Workshop with Author Aniefiok ‘Neef’ Ekpoudom
Wednesday 17 July, 1-3PM
Lighthouse Project Space, New England House, Elder Place, York Hill Corner, BN1 4GH
Workshop with Author Aniefiok ‘Neef’ Ekpoudom
Date: Wednesday 17 July 2024
Event: 1PM - 3PM
Location: Lighthouse Project Space, New England House, Elder Place, York Hill Corner, BN1 4GH ( map )
Tickets: FREE. Booking Required
Age: For 14-25 year olds
In this workshop Neef, author of Where We Come From: Rap Home and Hope in Modern Britain, will be creating an open and accessible space for young people to explore "where they come from" in the context of Brighton and nearby counties.
Through the exploration of the three tenets detailed in his book participants will explore how we find origins of music cultures, particularly underground genres and localised music-led communities, digging deep into the legacy of rap, hope, and home in and beyond our city.
In partnership with AudioActive, a local not-for-profit that creates social change through music, Neef will facilitate the workshop with a group of young people that would benefit from the workshop, focusing on underrepresented communities in and around Brighton.
This workshop is designed and intended for 14-25 year olds. If you are older and particularly keen to be involved we suggest attending the open session in the evening.
Programmed by our Future Creative Leaders (FCL.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Aniefiok ‘Neef’ Ekpoudom
Aniefiok ‘Neef’ Ekpoudom is a writer and storyteller from South London whose work documents community and culture in contemporary Britain. His debut book Where We Come From: Rap Home and Hope in Modern Britain is a social history of British Rap. It was released via Faber & Faber in January 2024.
aniefiokekpoudom.com | @aniefiokekp
AudioActive
AudioActive provide widely accessible projects that use music to support young people and emerging artists in reaching their potential. Their work aims to use music for social innovation, developing grassroots talent, and creating a fairer and more inclusive industry and world of work for young people.
https://audioactive.org.uk/ | @audioactive_
PHOTOGRAPHY AND 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.
ACCESSIBILITY
This event will be held on the ground floor, level access, of Lighthouse Project Space, New England House, Elder Place, York Hill Corner, 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.
about future creative leaders
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’, 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.
