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Helen Cammock returns to campus for special event
By: Becky French
Last updated: Friday, 24 May 2024
Helen Cammock, Photo Credit: Sebastiano Luciano
Helen Cammock returns to campus for special event
Don't miss your chance to join Turner Prize-winning Sussex alumna, artist Helen Cammock this week at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts. The sociology graduate and co-winner of the 2019 Turner prize is coming back to campus to talk about her work with Dr Malcom James (Co-Director - Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Sussex).
All University of Sussex staff, students and alumni are eligible for £3 concession priced tickets to the event on 20 November from 6.30pm (all events will be live captioned and BSL interpreted).
Helen Cammock in conversation, Book your tickets LINK
Helen Cammock graduated with a degree in sociology from University of Sussex in 1992. She then dedicated many years supporting young people in Brighton & Hove as a Social Worker. When government funding cuts began to impede the service she could provide, Cammock underwent a transformation in her career focusing on the arts. Her distinctive practice and approach centres around film, photography, print, text, song and performance, examining mainstream historical and contemporary narratives about Blackness, womanhood, oppression and resistance, wealth and power, poverty and vulnerability.
As the official Education Partner for the Turner Prize 2023, the world’s leading prize in contemporary art, this event forms part of a series of public events to bring the exhibition to life on campus.
Take a look back at our previous event: An Introduction to the Turner Prize 2023
On 17 October Professor Ben Burbridge (Art History, University of Sussex) welcomed Zarina Muhammad (Art Critic, The White Pube) and Joe Hill (Director, Towner Eastbourne) to the stage.
During the evening, the trio spoke about the history of the Turner Prize, previous winners (including two Sussex alumni, Helen Cammock and Jeremy Deller), and this year's nominated artists. The event finished with a fascinating debate on ‘how’ art is interpreted and whether it should align with the artist's intentions.
You can visit Towner Eastbourne for free, Tuesdays to Sundays, 10.00am to 5.00pm, and celebrate the world's leading prize in contemporary art as it travels down to the south coast for the first time.
Stay tuned for all things Turner Prize including a prize draw for chance to win exclusive Towner Membership.