Main Photo Credit: Empathy Museum, 1001 Books, photo Cat Lee
Press Release for immediate release, June 2024
Museum of Unrest: a new space for activism, art & design.
The Museum of Unrest, a new venture launched by lps21 aims to be a pioneering resource in the activist art and design worlds.
The launch of our first online collection of images, writings, and discussions, offers a platform for artists, designers and activists to connect, and develop ideas.
The Museum of Unrest blends features about design, technology and artistry with content about society and sustainable development.
The Museum of Unrest transcends traditional boundaries, providing a global stage for discussion.
Key features
Curated online collections: The Museum of Unrest curates thematic collections that aim to promote conversations.
Interactive Events: We aim to host virtual events, including talks and online exhibitions.
Global reach : We feature artists from different geographical locations and backgrounds, promoting cultural diversity .
‘We are delighted to launch the Museum of Unrest, a digital space that can redefine the way we discuss art, design, society and global challenges like climate change’, said John Phillips, Director of lps21, the sponsoring organisation. lps 21 ran a leading London print studio before reconfiguring its activities to concentrate on digital projects. Museum of Unrest invites artists, designers activists and enthusiasts to start their voyage of discovery by visiting www.museum-of-unrest.org
Najlaa El-Ageli, an architect with over twenty years of experience, founded Noon Arts Projects in 2012 to spotlight contemporary MENA region art. With collaborations including the Shubbak Festival and The Africa Centre, she has curated over 24 projects worldwide, including notable exhibitions like “Pop Art from North Africa”, “Retracing A Disappearing Landscape” and “Totalitarian Props”.
Artist, author and co-founder of Anthropology for Kids and The Museum of Care. Her children’s books and critical writing are translated and published in several languages. She has exhibited at among other locations the Tel-Aviv Museum, St. Petersburg Manège, Galeria Nova Zagreb, ShowRoom London, Media Udar, Fabrica Moscow and apexart New York.
Sasha Galitzine, a freelance curator, works closely with artists and communities to increase accessibility to the arts. Her past exhibitions, such as “Closer to the Veg,” “Salon 63,” and “Behold: a Show About Touch,” showcase her innovative curatorial approach. Following her leadership in a campaign to conserve the life’s work of Irish gardener Gerry Dalton, she established “Gerry’s Pompeii.” This charity is dedicated to preserving Dalton’s garden and supports a program that fosters community engagement, aiming to spotlight underrepresented cultural heritage and creativity.
Antoinette LaFarge is an artist-writer and Professor Emerita of Digital Media at the University of California, Irvine. Her next book, due out in late 2024, is an anthology of interviews with experimental artists working at the intersection of art, science, and technology.
Beauvais Lyons is the Director of The Hokes Archives which was founded in 1901 by Everitt Ormsby Hokes, The Hokes Archives is devoted to the fabrication and documentation of rare and unusual cultural artifacts including unique discoveries from the Aazudian and the Apasht, civilizations. The archives also includes the Association for Creative Zoology and the George and Helen Spelvin Folk Art Collection.
Clare Patey is an artist and curator whose practice values people, process and public space. Her work has explored questions of social/environmental justice, the cultural space of the museum, urban food growing and mass feasting. She created The Museum Of and is currently Director of Empathy Museum.
She has been called the ‘Cecille B De Mille of public eating’ by the Guardian.
John is an artist / designer / curator based in UK and France
John co-foundered and worked at Paddington Printshop in 1975-89 and was director of London Print Workshop/londonprintstudio. 1989-2022.
He is director of lps21, and the Museum of Unrest. and a trustee of Wembley to Soweto Foundation.
John’s work is held in a number of public collections including Victoria & Albert Museum, the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, and Rhode Island School of Design Museum.
Maria Vlachou, founder and Executive Director of Acesso Cultura, has written extensively on cultural organizations’ political roles. Her experience includes leadership in arts management and communication, evidenced by her roles at São Luiz Theatre and Pavilion of Knowledge. She is a Fellow of ISPA – International Society for the Performing Arts (2018, 2020) and an alumna of the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the Kennedy Center in Washington (2011–2013).
