Furtherfield

Furtherfield is an artist-led community arts organisation and gallery based in Finsbury Park. They create and support global participatory projects with networks of artists, theorists and activists. Their mission offers a chance for the public to present their own views and enter or alter various art discourses. 

Since late 2020, they have been immersed in the massive Interspecies Treaty LARP as part of their participation in the EU Horizon 2020 funded CreaTures project. All participants advance more-than-human justice by playing the game as other species, representing them in Assemblies to discuss and plan an Interspecies Festival that will celebrate the signing of an Interspecies Treaty of Cooperation in 2025. Treaty was conceived by Ruth and Cade Diem, launched in Finsbury Park, and is now available to be fully adapted and played anywhere. 

We’ve been collaborating with Furtherfield for FiP:ARR (Futures in Play; A Radical Reimagining) a project which aims to empower communities in Middlesbrough by fostering imaginative, participatory, playful spaces where local voices can shape collective futures. 

Furtherfield have been co-creating with local communities a speculative role-play game called Chamber LARPs (Live Action Role-Playing scenarios), FiP:ARR will amplify underrepresented voices, explore and experiment with alternative futures, and transform collective agency into pathways for radical reimaginings. The project will consist of a series of workshops, community visits, development of a new and unique LARP game, and public presentations at Middlesbrough Art Week.

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