S.M.I.L.E-ing Boys Experience Live Q&A, Barbican Centre, 11/9/2023

Panel discussion in conversation with Kay Rufai, the artist behind the S.M.I.L.E-ing Boys Experience installation at the Barbican Centre, hosted by photographer Ryan Prince.

“Part of the S.M.I.L.E-ing Boys mission is to interrogate the relationship between art spaces and black bodies, specifically those of black boys and young men. Who belongs in those spaces? Are those spaces welcoming? How authentically can black boys exist in such spaces without feeling overpoliced or penalised for their expressions of self? And what art, if any, reflects their realities and cultures in those spaces?” - Kay Rufai