Engagement Commission Spike Island, Searching for a space that cares

Searching for a space that cares is an engagement commission by Amelia Hawk, developed in collaboration with Creative Youth Network alumni Roux Burroughs, Eden Leo, Saffron Murray-Browne and Lily Serendipity. Together, the works in film, audio and performance explore a series of environments that have the potential to care through chapters that reflect upon objects, places and practices.

Amelia Hawk is a visual artist based in Birmingham. Hawk creates experiences and conversation as a way to make and share artwork. Her work often addresses mental health and socio-political subjects. Hawk holds an MA from Kunstakademiet Oslo (2015). Exhibitions include The Festival of Northern Norway, Intercultural Museum, Oslo; Munch Museum, Oslo; Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo; Tenthaus, Oslo; Luda, St Petersburg; National Gallery, Prague.

Roux Burroughs (Gender Criminal) is a Bristol-based actor, performance artist, director and producer. Working across mediums of drag, theatre, circus, movement, and community-conscious organisation, he is the founder of the trans+ production company House of Boussé. .

Eden Leo is a movement artist based between Bristol and Manchester. Leo’s practice is underpinned by the diverse meanings of movement. Their practice often uses improvisational movement and writing as a starting point to explore recurring themes of liminality, grief and ritual.

Saffron Murray-Browne is an artist based in Bristol. Murray-Browne uses the human form as a vehicle to communicate her thoughts on intimacy, control, and the unavoidable baggage of art history. Murray-Browne graduated from Fine Art at Bath School of Art in 2020 with the Peter Kinley Prize for Painting.

Lily Serendipity is a multidisciplinary artist living and working across the South West. Using textile, sculpture, installation and performance, Serendipity explores psychoanalytic themes. Serendipity received their BA in Creative Arts Practice from Bath Spa University.