RIPE Live was a launch event on Old Northam Road which saw the launch of a new exhibition and installation.

Audiences enjoyed the launch of How Long Will This Last?, a new exhibition by RIPE Alumni Katie Mullender. This collection of textured and colourful paintings depicted autobiographical moments from throughout the pandemic and drawed on shared experiences, quiet moments and relationships with space.

The event also saw the launch of a new public installation. Having won a public vote, artist Signe Eliza Pook’s piece ‘DO YOU WANT WHAT YOU WANT?’ was installed at the back of the Alfred Arcade overlooking the railway tracks, and offered a message to locals, commuters and visitors to Southampton by inviting them to reflect on habits of consumption and question the idea of want versus need.