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A Tale of Cities
Workshop for Families
5/11/23 2pm
Free
Join RESOLVE Collective, Alaa Satir and Sahra Hersi at the final family workshop as part of the Tools for Solidarity outdoor play commission by RESOLVE Collective.
What stories will you tell through creating exciting new cities?
From Kandakes of Meroë, Sudan to the Pirates of Port Royal, Jamaica, the cities of the world are made as much from from stories and narratives, histories and mythologies as they are from bricks and mortar.
Exploring the creative practices of Alaa Satir, Sahra Hersi, and RESOLVE Collective, The Mosaic Room’s past and present Family Commission artists, A Tale of Cities is a workshop that celebrates the role of storytelling in citymaking.
Through this workshop, we will build our own cities and narrate the stories within them by making houses and streets with Sahra Hersi, adding graphic characters with Alaa Satir, and using materials from RESOLVE Collective.
The result will be a city of stories built from sticks, tape, and cardboard, that weaves through the Tools For Solidarity installation in the Mosaic Room’s garden.
Book your free place using the RSVP below. All ages are welcome; however, the workshop activities may be best suited for children aged 4 – 12. All materials will be provided. Please note that all children must be accompanied by a guardian at all times.
RESOLVE‘s project portfolio ranges from architecture/urban design projects to community support work, from artist installations to research publications. They have worked critically with numerous art institutions including S1 Gallery (Sheffield), Het Nieuwe Instituut (Rotterdam), Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt & SAAVY Contemporary (Berlin), Kunstverein Braunschweig (Braunschweig), Wellcome Collection, V&A Museum, The Barbican Centre, Tate Modern & Mosaic Rooms (London); a variety of public sector clients such as the London boroughs of Croydon, Ealing, and Greenwich; and other fellow community-focused organisations such as SADACCA (Sheffield), Skin Deep (London), MAIA (Birmingham), and Mansions of the Future (Lincoln).
Alaa Satir (b. 1990, Khartoum) is a visual artist and designer. Her stylised graphic works have a bold and distinctive style, often featuring women as the central figures. Alaa’s work came to prominence during the Sudanese revolution of 2018, when her large-scale murals of her figures highlighting the role of women in the revolution and celebrating the demands of the revolutionaries reached online audiences internationally. Currently based in London for her master studies at UAL, Satir was commissioned to develop this new work. Read about Alaa Satir
Image: Courtesy of Nicola Tree