About usurp
Usurp was established to develop greater opportunities for communities to work with artists and activists from diverse backgrounds and marginalised communities to create and present a dynamic range of experimental work with a specific emphasis on exploring the possibilities of new media communication technologies for collaborative working within the arts.
We aim to:
- Actively promote and encourage experimentation in work which challenges prejudice and discrimination.
- To initiate and develop projects that encourage collaborations between arts practitioners and disadvantaged communities and groups whilst maintaining an international perspective in its work.
- To work with existing organisations and individuals to provide facilities for artists to work individually and collaboratively across artforms and discourses.
- To offer training and professional development of new skills and perspectives to artists, organisations and their constituency groups.
- To foster and encourage audiences from all sections of the community to appreciate diverse arts practice
- To provide increasing opportunities for participation in and appreciation of arts and cultural activities, with an emphasis on groups that are often ignored by mainstream cultural institutions.
For Further information contact: info@usurp.org.uk
Project Director & Artist: Poulomi Desai
Gallery Support Group: Aoife Twomey, Neeta Mistry, Natalie Leer, Julie Smit and Matt Jordan
Web Development: Simon Underwood
Web sponsor: Denesh Bhabuta - Cyberstrider.net