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22nd November 2021
Age 15, after a year of having no home, and searching desperately, with all the adverts saying NO DSS, or unwilling to accept people without a reference/ASBO, my family found a slumlord who would take us on. I don’t call him that as a cus, he was serving a social function that no one else would, housing the other. We got a 2 up 2 down house in Awsworth for four kids and my mum. My dad couldn’t live there because he was on tag, he was also getting out of control with drugs and becoming unreliable. He had to hide his addiction because if they found out he would have to go back inside. I slept under the stairs. The garden was full of needles and the door kicked open. I never had a key. The supermarket was too far for us to get to without a car, so we lived off corner shop food. The street was all of the same kind of people, poor single parents on the last chance, in a village surrounded by middle class people with nice pets, children and cars. The last bus was at 6pm and so I spent many nights walking miles and miles to friends or a nearer bus stop. I got lost a fair few times in the fields because I had no maps, no phone, no internet and no idea about where things were in relation to each other. This was when my mental health was
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DDERFs (Drug Dealer Exclusionary Radical Feminist)

22nd November 2021
When I lived in Bristol I ended up randomly at a talk about legalization of drugs. My MP was on the panel. She had already been shooed out of my garden once, but that's another story. Now here she was again. During the talk she mentioned she wanted to decriminalise drugs but had an issue with dealers. You’ve many heard of TERFSs and possibly SWERFs. Here are the DDERFs. Why split hairs? It's all carceral feminism. “I just don’t like them,” she said. I was a fist of emotions. I managed to wait to the end when my ego wanted to take her down publicly. No, no. I’m on a spiritual program now. Humiliating one MP isn’t gonna out the past right. I waited till the end.  “I just wanted to let you know how I feel about what you said up there. You know there is as much variation in dealers ethically as landlords of pubs. You get good ones who care about their customers and ones who exploit people.”  “I know it’s an unpopular opinion.” She said, standing by herself. “Well your unpopular opinion is why my Dad went to prison. And why I was called scum at school. He was serving a social function. And I was dependent on him. We were all punished, it ruined many people's lives.” She wasn’t getting it.  Another person from the panel who ran a group called anyone’s child, about people whose kids had
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DIAMONDS

22nd November 2021
Two weeks ago, my Dad relapsed and died. I've been sulking and I haven’t wanted to talk about it. I can't be fucked to explain and dislike the pity in peoples eyes when I try. My life seems to be in a different reality to most people, a war. On the other hand, I want to be open because others being candid about these things helped me so much.  So this is for the child carers and child criminals who grew up in poverty. Those ones that made it out but haven’t found an island yet. This is also for the ones that didn't make it, like my dad who lives with the addict and alcoholic ancestors. And the ones who died in custody or homeless. I lost three dads now to addiction in various ways. My grandad, my step dad, my biological dad. I feel ok about it. I've let it break my heart. I know things not many people know. I used to see myself as always on the back foot. But it doesn’t make sense to put myself at the center of this. It’s just happening all around me. I've learned transmutation. That’s my gift. For everything I went though. I know how to turn shit into gold. I’m a diamond. What does it feel like to be this strong? I’ll tell you. It’s like watching everything else around you crumble to dust.  The people I loved. The places I lived.
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02 Jul

Exhibition -52 Cameras in 52 Weeks by Tony Kemplen

Artist: Tony Kemplen Exhibition Launch: Friday 25 June 2021, 5-8pm Exhibition Dates: 25 June – July 17 2021 Opening Times: Monday – Saturday, 11am-5pm   About the Exhibition Tony Kemplen has been collecting cameras for over 50 years and in 2010 he decided to use them. For a decade, he has used a different film camera each week of the year – 522 cameras in 10 years. 52 Cameras in 52 Weeks comprises a selection of these photographs and the corresponding cameras used to make them. The collection represents a wide range of cameras, techniques and subjects, and Kemplen’s approach to image-making is every bit as important as the technical aspects of the project. The cameras range in age from 10 to 100 years and in size from a large format Thornton Pickard Reflex down to a Minox sub-miniature spy camera. There are well known models which many visitors will have used as well as some esoteric cameras which they are unlikely to have seen before. Since 2011, Kemplen has also written a monthly column about the project for Amateur Photographer Magazine and a selection of these periodicals will be available to read in the space. Overall, this exhibition aims to bridge the gap between contemporary art and amateur photography.   About the Artist – Tony Kemplen Tony Kemplen has exhibited work in Babel at Ikon Gallery in 1999; Encyclopaedia Mundi in 2003 – an ambitious touring project shown in Leeds, Derby and Lancaster, which came to QUAD’s predecessor Q Arts; created work for Futuresonic, the
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Corona Virus (Covid19)

16th March 2020
16 March 2020 Artcore would like to address the current concerns regarding the Coronavirus. We are currently open as usual and intend to remain so unless advised otherwise by the UK Government and Public Health England. We would like to reassure our customers that our events and workshops will go ahead as normal. Artcore will continue to follow advice set out by the relevant authorities. We have installed additional signage encouraging our visitors to maintain good hand hygiene. Customers can be assured that we are continuing to take the necessary steps to reduce any risks to customer health and wellbeing in our building at all times. We are assessing the status and advise all participants to follow government guidelines and not attend any session if they feel unwell, are at high-risk with a pre-disposed condition or have had any contact with anyone known to have been in contact with the virus. We reiterate that we advise all participants to be sensible, cautious and follow government and NHS guidelines. The government website link for members of the public: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public We will continue to monitor and review the situation daily over the coming weeks. For regular updates on this issue please check-in on our social media channels or review our news and features online http://www.artcoreuk.com/news/ Thank you
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