In the 80s, the Reno Club was a place of Black refuge and resistance in Manchester’s overpoliced Moss Side.
What we nourish underground
In this delicate conversation, community organisers Maymana Arefin and Evie Muir use ‘ecological time’ to reconfigure their relationship to activism.
Jeju 4.3
For decades, campaigners have fought for the world to know what happened on the Korean island of Jeju. Their efforts embody the radical meaning behind truth and reconciliation.
What if Black artists didn’t have to explain themselves?
Noah Davis’ expansive, dreamlike paintings resist demands for straightforward ‘representations’ of Blackness.
Foreword: The rhythm changes
Marking 10 years of work at the intersection of culture and racial justice, Skin Deep’s Anthology is a collection of archive pieces and new commissions that explore time, cycles, rhythm, pacing and change.
Our Commitment to PACBI
Skin Deep endorses the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), recognising that we must do all we can, with all we have, from where we are, to dismantle the ideological and institutional scaffolding of Israel’s settler colonial project.
Nickel Boys shows us the power of the Black gaze
Director RaMell Ross’ use of point-of-view makes for immersive storytelling. But he shows care for the viewer, and never makes a spectacle of Black death.
The arts funding system has left artists censored and broke. What now?
If we want to inject politics into the arts, first, we need to follow the money.
Resources for anti-fascist organising
With fascism on the rise, we need each other more than ever. Here’s an evolving compilation of resources on anti-fascist organising, upcoming actions, protest safety, community support spaces, and mutual aid offerings to get started.
‘Rest is a revolutionary priority’: Skin Deep Meets Evie Muir
Evie Muir writes about burnout from personal experience – but as her new book sets out, this systemic sickness is anything but an individual problem. We discuss writing under capitalism, her literary and community influences, and how nature shows us the way to a post-burnout future