E05 Sean-Roy Parker

In this episode, Rupert’s artist-in-residence Sean-Roy Parker talks about his artistic practice, his approach to the social as an artistic strategy, why he initiates knowledge-based and skill-sharing activities and how he exercises alternative currencies.  

Sean-Roy Parker (United Kingdom) is an artist, environmentalist and community cook based in London. His work builds social frameworks inclusive of marginalised voices and alternative currencies like labour exchange to encourage practical, post-capitalist action using abundance and care. During his residency, Sean undertook ‘Slow Yield’, a research project about the lifecycle of materials, complexities of civic responsibility and tackling waste culture through collaborative problem-solving. Alongside scavenger walks, eco-sculpture and fermentation experiments, he was working on new text and sound work in the surrounding terrain. Sean-Roy Parker was an artist-in-residence at Rupert in August 2020.