RUN RIOT - Key Persons
Carrie Mae Weems is celebrated for her exploration of identity, power, desire and social justice through work that challenges representations of race, gender, and class. The largest presentation of the artist's multi-disciplinary work in Europe to date, this exhibition brings together photographs, films, objects and installations spanning over three decades.
Weems came to prominence in the early 1980s through photographic work that questioned how the representation of the Black subject, particularly within America, has historically reproduced systemic racism and inequality. The exhibition captures the performative and cinematic nature of her practice, from the iconic Kitchen Table Series (1990) to the epic film installation The Shape of Things (2021) focusing on the history of violence in the United States.
De' Tavora moved to London in 2007 and immediately became involved with Run-Riot working with the Editorial. Originally hailing from the West Country where she led a life of sex, drugs and rock and roll - coming to London and joining Run-Riot seemed the natural progression. With an eye for the obscure and an appreciation of all things leftfield of leftfield de Tavora simply isn't that curious about what most of us get turned on about. That's her USP. Take it or leave it, babe.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Founder
- Run - Riot 's Founder and Creative Director
Jamie McLaren is Run-Riot's Founder and Creative Director. McLaren oversees the day-to-day Editorial and Business along with its ongoing Development.
Prior to founding Run-Riot McLaren had worked in the arts as an event producer, marketeer, and in PR at some of London's most unique venues as well as Europe's most established arts centres, and pioneering international festivals. He has also been a dancer, DJ, and managed a nightclub.
He has been involved with the Almeida Theatre, BBC, Barbican (BITE), Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, Company In Space (Australia), KARAS (Saburo Teshigawara), Southbank Centre, Greenwich & Docklands International Festival, Hoxton Hall, London International Festival of Theatre, Random Dance (Wayne McGregor), Vice Gallery, among others.
McLaren studied Graphic Design, followed by Contemporary Dance & Choreography. He has lived in Valencia, Melbourne and London.
Job Titles:
- Run - Riot 's Web Manager