From there, the walking route will continue to Sarabande Foundation for their summer group show, A Place, which is divided into two distinct parts, highlighting the work of 20 resident artists from Sarabande’s studios in Haggerston and Tottenham. Over six weeks, the artists will present their interpretations of A Place, reflecting their time and growth at the Foundation. The first exhibition, “Can I just…”, runs from August 1st to August 16th, with a Private View on Thursday, August 1st, from 6 pm to 8 pm, featuring works by Stephen Akpo, Noah Berrie, Matija Čop, Emmely Elgersma, Dean JF Hoy, John Hui, Sophie Lloyd, Banita Mistry, Daniel The Gardener, and Lulu Wang. The second part, “…stay longer”, runs from August 21st to September 6th, with a closing event on Thursday, September 5th, from 6 pm to 8 pm, showcasing pieces by Darcey Fleming, Jo Grogan, Leyman Lahcine, Malgorzata Lisiecka, Kuniko Maeda, Koby Martin, Electric Adam, Anna Nicolò, George Richardson, and Almudena Romero.

The last stop of the evening will be at Microscope for the exhibition Muntjac, inspired by a series of personal encounters between artist Becky Lyon and the ‘invasive’ muntjac deer across the woodlands of London. The show is curated by curated by artist-architect-researcher Kirsty Badenoch. The muntjac, originating in China and released into the English wild via Bedfordshire’s Woburn Park in the early 1900s, are rare to come across. Therefore, these frequent encounters have felt like an invitation to tell stories and make-meaning. They have offered a surprising and generative vessel to think through and reckon with England’s relentless hostility towards, enclosures of, and alienation of the brown body across the UK. At the heart of the work is a series of journaled correspondences conjured from this little brown deer alongside a series of offerings which hold sacred its fleeting presence and humbling revelations. The exhibition and supporting programme of correspondences with co-conspirators contribute to ongoing discourses around who is welcome to and feel joy on this island.