Alasdair Milne

Mar 5, 2024 | corridor8.co.uk | Derek Horton |Sylvia Carpenter |Alasdair Milne |Jessica Piette

The School of Mutants was formed in 2018 by Stéphane V. Bottéro and Hamedine Kane as a collaborative platform for research, art and activism. With a home-base in Dakar, Senegal, The School is a nomadic collective, with a shifting number of participants from project to project, engaging internationally in cultural investigations, field work, participatory performances and conversations, archival research, writing, audio recording and sound art, film and video projects.

Nov 6, 2023 | corridor8.co.uk | Sylvia Carpenter |Alasdair Milne |Jessica Piette

In 2020, towns and cities fell quiet as the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Working from home soon became the norm for many workers who had previously flocked to their centres. After successive lockdowns, the shift to business as usual was slow, and in some cases, no longer viable. Even before the pandemic, highstreets had been hit by a change in habits brought about by online shopping. Recently, national chain Wilko went into administration, leaving 400 stores hanging in the balance.