Trans Art and Activism: How do we shape the world?

About

A conversation on trans creativity and resistance.
Hastings Queer History Collective members Victoria Oldman and Serge Nicholson are joined by artists Emma Frankland and Bambi Jordan Phillips.

Together they will reflect on how today's social and cultural climate affects the creation and reception of trans artists' work, and share their visions for the future of trans culture – playful, radical, DIY or even a little dystopian.

Trans-ignited culture… this revolution will not be televised.
The panel will discuss ways trans creativity continues to shape the world. It draws on Gil Scott-Heron's 1970 phrase, "The revolution will not be televised," a reminder that true cultural change is often grassroots-driven and underreported – a concept that resonates today in the age of social media and online propaganda.

About the panel
Emma Frankland is an artist, award-winning writer, theatre-maker, and performer. Her work is often playfully destructive and gloriously irreverent, and she is the Lemons, Laws & Secret Doors commissioned artist for Sign of the Times.

Bambi Jordan Phillips is a creative producer, movement artist, and model, passionate about using art to drive social change.

Victoria Oldman is an exploratory multidisciplinary artist, activist and prop maker. Her work often blending all three as it speaks directly to her experiences as a trans woman, shared community and intergenerational queer life.

Serge Nicholson is a trans arts practitioner and co-founder of hotpencil press, bridging trans and non-binary art, new writing, and performative text.