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Image: Ebun Sodipo. Photo courtesy of the artist & Soft Opening.

How does our past shape our future? And how do we make art for those who will come after?

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In this event, London-based interdisciplinary artist Ebun Sodipo will reflect on collage and fabulation as methods to shape Black trans futures. Addressing archival gaps, Sodipo will share insights into her current research and illustrate how (re)imagining past states can facilitate future joy.

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Join us for a short presentation from Sodipo, followed by a discussion, with time for audience questions at the end.​

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Ebun Sodipo makes work for black trans people of the future. Guided by black feminist study, with a methodology of collage and fabulation, her work locates and produces real and imaginable narratives of black trans women’s presence, embodiment, and interiority across the past, present and future. In doing this, Sodipo fills in historical gaps to create moments of archival pleasure for black trans people. This work takes place across multiple spaces: galleries, festivals, theatre, digital, and print; in varied forms such as sound, performance, text, installation, video, and sculpture.​

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This event is part of the Race, Rights & Sovereignty ‘States of Matter’ strand. ‘States of Matter’ is a programme strand which considers interactions between art and statehood, asking how practitioners shift our present states of living. 

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Race, Rights and Sovereignty is now in its sixth year. It was established as a partnership between The Art School: GSA's Students' Association (GSASA) and GSA Exhibitions. The programme has been developed in order to create opportunities, and forums, to engage with and unpack ideas and issues related to race, rights & sovereignty; particularly in the contexts of creative practice. The series aims to celebrate, challenge, inform and inspire the next generation of artists, designers and architects, empowering them to have a creative voice. ​