Part of Our Gut
“Though we know about [climate change], we don’t know about it. It hasn’t registered in our gut; it isn’t part of our culture. Where are the books? The poems? The plays? The goddamn operas? ”
A compilation of interviews exploring the relationship between art and activism, the parallels between disability rights and environmentalism, and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Interviews conducted 15 - 27th June; all views and information correct as of that time. With thanks to the interviewees (in order of appearance):
Iona MacPherson - @thisisiona_
Tolmeia Gregory - @tollydollyposh
Polly Creed - www.powerplaytheatre.com
Liam O’Dell - www.liamodell.com
Sharlene Gandhi - @sharlene_gandhi
Ellen Jones - www.ellen-jones.co.uk
Katie Pennick - @katiepennick
Samia Dumbuya - instagram.com/seizethevote
And with thanks to the following activists for answering my questions for additional context when creating the piece:
Susana Colinas FischerDaniel Jones - dpjonesphoto.com
Lauren Lethbridge Eva Marin i Lluset - instagram.com/eva_marlu
Francisca Rockey - twitter.com/franciscarockey
Intro - meet the interviewees
Frustrations and hopes for COVID
Art in Activism
Access to art during COVID
Creating art and change during COVID
Effect on young emerging artists
Life and art after lockdown
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Izzy Inkpen is a queer, environmentalist inter-disciplinary artist and producer. Working with poetry, dance, theatre, video and occasionally music, they are invested in championing historically marginalised voices and deconstructing ideas of originality and power in storytelling.
After graduating from University College London with a First Class BA Hons in English, they wrote, produced, and performed their debut show Run Softly with Totally Thames 2018. They then completed an intensive poetry course with Apples and Snakes, trained as a Future Innovator of East London Dance, and have gone on to create theatre, video exhibitions, short films, and poetry with a wide range of organisations including the Tate Modern, True Name Theatre, Imperial College London, Battersea Arts Centre, and We're Making a Film collective.
