Exhibition reveals young people s insights into life at home during lockdown
Jesse Darling Vers top. Photo: Tim Bowditch. Courtesy the Artist and Arcadia Missa, London.
COLCHESTER
.- When the first lockdown was announced on 23 March 2020, our homes and how we lived within them changed completely. Home began to take on a new meaning as it became more than just a living space but where all elements of life played out, from schooling and studying to working and socialising and often the only connection to the outside world came through digital media and video calls.
This changing relationship with our homes as the weeks and months rolled on is explored in the exhibition - House Share - on view at Firstsite, Colchester. Curated by Firstsites Young Art Kommunity (YAK) group, working in partnership with Firstsite and Arts Council Collection (ACC), with whom Firstsite is a National Partner 2019-22, House Share responds to the groups experiences during the three UK lockdown
Tuesday 23 February 2021, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Free
On February 23 1821, a young English poet died of TB in Rome. Uncelebrated by the literary establishment during his lifetime, John Keats is today one of English literature’s most beloved figures, famed for the beauty of his poems, his lively, philosophical correspondence and the ineffable poignancy of his short life.
Two hundred years to the day after Keats’ death, The Poetry Society welcomes a circle of poets and Keats scholars to reflect on his enduring place in our literary imaginations in an evening of poetry, thought and discussion.
L-R: Ruth Padel, Nicholas Roe, Will Harris, Lucasta Miller, Sarah Wootton, Richard Marggraf Turley, Rachael Boast, Laila Sumpton