Co-Build with Shaun C. Badham: Radical Intimacy by Sophie K Rosa
As part of the Reading Room project, a collaboration between TOMA and The Old Waterworks.
Sunday 30 June 12 - 3pm @ The Old Waterworks, North Road, Southend, SS0 7AB
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Join us for a creative workshop as part of Pluto Press’ The Reading Room project, looking at the themes within Sophie K Rosa’s new book Radical Intimacy. TOMA and The Old Waterworks are collaborating on these over the Summer.
On Sunday 30 June 2024, Shaun C. Badham will host a collaborative building activity and group discussion around the notion of ‘home’ in relation to chapter 4 of Radical Intimacy, A ladder is not a resting place.
Within an era of primarily developer led homes, the individual today seems the furthest they have ever been, from having any say or control around housing; so how did we get here? has it always been like this? We will initially explore a period of time (1890 to 1947) when working class families purchased freehold land and self-built homes, using alternative means and salvaged materials. We will speculate what might have been, if the policies which shifted power away from the individual, had never occurred, and whether Englands housebuilding crisis has always been inevitable under capitalism?
As homes (something essential) have become houses (a financial commodity), we will discuss from Radical Intimacy, the many alternative ways of living and support networks which have come to exist, from squatting, a chosen family, community unions and other forms of security.
The session will commence by collectively building a wooden elevated base, something akin to the base of a cabin, which in this case will be a platform for the group discussion. The wooden base, will be utilised and re appropriated for future events/activities as part of The Reading Room Project at The Old Waterworks, facilitating further conversation and hosting a multitude of voices.
Image credit: Installation view of Heron Stream x Strawberry Concorde base, prior to build completion, in collab with Josh Langan. 2023. Photo: Shaun C Badham
Weblink: https://shauncbadham.com/Herons-Stream
About Shaun C. Badham:
Shaun C. Badham is an artist born and lives in Essex, received a BA Fine Art from University West of England in Bristol (2012) and MFA Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London (2017). He produces installations and objects that draw out our relationship to exterior spaces and structures from the urban to the Edgelands. He has created long-term projects, which have included I’M STAYING (2013 – 2021), MORNING (2014-2018), PLOT (2018-2023) and recently EDGELANDS (2022 to present) which holds a collaborative element with Josh Langan, self building cabins on abandoned, disused or land banked land. Works have been presented at, House of Annetta, London; Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin; Tsarino Foundation, Bulgaria; Focal Point Gallery, Southend on Sea; Outpost Gallery, Norwich; Sculpture in the City, London; South Kiosk, London; Newbridge Project Space, Newcastle; Back Lane West, Cornwall, Annka Kultys Gallery, London and Arnolfini Centre of Contemporary Art, Bristol.
About The Reading Room:
The Reading Room is a new collaborative project where people can read, learn, listen, and share ideas. Through linking up with other spaces across the country, Pluto Press and the Left Book Club have created libraries stocked with thought provoking books, where reading groups and opportunities to meet authors are being established, providing resources and activities that hope to catalyse creativity, collaboration and conversation.
This is part of Pluto Press’ The Reading Room project. TOMA and The Old Waterworks are collaborating on more of these over 2024.