Join us on Wednesday 5th Feb, 15-17:00 at Borough Road Gallery, to hear Zaiba Jabbar as she shares the journey of founding HERVISIONS, a platform that has become a vital force in reshaping digital art spaces.
This talk explores how HERVISIONS emerged as a response to the need for diverse perspectives in digital culture, and its evolution into a dynamic platform challenging traditional technological narratives. Learn how the initiative has grown to create opportunities for underrepresented artists, curators, and creators while expanding the boundaries of digital art. Through real-world examples and personal insights, discover how HERVISIONS is actively subverting established digital paradigms and fostering a more inclusive, innovative digital art landscape.
Zaiba Jabbar is a curator, educator, award-winning director and the founder of HERVISIONS, a femme-focused curatorial agency, platform and digital art studio that produces innovative commissions, exhibitions, and events with a strong focus on the intersection of art, technology, and culture. Jabbar was a curator in residence at LUX, London in 2018, is a board member of Abandon Normal Devices.
HERVISIONS (est. 2015) is a London-based femme-focused curatorial agency and digital art studio celebrating and promoting artists working across emergent and established technologies and platforms, with a strong focus on the intersection of art, technology, and culture. It investigates how people in the margins are using technology to create art outside of traditional formats, making space for themselves through the experience of expanded moving images. Previous collaborations, partners and organisations include: Tate Modern, The Photographers’ Gallery, arebyte, LUX , FURTHERFIELD, Saatchi Gallery, BFI, The London College of Fashion William Morris Gallery, Waltham Forest Borough, and Google Arts and Culture.