Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to kennardphillipps (Peter Kennard and Cat Phillipps). Since first collaborating in 2002 to produce art in response to the invasion of Iraq, kennardphillipps' work has evolved to confront power and war across the globe. They make work for the street, the gallery, the web, newspapers & magazines, and lead workshops that develop peoples’ skills and help them express their thoughts on what’s happening in the world through visual means. kennardphillipps make work as a critical tool that connects to international movements for social and political change. They see it as part of these movements confronting established political and economic systems; the visual arm of protest to be used by people as a part of their own activism, not just as pictures on the wall to contemplate. Their recent solo exhibitions include: Finnegans Woke, Rua Red, Dublin (2019); Storyboards for a Sicknote, Danielle Arnaud, London (2019); Americas Greatest Hits, Exile Gallery, Vienna (2018); May Not, Dadiani Fine Art, London (2017); Here Comes Everybody, Travelling Gallery, on tour, Scotland (2017); and Here Comes Everybody, Stills, Edinburgh (2015.) Since 2016, Flying Leaps have flyposted kennardphillipps posters throughout the UK.

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