Free Books Campaign x Tate: Community Linkup
Hosted by Free Books Campaign
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This free ticket is intended for individuals who are unable to afford the cost of an exhibition ticket, therefore we ask you to please consider this when claiming a free ticket.
If you can afford a ticket and would like to join us, please purchase your ticket directly from the Tate website and email fatima@freebookscampaign.co.uk to confirm your attendance - see you there!
This event is 16+
Join us for our first ever Community Linkup in collaboration with the Tate, working together to make the arts more accessible to our communities. Each month we’ll host our Community Linkups, taking you to see exciting new exhibitions entirely for free, we’ll also be donating exhibition books and children’s books to those who can’t afford them or access them each month.
DETAILS
Time - 11am
Location - Tate Britain, Millbank
Date - 14th December
Community Linkups are spaces created for those with a love of storytelling, from photography to film, literature to music and anything in between - it’s a space for you to make friends, explore new worlds and attend a free exhibition.
In our first of many trips we will be meeting up to see the incredible new exhibition The 80's: Photographing Britain. Explore one of the UK’s most critical decades, the 1980s. This exhibition traces the work of a diverse community of photographers, collectives and publications –creating radical responses to the turbulent Thatcher years. Set against the backdrop of race uprisings, the miner strikes, section 28, the AIDS pandemic and gentrification – be inspired by stories of protest and change.
At the time, photography was used as a tool for social change, political activism, and artistic and photographic experiments. See powerful images that gave voice and visibility to underrepresented groups in society. This includes work depicting the Black arts movement, queer experience, South Asian diaspora and the representation of women in photography.
This exhibition examines how photography collectives and publications highlighted these often-unseen stories, featured in innovative photography journals such as Ten 8 and Cameraworks. It will also look at the development of Autograph ABP, Half Moon Photography Workshop, and Hackney Flashers.
Visitors will go behind the lens to trace the remarkable transformation of photography in Britain and its impact on art and the world.
ABOUT THE FREE BOOKS CAMPAIGN
Launched in 2020, the Free Books Campaign is a non-profit dedicated to bridging the gap in access to literature for all ages. Our focus is to get books by authors of colour to those who can’t afford or access them across the UK and Ireland.
We envision a world in which there are no barriers to reading, where it is not a privilege, but a powerful form of imagination building, escapism, education, relaxation and self care that all people can access freely and equitably.
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