#WeMove! Global Youth Series: Day 3

ONLINE ONLY EVENT

10AM - 11AM BST

Online Networking Session [ZOOM ONLY, NOT AT SQUARE ONE] 

Creatives & Society – Whose responsibility? [Not BSL Interpreted]

In a world that feels increasingly fragmented and divisive what is the role of the creative? Often artists feel compelled to respond to social injustices, supporting and lifting marginalised voices and speaking out in innovative and compelling ways through their artforms and in partnership with others.

But this expectation has challenges, where does an artists’ identity restrict them and silo their work? Is our expectation for artists to act and lead problematic when the systems that support them are limited? Beyond that, what are the challenges for artists creating work in challenging international contexts.

Join artists and changemakers from around the world for a conversation that explores the complexities of artists’ relationship with social responsibility and change today.

A conversation led by the Global Youth Series international steering group with input from local and international creatives.

SIGN UP - ONLINE ONLY EVENT (10AM-11AM BST)

HYBRID PROGRAMME STARTS

11.15AM BST

Registration Opens

11.30AM - 12.15PM BST

Welcome and Keynote

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Keynote address from international artists and young changemakers engaged with the In Place of War 100 Agents of Change Programme.

Featuring Robert Mũnũku (Kenya) & Rhona Oughton (UK)

12.15PM - 1.15PM BST

Making it Happen: Creative Roles Behind the Scenes

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Those pioneering creative work aren’t always the most visible, this panel brings producers, cultural managers and movers and shakers that make things happen across artforms both here in Coventry and internationally.

Tam Kaur hosts:

Lesley Ann Welsh, Creative, Producer & Changemaker (Jamaica)

Erin Brown, Music publicist, radio plugger and events Manager (Coventry)

Coolie and Dylan Ots, Music Producer and Music Manager (Coventry)

1.15PM - 2.30PM BST

Lunch and Breakout Activity – Play, Explore & Test New Creative Work

Light refreshments available

2.30PM - 3.45PM BST

Digital Storytelling Lab – New Immersive Work from Nairobi and Coventry - Youth Unemployment, Big Decisions and Creative Work

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How do you work together across 6,000 miles? For the last 8-month teams of young creatives from Coventry and Nairobi have been collaborating to create new work that explores life in their cities for young people today.

Audio piece ‘Now that I Know Things’ is a creative dialogue between two young women in Coventry and Nairobi exploring life decisions post-university.

‘Our Daily Bread’ is an interactive video piece around the challenges of youth unemployment in both cities.

Meet the creatives behind these projects, find out about how to create across borders and hear from changemakers and decision makers working in the fields of youth unemployment and skills about the future of work in the creative industries and beyond.

With young artists from Coventry and Nairobi, Joseph Amoah (BBC R&D), Mutana Wanjira (Nairobi Creative) and Matilda Agace (Common Vision).

3.45PM - 4.30PM BST

Networking Break

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Meet someone new, find out more about the British Council and explore new creative work.

4.30PM - 5.30PM BST

Space and the City

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How does the physical environment impact our relationship with our cities? Who makes decisions about the streets we walk down and the places we do and don’t have access to? How might public spaces better represent the communities that inhabit them and spur creativity or even better health?

Through this discussion we hear from artists, entrepreneurs and architects who have pushed the boundaries of cities’ design and role – asking questions about exactly what type of city we want for our collective futures.  

This discussion includes contributions from the Youthful Cities Coventry x Bogota artists who have created new murals across both cities that engage with questions of social change and Youth Identity.

With Young Colombian Street Art Talent, Vertigo Graffiti (Bogota Colombia), Amin El Didi (Architect - Egypt), Bryony Simcox (Producer & Creator).

5.30PM - 6.15PM BST

Networking Break & Reception

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6.15PM - 6.45PM BST

Youthful Cities Cov x Detroit – New Music from across the Atlantic

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Through the last year, 10 young musicians from Coventry and Detroit have been collaborating on an album, sharing musical influences and experiences of life in both cities. This is a chance to see these musicians perform new work for the first time.

6.45PM - 7.15PM BST

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