This workshop is part of the exhibition RAFTS by Alistair Debling. The exhibition will be on display from 20th March 2026 – 25th May 2026. GHT is open Thursday to Sunday every week. Free admission to Main Gallery Exhibitions.

Join us for FLARB this April with ZEST co-director Ellen Gillett as she facilitates a fun, informal conversation around our new contemporary art commission RAFTS by Alistair Debling.

FLARB is the Free, Lazy, Arty, Radical Book Club, a book club without the stress of a conventional book club. It reclaims the word ‘lazy’ as a radical approach to inclusion and self-compassion.

FLARB removes traditional access barriers to reading around arts and social justice topics in order to create a sociable, inclusive space to have a read, have a chat and learn something together. It achieves this by having:

→ No cost or fees (the texts are freely available online or provided ahead of the session, no joining/participation fee)

→ No pressure to contribute or commit (it is ok to turn up just to listen or to turn up only when you feel like it)

→ Very short texts (either written, video, or images) that can be digested in 10 minutes ahead of the session, or if you are feeling ‘lazy’, not at all!

→ No required knowledge or expertise to join, just curiosity and respect for others.

About the exhibition

RAFTS by Alistair Debling is a new exhibition commissioned by ‘a space’ arts for God’s House Tower. The exhibition draws together data-driven climate research from Dr. Gordon Inglis at the University of Southampton and people-driven research from creative workshops with Rose Road to ask: what if climate change were reframed as an access and care issue? The resulting multimedia installation will flood the main gallery space at GHT, offering new strategies for staying afloat in the face of disaster.

Read more about the exhibition HERE

Associated Events – RAFTS

We’re hosting a series of free workshops, talks and events alongside the run of RAFTS by Alistair Debling. Click here to get involved

Launch Event: RAFTS by Alistair Debling
Friday 20th March, 6pm – 9pm

FLARB (Free, Lazy, Arty, Radical Bookclub) with ZEST
Saturday 18th April, 2:30pm – 4pm

Online Artist Voices: In Conversation with Alistair Debling, Dr Gordon Inglis and Mia Taylor
Thursday 7th May, 6pm – 8pm

GHT Creative Writing Group with Liz Amos
Saturday 9th May, 2:30pm – 4pm

Drop-In Information Session: Southampton Healthy Homes
Friday 15th May, 2:30pm – 4pm

Artist-Led Tour: RAFTS with Alistair Debling
Saturday 23rd May, 2:30pm – 4pm