Metal Peterborough present a reflective session with exhibiting artists Olga Jurgenson and Idit Nathan, part of a long-standing mentoring group.
Co-commissioned and presented as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025), produced by Counterpoints Arts.
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Leaving Were The Ones Who Could Not Stay is an exhibition presented by the Broadway Gallery in Letchworth featuring the work of Beverley Carruthers, Bettina Furnée, Olga Jürgenson and Idit Elia Nathan as part of Platforma 2025.
The exhibition features four Cambridge-based artists who explore the socio-political forces shaping familial bonds, migration, and intergenerational memory. Through sound, video, collage, and interactive installations, they draw on personal histories, interviews, found material and family archives to reimagine borders, displacement, and the meaning of home.
This collectively created project encourages sharing of prescient stories of migration and displacement to question societal change and bonds.
Image: Olga Jurgenson_Aleksander and Arnold from Snezhinki (Snowflakes). 2025 prints on mixed media, collaged on paper, 42×59.4 cm
About Platforma in Peterborough
Platforma 2025 in Peterborough is produced by 62 Gladstone Street, a community-rooted arts space in the heart of Peterborough with a particular focus on supporting South Asian and MENA artists. Through exhibitions, residencies, and public programmes, it provides a vital platform for underrepresented voices and fosters meaningful dialogue between artists and the wider community.
Partners: Counterpoints Arts, Landmark Theatres, Peterborough Cultural Alliance, Metal Peterborough, Peterborough Presents, Peterborough Museum, HELP Charity & the Aziz Foundation
Dedication: “Our programme is dedicated to the innocent men, women, and children who have lost their lives, those who have been displaced by war, and all those seeking a safe place to call home.”
62 Gladstone Street’s Platforma programme is supported by Arts Council England as and presented as part of the wider Platforma Festival across the East of England, produced by Counterpoints Arts.
