Mervin Jarman

Artist, programmer, and co-ordinator of Mongrel, Jamaica. Mongrel is a mixed bunch of people and machines working to celebrate the cultural methods of London street culture. The group creates socially engaged cultural product using a wide range of media technologies. Using a variety of collaboration strategies and pairings, Mongrel attempts to open up situations and makes ways for those locked out of the mainstream to gain strength without getting locked into power structures.