As part of the year-long residency with Diasporas Now, we are collaborating with 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning based in Brixton on a series of work in progress performances. Led by a Diasporas Now artist, they will collaborate with an emerging artist from ICA Creatives and 198 on an evening showcasing work in the process of being made.

The first session in the series will be led by Joshua Woolford, a transdisciplinary artist working between performance, painting, sculpture, sound, video, and installation. WIP: Sharing Space highlights the importance of seeing work that is unfinished and still in transition. It also celebrates dialogue and collaboration, inviting feedback from the audience and conversation between the artists. For WIP: Sharing Space, an ICA Creative will be paired with a Diasporas Now artist to encourage skill-sharing, mentorship and collaboration for young artists.
 
ICA Creatives is our core youth programme for young people age 16-30. The 2024/2025 edition has taken a multidisciplinary, genre-fluid approach to creativity in collaboration with Pesolife Collective. Using the ICA as a resource and the urban environment as inspiration, the program supports young people in learning various ways of making, gathering, and producing to engage with photographic, sound, and film-focused audio-visual practices.