23 August: Film & Conversation
Thu 01 Jun
|London
Watch 23 August (2023, 24mins), a new work by artist Simina Neagu. The short film explores the history of the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students which took place in Bucharest, Romania in 1953.
Time & Location
01 Jun 2023, 19:00 – 22:00
London, 226 Cromwell Rd, London SW5 0SW, UK
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Watch 23 August (2023, 24mins), a new work by artist Simina Neagu. The short film explores the history of the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students which took place in Bucharest, Romania in 1953.
In the spirit of recuperating a hopeful, partly utopian story of transnational solidarity for future generations, the story is told through the perspective of two activists – John La Rose, from Trinidad, and Paul Joseph, from South Africa, who forged a life-long friendship after meeting at this anti-colonial and anti-imperialist festival.
The screening is followed by a conversation between the artist and Nadia Joseph.
Simina Neagu (b. Romania) is an artist, curator and writer based in London. She works primarily with text that takes the shape of digital works, publications, events, exhibitions, installations and more recently, moving image work. Often informed by her own experience of migration, her…