Peckham 24 is a not-for-profit festival founded in 2016 by curator Vivienne Gamble and artist Jo Dennis, with a strong focus on new talent and experimental artists working with photography.
The 2021 programme was developed in response to the waves of protest and public demonstration witnessed around the world during the lockdowns of 2020. Through exhibitions and live events specially programmed for the festival, Peckham 24 created space for urgent reflection on some of the most pressing global issues of our time.
We were delighted to be invited to take part in the panel Archival Solidarity: Building and (Re)Activating Archives, alongside Sunil Shah and Pablo Lerma.
Bringing together a range of perspectives, the panel explored the role that visual archives can play in building solidarity through archive-making, archival activation, and public engagement. The discussion moved across different contexts, from challenging performative ideas of queerness, to collectively exploring personal and shared histories and identities, to reflecting on the collective memories and documents of Punjabi migration to the city of Wolverhampton.
Venue: SUNSET STUDIOS, Studio ONE, Bussey Building
