British artist Annie-Rose’s painting practice strives to capture a sense of ‘aliveness’ be that from humans, trees or abstract space. Whatever she makes, her work follows her deep connection with the earth, the dynamism of gestural mark-making and an emphasis on motion and light. Working from life as much as possible, she is often found…
Beccy McCray explores playful, socially engaged art and design using an interdisciplinary approach that includes installation, participation, print, paint or whatever media necessary to create human moments and imaginative acts of resistance. Seeking to break down boundaries between art, activism and everyday life, Beccy ultimately aims to spread joy and inspire positive change at grass…
Joviale is a multidisciplinary artist from North London making otherworldly, immersive music that plays with “minimal textures, killer interjections and vocals that are equal parts restraint and rage.” (The Times). We’ve loved them since their first EP Crisis – we fell in love with their lyricism and songwritting, which glitters and sticks in your brain.…
Within the frame of climate justice, that centres liberation and flourishing for all, land is a key metric that exposes economic, social, environmental and racial injustices. In this talk we explore what land justice is and means in practice, looking at the privatisation of seemingly “public” space, with 92% of land not accessible to the…
Selextorhood is a growing community of women and gender-minorities* based in Birmingham, aiming to inspire and support DJs and producers. After the long-awaited return to dancefloors, and the anxieties that may come with it, Selextorhood wants to ask ‘what is the new normal?’ and ‘why do spaces have to be normal?’. They’ll be creating a little…
The ability to imagine a liberated future is fundamental to building an alternative vision of how society can and should be organised. At times, this task feels impossible – urgent material demands cloud this vision and violent structural forces place limits on what we are able to conceive. In speaking to the disparities that the pandemic has exposed,…
South-London born sound artist CIL experiments in the field of electronic music, using a blend of spoken and sung poetry, and live electronics to communicate aspects of her identity. Her most recent creation is Juniper, an electronic MIDI instrument she built during lockdown. Juniper is reactive to motion on either side of her body, and…
The Lemon Lounge crew are back with us again for the whole weekend! Partnering with this bunch and having them host their tent & geodome at Brainchild is a total joy, and we’ll be sharing the full LL lineup in due course. For the time being, we want to shout out the crew themselves who’ll…
J Chime aka JACC is one half of In Flames a DJ duo that hosts an eclectic NTS Show and throw parties all born out of a love of DIY energy, post punk jazz & mad bad music to get you contorting on the dance floor. JACC will play her favourite In Flames sounds with hot selections…
Tailor Jae is an East London native, that lives and breathes technicality, self taught, she is famed for quick mixes, and sets which are genreless at heart but heavy on the bass. After winning a Mixmag DJ competition in 2017 tailor has continued to reach new heights with features on BBC Radio 1, Kiss FM,…