Phil Collins

Lisl Ponger

Trading Places is an exhibition developed by curatorial team B+B on art and migration. With the expansion of the European Union in May, issues of asylum and immigration are gaining widespread media attention. Trading Places will offer a critical platform to discuss Britain’s relationship to Europe and its borders by presenting sensitive and provocative projects that investigate and map experiences of migration.
 
A programme of free screenings, artists’ talks and discussions will provide a space for constructive dialogue on issues of prejudice and representation. Trading Places brings together works in video, photography, public interventions and collaborative projects. Contributors include internationally renowned artists such as Ursula Biemann (Switzerland), Phil Collins (UK) and Lisl Ponger (Austria) and emerging artists such as Esra Ersen (Turkey) and Sejla Kameric (Bosnia).
 
Many of the works in Trading Places are being presented in London and the UK for the first time with a particular focus on issues and practices emerging from Central and South Eastern Europe. At the heart of Trading Places is a lively orientation area containing a video library, an archive of project documentation and reference texts.
 
Kindly supported by Arts Council England, Awards for All, Bosnian Institute and Visiting Arts.