
The Art of Oppression
A series of podcasts taking inspiration from the film; The Art Of Oppression, where a range of artists discuss and reflect on their approach to art and its impact on themselves and others.
Episodes
10 episodes
"My primary drive is to tell stories.”
“Voice is everything. Without a voice we can’t express who we are. My voice comes out in my creativity.”In this week’s episode of The Art of Oppression we hear from multi-award-winning actor, writer, director and producer Alex Kayode-Kay...
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32:57

Important For Us to Speak Out...
“We have the right to express views, to campaign and to use our voices just like everybody else.” This is the final of our three-part conversation with multi-award-winning activist, artist and trade unionist Zita Holbourne. Zi...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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16:11

All Art is for Everyone
In the second of our three-part conversation with award winning multi-disciplinary artist, activist and trade unionist Zita Holbourne, we hear how she is unapologetic with her art when ‘Black artists and women are pigeon-holed or labelled...'&n...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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16:59

Creating Art is My Outlet
In the first of a three-part conversation with award winning artist, activist and trade unionist Zita Holbourne, we find out about her journey into activism, how it all began, what drives her, and what continues to motivate her actions today.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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24:03

Art is Practice not a Project.
'I'm in it for the long run.' Hetain PatelIn our final The Art of Oppression conversation with award winning artist Hetain Patel, he talks about working with obsessions, what keeps him up at nights and the relevance of audience in his w...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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16:44

Just Keep Pushing the Momentum.
In our latest The Art of Oppression episode, award winning artists Hetain Patel shares his inner anxiety of not being understood, and so the importance of his art in enabling him to express his ideas and thoughts.Hetain also of...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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23:06

Artists can have their blind spots.
Award-winning artist Hetain Patel, creator of The Jump (2015), Don't look at the Finger (2017) and Trinity (2021) amongst others works, speaks about his personal experiences, how his art articulates those experi...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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37:32

My Voice is my Sword.
In this week’s episode Patricia Francis talks about the power of the voice, where ‘voice’ is the aural and physical representation of the artists and their activism. Patricia also introduces us to female directors whose poetic works...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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7:34

Documentary Making is an Art Form.
In this week’s episode Patricia Francis gives insight into her motivation as a filmmaker and the writing and thinking that has influenced the space, pace and quite that now informs her work as a director and her approach to working with and fil...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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7:19
