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'Mixing It Up: An Intergenerational Perspective' is a series of 5 short films, created in partnership by Artquest and New Work Network.

Documenting dialogues between two artists / artist groups from different generations, these films consider similarities and differences between the contexts, modes and conditions of respective artistic practices from the late 60's and the present day. They also looking approaches to sustaining practice over the years both from a practical and critical perspective.

This episode see's artists Barby Asante and Sonia Boyce in dialogue.

Barby Asante is an Artist, Curator and Educator based in South London. She studied Fine Art at the University of East London, where she began making work in film, photography and installation, placing herself in the frame as a means of confronting the audience with the perceived problem of her image. Asante is interested in creating works that stimulate dialogue around the cross-cultural and multicultural and how we view and frame these questions in contemporary Britain, often using familiar or popular culture triggers as a means to begin the dialogue. Recently Asante has been working on projects exploring music and its cultural and social significance, with particular emphasis on black music and it's importance in the creation of a post-war British cultural identity.