Warwick academics to present research in new ways at Tate Modern London

Researchers from the University of Warwick have teamed up with international artists to put on a free 6 day public programme at the Tate Modern in London spanning the visual arts, film, photography, design, architecture, spoken and written word running from 14-19 March 2017. The programme, 'Who are we?' is inspired by the Tate Exchange initiative. Tate Exchange is an ambitious 'open experiment' which allows other organisations and members of the public to participate in Tate's creative process, running events and projects on site and using art as a way of addressing wider issues in the world around us. The programme will feature four current research projects being conducted by University of Warwick academics who have collaborated with artists from countries including Serbia, Romania and South Africa to create installations and events. Visitors are invited to reflect on identity, belonging, migration and citizenship through arts, academic research and audience participation. The work centres on these questions: · What is becoming of Europe and the UK? · What are we forgetting, and with what consequences? · How does our colonial past connect to today's migratory movements' · Can the creative uses of technologies, logistics, visual art and performances show us a glimpse of another Europe, another 'We' - Dr Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance and Dr Tim White Principal Teaching Fellow in Theatre and Performance both at the University of Warwick have worked with the writer and poet JC Niala, to create, ' Who You Think We Are' a conversational performance with audience participation, around language, the words we use, how we talk.