The Koestler Awards is an annual programme encouraging people from the UK’s prison system to communicate and change their lives through art. The exhibition features works by prisoners, secure mental health patients, immigration detainees and other individuals in secure settings from the UK and abroad.
The 2024 exhibition is co-curated by Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller and former prisoner-turned-artist John Costi, who has come full circle in his journey with the charity from HMP Young Offender Institution Feltham award-winner to co-curator.
The idea for the title, No Comment, reflects the lack of opportunities for people in secure settings to share their voice and opinions.
Daily free tours are available with ex-prisoner exhibition hosts, employed by Koestler Arts, working alongside Southbank Centre Visitor Assistants. The hosts will share their personal experience and insights about the artworks to help visitors understand more about them and the environment that underlies them.
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