As part of our summer programme, New World Order, John Hansard Gallery welcomes Kin Structures.
Artists Kin Structures (Kwame Lowe and Arman Nouri) present …rooting (2025), showcasing their ongoing work to create infrastructure for cultural and community expression. Beginning in response to the erasure of community spaces in London, Kin Structures’ art/infrastructure practice reveals the conditions of contemporary urban governance and builds alternative infrastructures rooted in the lived experiences of marginalised communities.
In recent years, much of this work has been put to the service of the Soanes Centre, a pioneering children’s environmental education centre in Tower Hamlets, East London that Kin Structures have been working to protect alongside long-term stewards Setpoint London East.
Through four week-long residencies, Kin Structures will transform John Hansard Gallery into an evolving space for community engagement and organisational reflection. …rooting explores intentional presence, witnessing and learning through collaborative activities with Southampton-based artists, educators, and community groups. During Kin Structures’ absence, the space will function as an installation displaying traces of their process. This project marks the beginning of a three-year collaboration with John Hansard Gallery’s Guest Curator Jack Ky Tan, exploring artistic practice within organisational development frameworks.
Learn more about Kin Structures and their activities and artistic practice here.