Revision was a research and events programme that explored repair, collaboration and evaluation. In response to the ongoing effects of the global pandemic and with increasing calls from artists and art workers to reimagine how we work, this programme acts as a ‘reset’, providing a space to reflect on the work we’ve done, and the work we want to do. In this time no exhibitions will be presented, and the gallery will be used as a site for research and learning through conversation and group work.
During Revision a series of public talks and workshops were held at Peer, inviting guest speakers and audiences to playfully and critically reflect on issues relating to the infrastructures and systems that we live and work within. Hackney-based organisation, Engage Here led five workshops for local children, young people and their carers that embrace recovery through creative making. Additionally, a series of public talks with artists, writers, researchers and curators explored issues we want to learn more about as an organisation, such as sustainable economies, social and climate justice, cooperative models, and artistic labour. Throughout Revision, Peer also hosted closed working groups and gatherings with artists, local residents and partners to collectively review how we work together.
Revision is an organisational learning programme that gives space and time to address how we collaborate, produce and practice through conversation with our communities.
The Peer team put together a reference list of articles, books, online talks, art projects and art works that we have taken inspiration from, and has helped inform the Revision programme. This list of resources reflects our process of researching, learning and reimagining how we work. You can access the list below.
Talks, events and workshops:
Wednesday 16 November 2022
Artists Joshua Leon and Abbas Zahedi hosted a conversation with the Peer team on repair and practice as part of their ongoing project, Kounsel. Kounsel is an immaterial and moving space organised by Leon and Zahedi where all can enter into discussion as active contributors and listeners.
Thursday 17, 24 November, Friday 2, 9 and Thursday 15 December 2022
Engage Here, a Hackney-based arts organisation that engages people living with neurodiversity and cognitive impairment through the arts hosted a series of free afternoon creative sessions at Peer for children, young people and their carers.
Thursday 8 December 2022
Writers Adrienne Buller and Mathew Lawrence discussed their recent book Owning the Future: Power and Property in an Age of Crisis (2022), arguing that the systemic change we need hinges on a new era of democratic ownership.
Wednesday 1 February 2023
Artist and researcher Mandy Merzaban shareed research on arts labour and the institutional conditions and attitudes that shape anti-racist work.
