Rosetta Arts in collaboration with Centrala Gallery and Culture Within Newham, World on Our Doorstep commissioned me to reach out to local communities of Newham, with the focus on the Central Eastern European members, to share ideas, brainstorm new ones, pull on their own heritage to design new activities, and, critically, talk in safe space about the stresses they feel today and what creative, cultural activity they could attend or take part in that will bring them joy.
I have been walking around Newham and talking with people I met in the streets about their experience of the area. I have been visiting shops, cafes and community centres; asking people what activities would help improve their life, what they would like to see more of. I met some great people and will continue documenting this area.
Together with Rosetta Arts we held coffee morning where people could come and share their ideas, as well as having their photo taken if they wanted to.
