TALKER is a self-published print project that explores approaches to performance-making through long-form interviews. Each issue focuses on an individual practitioner.

Barby is a London based artist, curator, educator and occasional DJ. Her work is concerned with the politics of place, space and memory and the histories and legacies of colonialism. The work is collaborative, performative and dialogic, often working with groups of people as-contributors, collaborators or co-researchers. 

This issues focuses on her live work, from South London community intervention Noise Summit to her intricate, iterative project Declaration of Independence. The interview explores the crucial role of contributor-performers and the challenges of presenting performances online.