Read, Watch & Listen

For May’s Poem, Eleanor Penny reflects on the concept of home, exploring the political fractures within her heritage.

This month, Bertil Nilsson presents ‘Finding your voice’, an artistic documentary featuring three of our Barbican Young Creatives as they share how the arts have helped them define their creativity and use their voice.

Irish rock band Microdisney perform their song 'Dolly' in the Barbican Exhibition Halls.

Swiss photographer Walter Pfeiffer recounts his first steps into the world of photography, and shares the story of how 'Carlo Joh', his series of photographs of a young man oscillating between naked, made-up and drag, came into being.

This April, Kareem Parkins-Brown shares his poem, ‘Did You Pack Your Own Bags?’, inspired by the Cambridge Analytica files and the nature of privacy.

Since the 1980s, Chilean photographer Paz Errázuriz has documented those living on the fringes of society: from trans communities to the homeless. Here she recounts the stories behind some of her photographs and talks to us about living with her subjects in a brothel during the military regime in Chile.

This month, Jenny Jokela shares the story of paraclimber, Anoushé Husain in a handpainted animation featuring an interview with Anoushé where she discusses the concept of difference, confidence and resilience.

For March, Laurie Ogden shares her poem, ‘Hunger Strike’, inspired by the treatment of women detained at Yarl’s Wood.

Helen Plumb’s film, A Prickly Subject, follows the account of a woman who is grappling with the decision of whether or not she should embrace her body hair in public – a prickly subject indeed…

Moroccan artist Yto Barrada talks to curator Lotte Johnson about her new exhibition, 'Agadir', and how she uses collages, installations and performances to create a portrait of a city and its people in a state of transition.

For February, Jeremiah ‘Sugar J.’ Brown shares his poem, ‘I’m Rooting For Everybody Black’, inspired by one of Tobi Kyeremateng’s tweets, ‘I’m rooting for everybody black’.

We caught up with artist Jennifer Stein to learn more about how a chance meeting with the then-unknown graffiti artist, 'SAMO' aka Jean-Michel Basquiat, at a New York loft party led to a vibrant collaboration on a collection of postcards capturing the energy and creativity of their youth.