Ray is a poet, performer, freelancer and caffeine enthusiast based in Birmingham. His work centres around discomfort and pushing people to dip into pools of thought they previously thought they may drown in. Ray is black, trans, queer and grateful. He is currently working on THE EXAM under Eastside projects and the Middleway mentorship scheme
Georgia Lale is a Greek-born American visual artist and cancer fighter based in Brooklyn. Through their multidisciplinary practice, Lale explores the human body’s blueprint on the social and political realm of modern society and advocates for accessible healthcare and gender equality. They received their MFA from the School of Visual Arts, NYC (2016) as a Basil
KAJOLI (Farida Yesmin) was born and grew up in Bangladesh. She studied Fine Art at Dhaka University (1998) and has a Masters degree in that subject from Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal, India (2003). In her – ever evolving – artistic practice, KAJOLI experiments with different media, from photography and drawing to live performance, exploring issues of
Denys Blacker is a visual artist whose practice spans performance art, drawing, sculpture and video. She recently completed a funded PhD titled Interconnection, Synchronicity and Consciousness in Improvised Performance Art Practices at Northumbria University in Newcastle. In 2002, she co-founded Gresol, a non-profit making cultural association and since then, she has organised over 20 international Performance art