Programme
Cosima Cobley Carr: Collage World Building Workshop
6.30pm–9.30pm. Garden Room
In response to Noah Davis’ practice of creating realities outside of racial inequalities, join artist Cosima Cobley Carr in a mixed-media workshop exploring world-building. Through combining abstract watercolour painting with collage techniques, you will be invited to imagine new worlds beyond the social strictures, scrutiny, judgements and inequalities you may face.
Cosima Cobley Carr is an interdisciplinary artist moving across moving-image, collage, sound and performance. Their work explores issues relating to language-use, social understanding and psychological and psychoanalytic narratives.
Sally Barton: Banner Making Workshop
6.30pm–9.30pm. Garden Room
In this textiles-based workshop, participants are encouraged to reflect on the works of Noah Davis and their own personal connections to home, heritage, landscape and memory. You'll develop skills in textiles by creating tapestries or banners inspired by Davis' paintings, layering fabrics, beads, buttons and ribbon to create emotive scenes that incorporate figures, buildings, landscapes and scenery.
Sally Barton is a socially engaged artist, based in East London and working out of OOF Gallery Studios. Originally from Sheffield, her practice explores her relationship to the North of England and the social and industrial history of England. She works in photography, textiles, collage and sculpture.
Music from (((CLEOPATRA)))
6.30pm–8pm, Garden Room
Stop by the Garden Room where DJ (((CLEOPATRA))) will be providing music for the evening.
(((CLEOPATRA))) is a musician and DJ hailing from Catford, inspired by the vibrations of music and the eclectic sounds of London. Bringing a multi-genre fusion to her sets and mixes, she is inspired by broken beat, house and soul. She is part of the 2024/25 Roundhouse Music Collective and a Threads Radio DJ resident with her bi-monthly show 'Electric Relaxin’.
Sky Dair: Write, Make & Publishing Workshop
6.30pm–8pm, Conservatory Well
Meet writer and artist Sky Dair and explore their archive and works within writing, making and publishing. This workshop will consist of short pop up readings from her book.
Sky Dair is a writer and multi-disciplinary artist from London. Her practice focuses on the catharsis within making and thinking. Over the last five years, she has built a career within the independent art book and zine industry. Her debut book ‘It Takes Time to Build Castles’ is being released by Worms Publishing in April 2025.
Fikayo Adebajo: Anti-interpretation Tour & Otherwise Manifesto Making
6.30pm–8pm, Conservatory Terrace
Join artist-curator Fikayo Adebajo for Otherwise Manifesto Making, a workshop designed to help you craft personal manifestos inspired by the visionary work of Noah Davis.
Envisioning Davis’ paintings as portals of possibility, the session will begin with a short Anti-Interpretation tour guided with specially designed prompt cards. We’ll set aside the theory and channel our emotions, memories and dreams to see visions of our future through the artworks. We'll then return to the workshop space to transform these visions into visual declarations.
Through collage, found imagery, Barbican archival material and intuitive mark-making, you’ll shape your own artistic or personal manifestos, statements of intention, resistance and possibility. You are invited to bring meaningful images or 2D objects, such as stickers, ticket stubs and fabric scraps, to include in your manifest.
Fikayo Adebajo is an award winning photographer, artist and curator. She is guided by her concept of the “Otherwise Gaze” — a methodology for existing in communion with ourselves and others to transform our inner landscapes and the world around us. Working with images, objects and participatory processes, her practice creates spaces of reflection and collective creativity.
Pop up performances by Queer Jazz
6.45pm–7.45pm, Gallery
Join Queer Jazz for a series of pop up performances in our gallery, as musicians respond to the work of Noah Davis in and amongst his work.
Queer Jazz's Queer Jam
8.15pm–9pm, Garden Room
Pop along to the Conservatory Well where Queer Jazz will be jamming. They'll be bringing a specially curated band to this event to host an improvised jam that welcomes everyone to get involved. Inspired by the legacy of Noah Davis’ underground museum we can expect the sharing of spoken word, manifestos, improvised graphic scores, and of course dancing, celebrating the ideal of art for the people.
Queer Jazz is all about community. Founded by DJ and broadcaster Tina Edwards and musician/composer Arowah, they exist to platform and celebrate LGBTQIA+ jazz artists and to nurture an emerging queer jazz scene.
