It Really Doesn’t Matter If Your Curtains Don’t Match!
It Really Doesn't Matter If Your Curtains Don't Match! is Anna Boggon’s most recent community arts project.
Funded by Arts Council England, the project explores concepts of neuroscience and neurodiversity through a series of public and pop-up neighbourhood events, an exhibition, educational workshops and a public architectural intervention.
It Really Doesn’t Matter If Your Curtains Don’t Match!
Exhibition Alexandra Palace and Park London 2024
Alexandra Place Park sets the stage for “It Really Doesn't Matter If Your Curtains Don’t Match” (nature meets urban), as a place of amusement and chance encounters witnessed, by the artist and mother from an outsider's perspective, as if looking in like an extra in the wrong movie.
Visual Artist Anna Boggon presents a new interactive exhibition of fantastical artworks that explore concepts of neuroscience and neurodiversity through sound, sculpture, photography, video, painting and collaborative interventions.
Alexandra Palace and Park, East Court, Alexandra Palace, London
Through the journey of unravelling and unwrapping, IRDM shines a light on the positive ‘differences’ that can be found within the complex intricacies of Neuroscience and Neurodiversity as well as acknowledging lived realities. It explores ways to question fixed perspectives and create a greater awareness of differing thought processes through exploration experience, conversation, and above all, community.
Thank you to Cherry Smyth for her piece of writing on the exhibition.
Poet and Novelist Cherry Smyth has written a text to accompany the exhibition.
C U Next Tuesday, Language and Miscommunication Saturday 8th June 2024
Speakers
Cinzia Greco, Cultural Anthropologist, will discuss divergent ethnographies, the intersection of anthropology and neurodiversity, and what it means to do fieldwork as an Autistic person.
Nature/Nurture, Cause and Effect Saturday 18 May 2024
Visual artist Anna Boggon led the event, introducing her Arts Council England funded project. The event featured guest speakers, including filmmaker Lotje Sodderland, who discussed her award-winning film "My Beautiful Broken Brain," and Dr Dimitrios Paschos, psychiatrist shared his expertise. The discussions provided a platform for meaningful conversations about the complexities of neuroscience and the diverse ways individuals experience the world.
Attendees enjoyed a delicious Kurdish lunch prepared by Filiz from the Kurdish Advice Centre, fostering informal and enriching conversations. The tranquil setting and thoughtful discourse made the event a memorable experience.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended and contributed to the event.
Nature Nurture Art in the Park
The workshops, held at Alexandra Palace Park, are practical explorations of the natural urban environment designed to engage children using their senses. Led by Anna Boggon in collaboration with Siobhan Donoghue, art teacher, and Sharon Hodson, Forrest School teacher, the workshops spanned several days in late April and early May 2024, working with Campsbourne Primary School. The sessions focus on sensory perception, including neurological case studies, and creative expression through various mediums.
Architectural Intervention
IRDM will culminate with an architectural intervention in the local community. Anna Boggon will work from the source materials collected from the all the community workshops to create a final design, proposed site Campsbourne Primary School/Alexandra Palace Farmers Market.
The workshops will break down the process of creating artwork, increasing appreciation & understanding of the creative process.