Image by Jashan Walton,
White Teeth 98.
White Teeth 98.
Book tickets
ACV mark the launch of their latest trilogy publication INBETWEEN with an evening of film, conversation, sound and immersive installation.
Bringing together Jermaine Francis, Nate Agbetu, Emma Warren, Nabil Al-Kinani, Ella Barrett and Connor Rankin, the programme explores what it means to live today, a time shaped by acute flux and deep stagnation, by tension, friction and paradox, where the boundary between the real and the surreal continues to blur.
Through INBETWEEN, ACV offers a peek into a world open to a plurality of possibilities – from seed-keepers and soil-tenders to community builders, storytellers, culture weavers and edge walkers; DIY collectives, dreamers, schemers and organisers. All working at the edges of worldmaking.
Guests will also be invited to experience Networks of Care, an interactive installation in collaboration with MATERIAL STORE, featuring a soundscape by Gludo.
Bringing together Jermaine Francis, Nate Agbetu, Emma Warren, Nabil Al-Kinani, Ella Barrett and Connor Rankin, the programme explores what it means to live today, a time shaped by acute flux and deep stagnation, by tension, friction and paradox, where the boundary between the real and the surreal continues to blur.
Through INBETWEEN, ACV offers a peek into a world open to a plurality of possibilities – from seed-keepers and soil-tenders to community builders, storytellers, culture weavers and edge walkers; DIY collectives, dreamers, schemers and organisers. All working at the edges of worldmaking.
Guests will also be invited to experience Networks of Care, an interactive installation in collaboration with MATERIAL STORE, featuring a soundscape by Gludo.
Bios
ACV are a slow-journalism practice and creative studio working across print publishing,
relational design and community projects. Since 2020, the studio has been developing an
ecosystem of worldmakers through work grounded in care, collaboration and lived
experience.
Nate Agbetu is a curator, strategist and educator whose socially engaged practice uses research, art and design to imagine near futures through their studio, Free Form World. Working at the intersection of culture and social innovation, they develop projects that range from a community garden to films, lectures and public programmes. Clients include V&A East,
Re:Arc Institute, the Design Museum, Nike, Gucci and more.
Emma Warren has been documenting grassroots culture for decades. She is the author of
Make Some Space (2019), which was a MOJO book of the year; Steam Down (2019) which
was published by Rough Trade Books and named an Irish Times read of the year; and
Document Your Culture (2020). Dance Your Way Home (2023) was a Guardian book of the
year. A dual citizen of Ireland and the UK, she worked on staff at The Face and as the
editorial mentor at youth-run Brixton publication Live Magazine. Her monthly radio show on
Worldwide FM ran for six years.
By day, Nabil Al-Kinani is a built-environment professional and strategist with a keen interest
in urbanism, placemaking, sustainable development and place visioning. By night, he is a
writer and producer that uses creativity to deliver works that draw focus on the relationship
between spaces and stories. Other strands of his work includes the exploration of spatial
politics, psychogeography, identity, culture and migration. To date, Nabil has authored
various works, including; Privatise the Mandem (2021), To Free the Ends (2024), Naming
Pains (2024), and much more.
Ella Barrett (she/her) is a community archivist and producer whose work brings together oral
history, installation, and community-led storytelling.
Based in Sheffield, she is the curator at the Bantu Archive Programme and co-producer of White Teeth 98, an audio-visual practice with photographer and filmmaker Jashan Walton. Her projects explore Black and POC life, memory, and place through archival research, sound, and moving image, centering the importance of marginalised communities
documenting their past and present.
Ella has produced work and facilitated workshops with arts organisations including Site
Gallery, Arts Catalyst, Sheffield Documentary Festival, No Bounds Festival and Worldwide
FM, she continues to expand her practice as part of RESOLVE Collective working on the
Nurturing Ecologies Programme.
Jermaine Francis is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer, and lecturer working primarily with
photography and video. He explores parameters of these mediums their role in shaping our
past and present. Exploring their role in the construction of historical and contemporary
narratives, additionally our perception of our contemporary space.
He has exhibited, at the International Centre of Photography New York, The National Portrait
Gallery London, GaleriePcp, Centre of British Photography London,The Saatchi Gallery
London,Public Knowledge program The Camden Arts Centre , Sherbet Green London,
Peckham 24 Photo Festival , The Depot Contemporary art Festival, The Impression Gallery
Bradford, Dulwich Picture Gallery London, Norwich Museum, Photo London, Matéria Gallery
Rome.
Connor Rankin is a cultural curator and producer working across art, design and community
practice. He is the founder and director of Studio ACV, a platform supporting artistic and
creative talent through publishing, programming and collaboration. He is currently Head of
Creative Programmes at global creative studio Acrylicize, where he leads the development
of the studio’s gallery and event space The Art House, as well as artist residencies and
public programming. His work centres on the role of art, design and culture in shaping more
equitable and sustainable cities, systems and spaces.
Book tickets
Thu, 07 May 2026
Nash and Brandon Rooms
06:30 pm
£10 full price
Ticket information
- All tickets that do not require ID (full price, disabled, income support) can be printed at home or stored in email
- For aged-based concession tickets (under 25, student) please bring relevant ID to collect at the front desk before the event.
Access information
Nash and Brandon Rooms
- The Nash and Brandon Rooms are located on the second floor and can be accessed via a ramp and lift from Carlton House Terrace. Please note that the lift is small (see measurements in our Visual Story Guide) and cannot accommodate motorised wheelchairs; a transfer to a standard chair is required. For assistance, please speak to staff at the front desk on arrival or contact us in advance at access@ica.art.
- Sensory Maps and Large Print Guides are available at the information and sales desk.
- Free entry is available for visitors where ticket prices are a barrier. Please email access@ica.art for more information.
- For further access information or specific requirements, please visit our Access Page.
7pm – Intro from Connor Rankin, ACV
7:10pm – Screening of Authors of The Estate
7:30pm – Panel talk with Emma Warren, Nabil Al-Kinani and Ella Barrett, moderated by Connor Rankin, followed by a Q&A
8:30pm – Interval
9pm – In conversation with Nate Agbetu and Jermaine Francis, followed by a Q&A
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