Call for Participants | Landedness

Ejaradini Garden Talks. Photo: Tom Morley

Primary are looking for participants for Landedness, our new creative programme in collaboration with Black Swan Society & MADEYOULOOK, a documenta fifteen artist collaborative based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Landedness is a fun and dynamic knowledge and cultural exchange programme between South Africa and the UK focused on exploring the implications of Black urban gardening. 

This opportunity is for Black people and PoC aged 18-35.

Landedness builds on the two-year project by MADEYOULOOK at Primary (2020-2022), which included the Gardens of Others podcast and series of garden talks in 2021. Collaborating with artists and partners including MADEYOULOOK, the ungovernable, and BLK SWN Society, participants in South Africa and the UK will get the opportunity to explore the idea of “landedness” in both cultural contexts. 

Throughout the programme, you will be required to attend four workshops and two check-ins between March - July 2022; the below dates are provisional:

  • Online introductory meeting: Tuesday 29th March, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

  • In-person: Friday 15th - Saturday 16th April 2022

  • Online check-in: Monday 2nd May, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

  • In-person: Tuesday 17th May

  • Online check-in: June 2022, date and time TBC

  • A date in July TBC

If you are interested in this opportunity, please email Jade@weareprimary.org

Landedness is supported by the British Council Cultural Exchange programme, which assists cultural organisations, festivals, artists, and creatives between the countries of SSA and the UK to create art, build networks, collaborate and develop markets and share artists’ work with audiences. 

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