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AKA AND CELLECTIVE PRESENT: A SICKLE CELL EXHIBITION AND FUNDRAISER
Opening night Wednesday 26th July 2006 – 1900/late – £10 tickets - more on the door
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From Wednesday 26th July, AKA presents a specially commissioned photography exhibition and fundraising night in aid of Sickle Cell Anaemia, as part of Sickle Cell Awareness Month.
The exhibition kicks off with ‘Cellective Presents…’ a night of live PA’s, DJ sets, visual art, fantastic auctions and giveaways in AKA on Wednesday 26th July from 7pm till late, all in aid of raising money for Sickle Cell Anaemia.
Brit soul legend Omar will be performing live, with his unique mixture of reggae, raga and hip hop flavoured soul music. Omar is best known for his 1991 hit ‘There’s Nothing Like This’, and has collaborated with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Angie Stone, Common, Rodney P, Carleen Anderson and Erykah Budu, to name a few.
Joining Omar will be DJ royalty Norman Jay (MBE) and C-Mone, the leading female voice in the UK hip hop scene, who has drawn comparisons with Mike Skinner. Choice FM’s Asha will be hosting the fundraising auction, joined by a guest MC to be announced.
Further prizes donated to be auctioned off on the night include a VIP night out to Layo and Bushwaka!’s Saturday night residency at The End, the entire BBE music back catalogue, tickets to The Raindance Festival, £1,000 worth of art from Ginger White rent-free for six months, plus donations from up and coming clothing labels 84’ Fresh, Phuturehype and beverageheaven 24/7. All these will be auctioned off to the highest bidder on the night.
All proceeds will be donated to North London Middlesex Hospital Sickle Cell Unit and The Sickle Cell Society. Tickets are £10 in advance and more on the door.
As well as being an important fundraiser for The Sickle Cell Society, the night celebrates the start of AKA’s Sickle Cell Exhibition, featuring a series of specially commissioned photographs inspired by and featuring people with Sickle Cell.
The photographs aim to represent what Sickle Cell means to sufferers, as photographer Benedict Young explains; “All the people photographed have full blown sickle cell or are carriers. I have chosen locations within their local area that symbolise Sickle Cell and its effect on them: spikes as a metaphor for pain, Wandsworth prison as a metaphor for the life sentence, paintings of a bear and evil-looking man and woman to symbolise the danger, and chains and an incomplete ‘O’ to represent the cells. It was very important to me to represent them in the most positive possible light and to show that with the right knowledge Sickle Cell can be coped with.”
The exhibition will run in AKA for eight weeks.
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Want to show off your work?
We’re always looking for new
and exciting art and photography to exhibit. If you’re interested we’d
love to hear from you so drop us a line at: alice@endclub.com |
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