Event overview
Chelsea space and the Decolonising Arts institute at UAL collaborated once more on 20/20: Reflections 2025, a summer evening programme offering the opportunity to hear directly from some of the second 20/20 cohort of artists about their residencies in national collections. 20/20 Reflections also featured the first exhibition of the 20/20 Print Portfolio, a series of prints created by each of the 20 artists who have participated in the 20/20 project. The exhibition also featured a series of artist films developed as part of the programme.
Holly Graham | Thursday 17 July
Holly Graham and artist-curator Wanja Kimani led a roundtable discussion exploring potentials and challenges of decolonial and reparative justice work within arts and heritage collections. Taking Holly's 20/20 commission as a starting point and drawing on collective learnings in working with materials that speak to institutional histories of enslavement, attendees were invited to think through possibilities and limitations presented by such work.
Cora Sehgal Cuthbert | Thursday 10 July
In this talk, Cora Sehgal Cuthbert reflected on "a prayer for Coventry, life starts here (forever)", the film she created during her residency at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, paying particular attention to archives, oral histories, and the concept of categorisation.
She presented excerpts from her work, raise questions around decolonising in everyday life, and explore the role of love and care in decolonial approaches.
Christopher Samuel | Thursday 31 July
Christopher and Rachel Fleming-Mulford discussed themes of stigma, belonging and agency as part of Christopher’s 20/20 residency research into the experiences of disabled people of colour at Birmingham Museums Trust. This conversation explored the critical frameworks underpinning his research and its wider cultural and institutional contexts.
Zoë Zo, Zoë Tumika & Zoë Guthrie in conversation with Adjoa Armah | Thursday 24 July
Zoë presented a cartography of thoughts and considerations that emerged during their residency at MIMA, in conversation with Adjoa Armah, anti-disciplinary artist, writer and educator.