Social Practice Surgery is a series of continually developing, live(ly) conversations and resources facilitated by artists Dan Russell and Lady Kitt. The project sets out to support people who are experiencing challenging / complex circumstances, resulting from working in socially engaged ways.
Social Practice Surgery is the result of openness and generosity by many artists and organisations, who have shared their stories, ideas, experiences and resources with each other, and us, over the last two years.
This event will take place online via zoom, closed captions are available. Limited places, please book here. Please note that participants will be invited to share examples from their own practice - if they would like to - as part of this session. Contact rebecca@weareprimary.org with any questions and access needs.
Kitt and Dan are people who do art with people and have developed this project to support anyone who feels this describes some (or all) of their work/life ( this could include, but is not limited to, socially engaged practitioners/ community artists / participatory artists / organisations / facilitators / producers).
They collaborate on this and related projects (please see a few links below). They are interested in lots of stuff, but particularly:
Creative- intimacies
Live(ly)ness in research
Mutual support in the field of contemporary social practice
Social-ness in institutions
Dan and Kitt - some projects we're involved in:
https://www.lladykitt.com/blank
https://www.socialartnetwork.org/
Image credit "2191 etc": Louise Brown
ID: colour photograph, interior. Kitt, a white, shaven headed human sits at a table with a black table cloth. On the cloth are large, white, rounded letters reading "Social Practice Surgery". Kitt smiles wide. In both hands they hold a balck clipboard with the same white text.