This month brings big change and new introductions
The launch of Driftime®, a brief re-location to Düsseldorf, and the welcoming of a new member of the team, Ocean. As ever, we are moving with the times and progressing forward with a new brand identity, and a brand new sense of self. Take a moment to browse through our highs and lows, our hunger for print, and what has been playing on our radio.
A month of change and new challenges: how do we adapt best to new environments?
👆 The High
Founders Abb-d and Sara hopped across the pond this month to the city of Düsseldorf for a brief work trip. Travel always favours a slight shift in perspective - returning home after time away often reaffirms what we have and value back home, even if it does mean a quasi-quarantine hibernation.
Another high comes in the form of Ocean, a new member of the team helping out with project relations with new Driftime® ventures. This month also saw the launch of OnlyOne, a platform that's been in the works for almost a year. An uplifting October.
👇 The Low
Facing a few close calls and unexpected fees, this month brought a few troubles to the front and centre in true traveller fashion. It's always a challenge finding your way in a new environment, and a trip to Düsseldorf with penny pinching airlines and unfamiliar customs was no exception.
That’s that, now on to the good stuff…
Elsa & the Driftime® team.
There are opportunities even in the most difficult moments.
Wangari Maathai
Gentrification: what does it mean to eat authentically?
The Funambulist is a generous print and digital magazine thinking about the politics of space and bodies. The October issue focuses on the anti-colonial and anti-gentrification voices in food from locations all over the globe. Reading from an article named “Resistance [as] Rhizomatic", we learn that gentrification is both emergent and ancient, giving us an opportunity to discuss authentic, conscious, and genuine travel, and what it means to invest back into society. Some investigative food for thought.
This issue is already out of print, but you can secure your digital copy for just $6.
To The Ends of The Earth
Photo Fringe brings us a generous listing of events and digital exhibitions for the whole of October. This particular short film by Hannah Scott engages with environmental change and personal identity in just 9 atmospheric minutes. Sky, sea, and horizon are encountered in both "remoteness and connectedness", a pensive ode to movement and environmental progress. If you can - take a look at Studio Lenca's digital exhibition, the OPEN20 SOLO winner who has harnessed vivid colour and and historical portraiture into an ongoing visual performance. Great stuff.
View the Digital Exhibition Here
The Fight for America’s Public Lands
A feature-length documentary about America’s system of public lands and the fight to protect them. As an extinction crisis looms and climate change continues to be one of the greatest threats our planet has ever faced, America’s 640 million acres of public lands support biodiversity and carbon sequestration.
Learn More About the Fight Here.
Foundation.fm is a platform based in London led by a diverse group of women and members of the LGBTQI+ community.
A radio platform showcasing up and coming talent in the underground music scene, Foundation.fm readily demonstrates how easy it is to put marginalised voices centre stage. Aside from a hip hop track list, this show introduces creative agency, ON ROAD, discusses 5 in-venue events in London, and provides an easy going soundtrack to your morning commute.
Engaging with young people and connecting the dots in culture, ON ROAD boast a high calibre of work with clients like Converse, Nike, and Boiler Room. Take a look at their instagram for some great content on being Black on Depop, 6 LGBTQIA+ communities in London, and personal accounts from young people in the big smoke.
It's Black History Month - how can we extend our education and celebration beyond October?
The Black Curriculum is a social enterprise established in 2019 to address the shortfall of Black British history in UK schools. Aimed at young people between 8-16, the initiative focuses on arts based Black history programmes and active methods of supporting young people in finding their identity.
Just a tenner will help to develop packages of support for teachers and redirect the largely Eurocentric perspective of the national curriculum to a more representative agenda. Keep learning, pals!
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