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Land/Lines: Creative Explorations in Land Rights
When you dream of the neighbourhood you want to live in, what might shift if you knew your land rights, and how they have changed throughout history?
Land/Lines is a peer-learning programme supporting local young artists, researchers and activists to explore how land ownership in Enfield shapes the ways we live, connect, and belong.
Launched at Dugdale Arts Centre in January 2026, Land/Lines was led by local producer and curator Jasmine White and RESOLVE Collective with guest practitioners. Across 6 workshops, the group engaged in discussion, research and creative practice to develop new perspectives on the spaces around us and the rights we hold within them.
The Land/Lines 2026 cohort was: Avin Houro, Christevie Phemba Ngoma, Helainah Graham-Campbell, Jack “Jacky” Carr, Michelle Elvira Leano-Escobar, Neal Tank, Sara Omar, and Zak Philip.
Land/Lines grew out of conversations with local community leaders, young artists, gardeners, and climate organisers. Reflecting on the places in Enfield that matter to us, a shared feeling emerged: that questions of land ownership and decision-making are not abstract. They shape the parks and high streets we move through, the housing we can access, and the futures we are able to imagine. From these conversations, Land/Lines took shape.
Between January and March 2026, the first Land/Lines cohort came together for six evening workshops. Led by RESOLVE Collective, with guest practitioners Museum of Enclosure, Maymana Arefin, and We Can Make, and community members Mo Cross, Jane Brook, and Shaheen Kasmani. We explored the history of land enclosure in Enfield through archives and oral histories, reflected on food-growing practices and imagined alternative approaches to housing and community spaces.
Following the workshops, each participant received a grant to create a new artwork in response to the programme. These works were presented at the Land/Lines Community Gathering on 16 May 2026 and feature in the Land/Lines Zine.
This project is supported using funding by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.