Unravelling Regeneration: Stories of a Community
This exhibition delves into the hidden stories and voices behind South Kilburn's regeneration programs, exploring themes of displacement, resilience, and community activism. Featuring a visual timeline of archives and a woven cityscape installation, it uncovers narratives of loss and resistance while inviting visitors to envision South Kilburn's future together.
Communal spaces are essential for fostering connections and building a sense of community. Accessible and versatile community spaces play a crucial role in nurturing solidarity and resilience within neighbourhoods. However, over the past few decades, regeneration programs have resulted in the widespread loss of multipurpose spaces. This, coupled with rising rents, poor construction quality, and the uncertainty of future costs, has created a precarious environment for residents, forcing many to relocate and destabilising community life.
In response to these challenges, residents and organisations have mobilised to protest and resist the master plans driving this upheaval. This exhibition emerges from that context, shedding light on the untold stories of the community impacted by these regeneration programs. It highlights how individuals, organisations, and the collective community have been stripped of their voices, their right to adequate living spaces, and their ability to sustain a vibrant community spirit. At the same time, it showcases their resilience and efforts to fight back against these injustices.
The exhibition presents the realities of the regeneration program from the perspectives of individuals, organisations, and the urban landscape. The narrative unfolds through a visualised timeline of community archives and a woven cityscape installation. Visitors are invited to actively participate by contributing to the co-creation of a blueprint for the future of South Kilburn.
Performance: Echoes of South Kilburn by YUXI @yyuxiwang_
Talk: Talk: Regeneration History of South Kilburn by Leslie
Workshop: Weaving Our South Kilburn facilitated by Capri
