Convergence is an ongoing series of critical conversations, screenings and written commissions, facilitated by the SLG and curated and hosted by invited guests.
WATCH THE RECORDINGS OF PAST EVENTS BELOW
June 2020: Cultural Compensation Won’t Sustain Anti-racism
July 2020: Public Monuments and Black Lives Matter
October 2020: Community Building Places
SHADE PODCAST
In 2021, we released a series of four co-curated conversations between Shade and Convergence – the South London Gallery’s platform for critical conversations, screenings and written commissions – explores anti-racism and the arts.
WRITTEN COMMISSIONS: SLG X SPREAD THE WORD
- Nuances of the black queer experience in Sex Education by Abena Essah
- Public House by Gboyega Odubanjo
- The opposite of erasure by S. Niroshini
- Repurposing the Gaze: A conversation with Paula Varjack by Keith Jarrett
- Notes on Hood Surrealism and MySpace Produkkyz by Kareem Parkins-Brown
- A Cage, Afloat: On I May Destroy You, Authorial Selves & Regimes of Relatability by Momtaza Mehri
HOW TO CREATE POWERFUL WRITING
Artist and writer Season Butler shares tips and advice for creating powerful writing in a series of three videos.
