Mandy Merzaban is a London-based artist and writer investigating experiences of epistemic injustice, the systematic undervaluing and exclusion of knowledge based on such markers as race, class, gender and language, in arts and culture organisations.
Through listening, drawing and poetry, she explores the phenomenology of institutions, probing them as subjects for feminist, artistic thinking and observational humour. More recently, this research considers the potential intersections of art, comedy and institutional critique.
“Do Let Us, Destroy The Pyramid” is a commissioned response to the series of AREVA events that includes the AREVA report launch in which Mandy invites us to share her experience in a poetic format. In doing so, participant evaluations are liberated from standardised strictures and instead, move us to a more insightful and embodied place of thoughtful encounters and towards critical acts for equitable change.
