A Pesty, Pesky Tea Party

Muntjac: Fleeting correspondences on invasion, invitation, ill-logics and brown bodies touches on big, messy, personal, powder-keg themes - British imperialism, invasive species, nativism, border control, nationalist conservation projects and more (thanks alot muntjac! ?) Join me for a gathering of play, plotting and pestiness channelling our energies into heart, humour and humility. Expect collective zine-making, unruly reading and a tea and biscuit breakfast…what else?!

A small charge will cover consumables and any excess / additional donations will be donated to Dignity for Palestinians.

Helpful info about this event:

• Please let us know if you have allergies/ intolerances. This event will be alcohol-free.
• Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements and we will endeavour to accommodate. Step-free access is available but the space and toilet is small and may be challenging for a wheelchair.
• The ticket price is to cover the cost of food and materials but if this feels unmanageable for any reason, please do email us at [email protected] for a place - no questions asked or explanation needed.
• Microscope Gallery is at 2-4 Tottenham Road, London N1 4BZ, close to Dalston Kingsland and Dalston Junction

About the exhibition

Muntjac is a project inspired by a series of personal encounters I have had with the ‘invasive’ muntjac deer across the woodlands of London. The muntjac, originating in China and released into the English wild via Bedfordshire's Woburn Park in the early 1900s are rare to come across. Therefore, these frequent encounters have felt like an invitation to tell stories and make-meaning. They have offered a surprising and generative vessel to think through and reckon with England’s relentless hostility towards, enclosures of and alienation of the brown body across the UK. At the heart of the work is a series of journaled correspondences conjured from this little brown deer alongside a series of offerings which hold sacred its fleeting presence and humbling revelations. The exhibition and supporting programme of correspondences with co-conspirators contribute to ongoing discourses around who is welcome to and feel joy on this island.

The exhibition is curated by artist-architect-researcher Kirsty Badenoch and takes place at Microscope, an intimate and investigative space for talking, thinking and testing with natural processes.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Microscope, 2-4 Tottenham Road, London, United Kingdom