SHIFT: Harold Offeh

Artist Harold Offeh discusses the role that collaboration plays within his practice, through the lens of three approaches including to ‘Co-operate’, ‘Co-Create’ and ‘Facilitate’.

About the artist

Harold Offeh works in a range of media including performance, video, photography, learning and social arts practice. He is interested in the space created by the inhabiting or embodying of histories, and employs humour as a means to confront the viewer with historical narratives and contemporary culture. Harold has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally including Tate Britain and Tate Modern, South London Gallery, Turf Projects, London, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Wysing Art Centre, Studio Museum Harlem, New York, MAC VAL, France, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Denmark and Art Tower Mito.

More info on Harold's work can be found at www.haroldoffeh.com

About the film

This film is part of SHIFT, Freelands Foundation’s quarterly series of short films spotlighting varied practices, approaches and philosophies within art education.

Captions and editing: Sixbetween.

All audiovisual material and research is courtesy of the artist.

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