Using green screen technology, artist Katriona Beales' sensory workshops use play and fantastical digital backdrops to transform how others perceive us and how we perceive ourselves. 

Beales has developed Autograph's first-ever programme for children with SEND (special educational needs and disabilities), and in her takeover is using the whole gallery for a large installation expanding on her approach to inclusion using creative play.

New video portraits by young artists with autism and a broad spectrum of learning differences, challenging how people like themselves are represented in mainstream media.

Each three-screen film features the artist speaking directly to the camera about their everyday life, flanked by shots of the places and things that inform their identity. Based in Hackney and aged 16 - 25, all of the filmmakers are members of Mouth That Roars, a youth media organisation.

Based in Hackney, Submit to Love Studios is home to a collective of self-taught artists. These artists have developed a set of unique practices and interests, refined over more than a decade. All of the artists have survived brain injuries - some use this to inform their work, whilst others take inspiration from the world around them.

We've been working with the Studio for two years. Don't miss their gallery takeover with a group exhibition, music, talks, workshops and more. 

Part of THE EXPLORERS PROJECT

The EXPLORERS Project celebrates and raises awareness of the dynamic, extraordinary contribution neurodiverse people make to art and culture. Ways of Being has developed from a long partnership with Project Art Works and Autograph's participation in EXPLORERS.

EXPLORERS is informed and led by neurodiverse communities, in collaboration with cultural organisations across the UK and in Australia. 

The project is led by Project Art Works, the UK’s leading artist led organisation working with children, young people and adults who have complex support needs. EXPLORERS is supported by the Arts Council Ambition for Excellence Programme and Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

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