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# Project Description Our Connection to Water at the National Maritime Joseph Ijoyemi (The Collective Makers) Summary Final work Our mission is to campaign for diversity within the art sector, elevate artist profiles, and forge new platforms and turn subcontracting to partnerships in the industry. Through our initiatives, we aim to dismantle barriers and ensure that black artists from the diaspora have equitable access to opportunities. Our mission is to campaign for diversity within the art sector, elevate artist profiles, an... College Central Saint Martins Course MA Fine Art Graduation year 2023 Water is a vital resource, but, to many, it holds a sacred significance. Beyond its uses for cleaning and drinking, water is central to many cultural and spiritual practices around the world. Our Connection to Water brings together seven artists : Aya Mohamed, Artemis Evlogimenou, Dafe Oboro, Giya Makondo-Wills, JIUN Collective, Paul Malone and Seba Calfuqueo. Their work, influenced by their different backgrounds and experiences, explores our human connection to water. Through photography, audio, film, illustration and installations, they share their perceptions of and relationships to water, and consider how it impacts their communities socially, culturally, environmentally, emotionally and spiritually. This exhibition has been co-produced by The Collective Makers and Royal Museums Greenwich, and curated by Joseph Ijoyemi and Lison Sabrina Musset . Joseph Ijoyemi is a Swedish Nigerian multidisciplinary artist and the co-founder of The Collective Makers. Currently he is studying for a Masters in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins of Arts UAL. “Water is a resource that is often seen as a basic commodity," he says. "It’s a survival necessity and a daily need, but there is a deeply rooted meaning to water across many cultures." Lison Sabrina Musset is a French-Brazilian visual artist and the co-founder of The Collective Makers. She is inspired by her journey through life and topics around self-identity, self-awareness and self-confidence. “We’re looking to explore how water impacts communities socially, culturally, environmentally, emotionally and spiritually," she says. The Collective Makers was created in response to a lack of opportunity for emerging visual artists. They campaign to improve diversity within the art sector and to raise artist profiles. The Show is still open until March 2024. To visit the show click HERE. Final work Paul Malone Paul Malone currently has a studio practice in Deptford, south London. He studied Fine Art and Sculpture at Reading University and the Royal College of Art. He has exhibited mainly in the UK and Europe and has curated a number of exhibitions and projects. Image: The Photonic Ocean by Paul Malone, 2023 Giya Makondo-Wills Giya Makondo-Wills is a British-South African documentary photographer and visual artist. She focuses on urgent matters of our time and how they relate to the history of marginalised communities. Giya aims to challenge visual culture and the western gaze, recognising the role of the camera in writing new histories. Giya works with themes such as identity, race, colonisation, and systems of power, using collaboration to preserve the stories of those that are often overlooked. JIUN Collective JIUN Collective are based in south-east London. They are three sisters, Kharis, Verity and Stephanie Wong, making work across a variety of media including ceramics, printmaking, installation and photography. Through collaborative making, they explore how you can evoke shared experiences. Video & Series of Images: Extract from Conversations with our Grandmothers by JIUN Collective, 2022 Research and process Share this project Water is a vital resource, but, to many, it holds a sacred significance.Beyond its uses for cleaning and drinking, water is central to many cultural and spiritual practices around the world.Our Connection to Water <a href="https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/nati... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard
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