Plymouth was momentarily front page of the national news this summer after far-right anti-immigrant protesters gathered in the city intent on violent confrontation with the state. It was part of a season of disorder across the country and a signal of the deeper cultural malaise that has revealed itself as a feature of our national life in 2024.
As part of the New Contemporaries Public Programme and Plymouth Art Weekender, Radical Ecology will be bringing people together on 19 October (9.30am-4pm) at KARST including migrant support workers and youth workers from across the city as well as contemporary artists and cultural workers.
Discussion will focus on what’s been happening in Plymouth (and elsewhere) and explore what role art has in relation to these events, asking how the city is responding through its cultural strategy to heal division and serve as a driving force for change.