Eliel Jones and Tanoa Sasraku in conversation at Hoxton Hall, 25 March 2:30 - 4pm
Image: Tanoa Sasraku, Liths (2023). Installation view Peer, London, 2023. Sasraku’s Liths series was originally commissioned and produced by Spike Island, Bristol. Photos: Andy Keate.
This Saturday 25 March, at 2:30pm join artist Tanoa Sasraku and curator and organiser, Eliel Jones for a conversation about Sasraku’s solo exhibition at PEER in relation to her wider practice. The event will take place at Hoxton Hall, 130 Hoxton St, London N1 6SH (2 minute walk from PEER) from 2:30 - 4pm. The event is free for all, but booking is recommended.
About the speakers:
Eliel Jones is a curator, writer and organiser based in London. He was the Curator of the second edition of the Brent Biennial, titled In the House of my Love (2022), and is currently Interim Head of Programmes for Metroland Cultures. Jones’ research interests and methodologies stem from intersectional approaches to queer and feminist discourse and are guided by his involvement in direct community action and solidarity, such as through his organising work with Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants. Other curatorial projects include: Queer Correspondence, a worldwide mail-art initiative; Do You Host?, Ujazdowski Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland; Acts of Translation, Mohammed and Mahera Abu Ghazaleh Foundation, Amman, Jordan; and Experiments on Public Space, Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA. He has previously held curatorial positions at organisations including Cell Project Space and Chisenhale Gallery (both in London). Jones regularly writes on contemporary art and performance for various international publications, and is a visiting lecturer in Fine Art and Curating courses in the UK.
Tanoa Sasraku (b. 1995, Plymouth) lives and works in London. Recent exhibitions include Tanoa Sasraku, Vardaxoglou; Terratypes, Spike Island, Bristol, Radical Landscapes, Tate Liverpool; and Testament, Goldsmiths CCA, London (all 2022). A Tower to Say Goodbye, General Release, Chelsea Sorting Office (2021); Recession Grimace, Klosterruine, Berlin, (2020); Tanoa Sasraku: O’Pierrot, LUX Moving Image, London (2020); Resist: be modern (again), John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK; Nashashibi/Skaer – Thinking through other artists, Tate St Ives, UK (both 2019). In 2021, Sasraku was awarded the Arts Foundation Futures Award for Visual Arts and is currently enrolled at the Royal Academy Schools.
