The Suite (212) Sessions, no. 1 - Ilona Sagar

In the wake of the coronavirus epidemic and shutting down of much of the UK's cultural life, we have decided to bring you a series of interviews with contemporary artists, writers, filmmakers and other cultural figures, conducted via Skype, about their practices, the political issues that inspire them and the socio-economic conditions that have shaped their work. First, Juliet talks to London-based visual artist Ilona Sagar (https://www.ilonasagar.com/) about her film works Correspondence O (2017), dealing with the history of the Pioneer Health Centre in Peckham, London, and Deep Structure (2019), documenting the Park Hill estate in Sheffield. They also spoke about Ilona's research on workers affected by asbestos and the Ford Dagenham sewing machinists strike of 1968, her interest in other artists and writers addressing healthcare and disability, and the recent UCU strikes in higher education, and especially art colleges. A full list of references for the programme can be found via our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/suite212, and are available to $3 subscribers.