Launched on 01 July 2020
Curator Harris Elliott, stylist Bevan Agyemang and poet Julianknxx explore fashion's inbuilt racist systems through a six-day takeover of the SHOWstudio Instagram account, to continue the conversations brought to widespread attention at June 2020's Black Lives Matter protests. The trio use Instagram Live interviews, videos and collages to explore the work, perspectives and references of Black fashion talent, from menswear designer Bianca Saunders to Liverpool School of Design fashion programme leader Andrew Ibi, and many more.
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Instagram Takeover: Ruba Abu-Nimah
16 June 2020
The New York-based creative director shared live footage, short films and visual references to document a city in a time of change from 1-8 June 2020, in the wake of the murder of George Flloyd.
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The System Isn’t Broken. It Was Built This Way.
09 June 2020
The writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsch speaks about how modern Britain must recognise its dark colonial history.
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Proud To Protest
14 February 2014
SHOWstudio and Gareth Pugh join Amnesty International in their fight against the prejudice and violence directed towards Russia's LGBTI community.