siddharth khajuria
I’m a producer, curator and artist.
This website’s an archive for my producing and curatorial work: public programmes, installations, exhibitions, festivals, events, residencies, and more.
Please scroll downand explore!
My artistic practice has its own home at siddharth.work
Archive
Grand Plan
May, 2021 - Present
Independent
A charity, created with Tom Rosenthal and Marina Diamandis, supporting artists of colour in the UK with £1,000 grants to take a leap. We awarded our 150th grant in late-2024. Charity website
‘Level G’ Programme
Nov, 2015 - Dec, 2021
Barbican
A public programme for the Barbican, sited within the arts centre’s central foyers, developed with Razia Jordan. More info
(un)common outcomes
September, 2024
Photoworks
An exhibition brought together with Eva Louisa Jonas, Ezra Evans and our fellow peer matters artists, as part of the Photoworks Weekender. It featured ‘nothing is fixed’, a co-authored, ever-changing weave of images, sketchbook pages, notes, test prints and more. Exhibition website
Soundhouse: The Listening Body
Sep - Oct, 2018
Barbican
A ‘cinema for audio’ at the heart of an arts centre, co-created with Nina Garthwaite and Eleanor McDowall. More info
Barbican Incubator
Nov, 2015 - Mar, 2020
Barbican
A hybrid research, strategy and programming team, co-devised with Laura Whitticase. More info
Hack the Barbican
August, 2013
Barbican
A month-long takeover of the Barbican’s foyer spaces, with 100 installations, performances, workshops and discussions. More info
Making Space
May, 2021 - present
Barbican
A British Council funded research project, co-led with Razia Jordan. We invited six cultural producers to reflect on the questions, processes and values that defined their practice. Read the essays
A Reality Near You
Mar - Oct, 2024
Science Gallery London
A programme shaped by collaborations between artists, academics, young people, activists, local organisations and the wider public. Read the zine that accompanied the season
Can We Talk About Power?
September, 2021
Barbican
A programme of events about the ‘power of power’ curated by Suzanne Alleyne, and co-produced with Suzanne, Razia Jordan, and Liz Daramola. Watch the conversations
Life Rewired Hub
Jan - Dec, 2019
Barbican
An experimental year-long venue, hosting events exploring what it means to be human in the face of technological change. Co-created with Jamie Upton, Chris Salter, and Chris Sharp. Events programme
Fieldwork
December, 2019
Barbican
A residency surfacing alternative practices for cultural production in Mumbai and Goa. Co-created with Razia Jordan, Avinash Kumar, Rohan Patankar, and Jonathan May. More info
AI: Who’s Looking After Me?
Jun, 2023 - Jan, 2024
Science Gallery London
An exhibition and events programme, co-curated between the SGL team and Future Everything, probing at the ways in which AI is already deeply woven into our lives: from healthcare to the justice system, and love lives to cat welfare. Exhibition info
Unclaimed
Feb - May, 2019
Barbican
An installation surfacing new perspectives on ageing, led by Sarah Douglas and the Liminal Space team, with UCL’s gerontology researchers, and co-produced with Razia Jordan. Case study
Talks and Writing
The usual tools don’t work
May, 2020
Barbican
An essay co-written with Razia Jordan, reflecting on our experiences curating and programming the Barbican’s public spaces together. Read the essay
Unlikely CommunitiesMay, 2020
Dakshinachitra Museum, Chennai
A talk about how unlikely communities of people from different disciplines shape the public programme at the Barbican. Read the transcript
Sustaining Uncertainty
July, 2021
Abandon Normal Devices
A conversation with Razia Jordan, Jonathan May and Penny Rafferty to explore how cultural practitioners can nurture and protect space for the unknown within arts institutions. Watch the conversation
Making Space
September, 2019
BBC
A talk about the impacts of digital culture on cultural programming. Read the transcript