Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism + Q&A

When does practice become protest, or art, activism? Fiona Cunningham-Reid’s film Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism is an intimate portrait of artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey. They work at the intersection of art, activism, biology and ecology, and the film documents their quest to shake humanity into action on climate catastrophe – whatever the personal cost.

Collaborating since 1990, Ackroyd & Harvey have exhibited in galleries, museums, public spaces and sites of special interest including; Science Gallery London (2024); Hayward Gallery, London (2023); Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, USA (2023); Biennale of Sydney, Australia (2022); Somerset House, London (2022); Tate Modern, London (2021); Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (2018); Aarhus Triennale, Denmark (2017); The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge (2016); Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London (2012).

We will be joined after the film for an in conversation with director Fiona Cunningham-Reid.