Futuresonic

Radical German artist Joseph Beuys and his 7000 Oaks artwork form the basis for this exchange between artists Ackroyd & Harvey and James Marriott of PLATFORM.

In 2007, Ackroyd & Harvey germinated over 200 acorns collected from trees grown as part of Beuys' artwork in Kassel and in doing so began a new long term project being presented for the first time at Futuresonic. With James Marriott's own experiences of Beuys' work to draw from, together they will explore what Beuys' legacy to ‘change the social order' means at the beginning of the 21st century.

6-8pm
Free event

Ackroyd & Harvey are also presenting an artwork and in conversation event at CUBE. Click here

Biographies

Ackroyd & Harvey

Sculpture, photography, biology and ecology are some of the disciplines that intersect in Ackroyd & Harvey's work, resulting in time-based acts that reveal an intrinsic bias towards process and event. They have exhibited extensively in the UK and internationally, in found spaces of architectural interest and established galleries and museums.

www.artsadmin.co.uk/artists/ah

James Marriott

A historian, naturalist, activist, and artist, James Marriott is a founding member and co-director of PLATFORM, a 22 year old award-winning organisation based in London. PLATFORM works across disciplines for social and ecological justice. It combines the transformatory power of art with the tangible goals of campaigning, the rigour of in-depth research with the vision to promote alternative futures.

www.platformlondon.org