. Produced by The S+K Project, directed by Steven Kavuma.
No Place to Call Home:
JJ Bola in Conversation with Malakai Sargeant
Dalston CLR James Library
Writer, poet and educator JJ Bola held an intimate reading of his newly published and highly-acclaimed novel No Place to Call Home, available to order online or to buy in bookshops who know a thing or two about sensational literature. The novel is a unique tale of belonging, identity and immigration, of hope and hopelessness, of loss – not by death, but by distance – and, by no means the least, of love.
The reading was followed by a conversation between JJ Bola and Malakaï Sargeant, followed by an audience Q&A.
The reading was followed by a conversation between JJ Bola and Malakaï Sargeant, followed by an audience Q&A.
