nikki hafter
artist & creative project lead
Communication is as much about listening as about speaking - my practice builds a network of opportunities and playful interventions that guide people to experience the world that exists around them and connect with each other. Drawing attention to smaller and less noticeable moments and details reveals the abundance of vibrant human and nonhuman matter we experience everyday. I create encounters in the form of installation, assemblages, disrupted texts, audio-description and games, and facilitate people to engage in both traditional and non-traditional creative activities, from collage to food-making to growing.
I frequently work with people who experience barriers to communication - including people with lived experience of disability, brain injury, or forced migration - supported by a Masters degree in Inclusive Arts Practice. I’m the Creative Director of Lemonade from lemons, a CIC on a mission to make society more accessible for people with communication differences through inclusive communication training.
My practice has included research projects, workshops and collective performance with partners such as De La Warr Pavilion, Battersea Arts Centre, University of Brighton, University College London, Grace Eyre, Say Aphasia, Stonegrove Community Trust, Wandsworth Grant Fund and Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers.