Multi-disciplinary artist Chisara (Agor) is a musician, actor and theatre maker based in Peckham and Madrid.
The singer songwriter is self-taught at the guitar and ukulele. Their influences range from jazz to folk, soul and indie pop. Their work is eclectic, addressing contemporary themes and conflicts whilst commenting on the notion of the human spirit and vulnerability.
In 2021, Chisara performed a set as part of The Message We Bring, a weekend of creative interventions at The Palms, Peckham.
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Events
Tilting the Mirror x The Palms was a three-week experience bringing together a soundscape and performance programme titled The Message We Bring with a focus on community representation.
August 2024's Memories for the Future: Social Gathering was an afternoon of family friendly creative activities with music, tastings and sharing stories on Peckham Square.
Projects
This three year initiative aims to establish a greater knowledge and understanding of community-led cultural activity.
The project takes its title from a conversation that Bennett had with an older friend. Speaking out of tone, the artist was met with the reply “Yuh Figet Yuhself!”. The statement was made in jest but served as a reminder that she had literally and figuratively forgotten herself.
This project celebrates the distinct dialogues of a multi-generational group of participants and mediums of ‘insistent archiving’ that preserve the wealth and variance of these narratives.
Memories for the Future is a hyperlocal community-led programme that researches and responds to the intangible heritage of the people who shaped Peckham’s iconic Rye Lane.
Born in the UK of Caribbean migrant parents, artist and writer Michael McMillan uses mixed media as part of a creative collaborative process that brings in other artists and local people for performances and exhibitions.
David Cotterrell is an installation artist working across varied media including video, audio, interactive media, artificial intelligence, device control and hybrid technology. His work exhibits political, social and behavioural analyses of the environments and contexts, which he and his work inhabit.
Mhairi Macaulay’s work is characterised by a fascination with ‘The Social’: the way individuals interact with each other. Without a fixed aesthetic, Macaulay plays with the preconceptions we have about different communities, from grassroots groups to large corporations.
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