Open Session #20: Threads of History
Friday 21 February 2025, 6.30 PM - 9 PM
Lighthouse Project Space, Unit D North Level 1, New England House, Brighton, BN1 4GH
Date: Friday 21 February 2025
Time: 6.30 PM - 9 PM
Location: Lighthouse Project Space, Unit D North Level 1, New England House, Brighton, BN1 4GH (map)
Free, Booking Required.
This Open Session will be hosted by Tosin Adeosun following her residency at Lighthouse. It will offer insight into the African Style Archive, which she founded, its origins, and how this residency has helped move her work forward.
She will share key learnings, new discoveries, and reflections on the research and archiving process as well as introduce and position the works of African photographers in the context of dress history.
The event will feature a Q&A session hosted by Lighthouse Future Creative Leader Fez Sibanda, followed by an open discussion where the audience will have the chance to ask Tosin questions about her work.
Attendees will also have a unique opportunity to explore some of the archival materials and books on display—getting up close with the pieces that are shaping this important historical resource.
Join us for an evening of conversation, discovery, and celebration of African fashion history.
ABOUT
Tosin Adeosun
Tosin Adeosun (she/her) is a London-based researcher, curator, and consultant specialising in the culture, art, and fashion history of the African diaspora. She is the founder of African Style Archive, dedicated to preserving, documenting, and celebrating African fashion history and its global influence. She collaborates with archives, communities, brands, and institutions to curate compelling stories. Tosin has worked with institutions like Google Arts & Culture, Byredo, Guest Artist Space Lagos, London College of Fashion, and Modern Art Oxford, unearthing compelling narratives.
www.tosinadeosun.com | @africanstylearchive @motown_gal
Fez Sibanda
Fez Sibanda (she/her) is a Doctoral researcher at the University of Sussex with a passion for exploring how marginalised groups experience education. Her research dives into topics like race, coloniality, and higher education. When she’s not researching, she’s busy being a Lighthouse Future Creative Leader, where she’s hosted events and led panel discussions that spark important conversations. Fez is all about challenging systems, amplifying underrepresented voices, and creating spaces for powerful dialogue.
ACCESSIBILITY
This event will be held on the ground floor, level access, of Lighthouse Project Space, Unit D North Level 1, New England House, Brighton, BN1 4GH (map)
We have step-free access just to the left of our space. The step-free ramp is 1 metre wide, after the ramp you reach a blue door please use the 'Lighthouse' doorbell, one of the team will come to let you in and you will then go through a door that is 34 in / 86.5cm wide and after that another door in to the space that is 33.5 in / 85cm wide. There is an accessible toilet in the space on the same floor. We have one accessible parking space that must be booked in advance. For further information email info@lighthouse.org.uk or call 01273 647197.
Watch our video on the step-free access at Lighthouse Project Space. We are fundraising to adapt our entrance, so that everyone enters our space through the same door.
PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO DURING EVENT
Please note, that this event will be photographed/filmed. If you prefer not to be photographed please speak to a member of the Lighthouse team. The photographs and film we capture at our events are used for marketing and promotional purposes for our programme only and are stored securely.
ABOUT OUR FUNDERS
Future Creative Leaders (FCL) is a 12-month paid programme offering young creatives from underrepresented backgrounds the opportunity to work closely with Lighthouse's leadership team to explore various aspects of creative leadership. Funded and supported by Art Fund’s ‘Reimagine Grants’ and Chalk Cliff Trust, over the year, participants will co-curate programmes, select participants for mini-residencies, and recruit their successors, all while exploring alternative governance structures, accountability, and power-sharing.
