VELFERDEN PRESENTS #03 / 25: Joss Allen

Come to Velferden and meet writer, researcher, gardener and art worker Joss Allen, who is on residency with us in collaboration with CAS - Contemporary Art Stavanger.

There will be light refreshments, and everyone is welcome. The event will be held in English.

VELFERDEN PRESENTS is a series of events where artists and researchers present themselves and their work, creating a space for joint dialogue.

Time and place: the Velferden-building at Sandbekk, April 28th at 6 pm.

Welcome!

Joss Allen (b. 1988, Scotland) can be found in the garden, amongst the weeds and compost heaps. He is an artworker and researcher interested in how art influences ecological ways of being and practices of care towards more-than-human worlds. Joss's work has been influenced by his time as a support worker for adults with autism, a labourer on an organic farm and a refuse collector, among others.

Between 2017 and 2020, they were the project coordinator for the Town is the Garden, a three-year creative community food-growing project run by Deveron Projects, Scotland. Recently, he was co-artistic director of ATLAS Arts, Isle of Skye with Yvonne Billimore. Joss is currently doing PhD research with a seed library in Glasgow.