Please note: this event will be held in person.
Join us for the launch of Decolonising The Outdoors, a zine by Aileen Angsutorn Lees.
The UK’s legacy of exploring and dominating for the purpose of creating wealth for the few still permeates our society and ideologies today. This zine explores food, farming and seed culture with communities in Scotland who are working towards a decolonial future. It also examines conservation, colonialism and how queer ecologies can change the way we look at the natural world. Through interviews, features, photography, poetry and artwork, Decolonising The Outdoors is a zine of resistance — but also, hope.
At the launch there will be readings from the zine and an exhibition of the artwork, as well as an opportunity for attendees to participate in a collaborative creative piece. Zines will be available to buy on the night.
This zine was commissioned by Glasgow Zine Library for ESEA Heritage Month 2024 as part of our Made to Last: Connecting Communities Through Collection programme, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
About Aileen :
Aileen Angsutorn Lees is a Thai-British interdisciplinary artist and organiser based in Perthshire. She is the founder of Decolonising The Outdoors — a creative and community project which dismantles narratives of dominating land and extracting nature. Decolonising The Outdoors holds events and workshops aimed at rebuilding relationships with our natural environment and imagining anti-imperial, anti-capitalist and queer futures.
Learn more about Decolonising The Outdoors.
Access information for this event:
There will be 25 attendees maximum, and the event will feature comfort breaks. During this event, attendees will participate in: Hands on activities, Reading, Sharing work that has been created, Eating/drink, Exhibition of artwork
This event will take place at Glasgow Zine Library's space on Albert Road. You can find directions here.
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