WHEN: Friday, 23 October, 1 – 3pm
WHERE: Online (Book Here)
Jenny Richards and Sophie Hope take a broad look at conversation and dialogue in social practice.
They’re developing a session that’ll cover lots of aspects of this: from ice-breakers to talking to the public; project and relationship building; convincing stakeholders and funders; reporting and advocating for ways of working on your terms.
About Jenny and Sophie:
Jenny Richards’ research focuses on the politics of work, health and the body developed through collaborative and collective practice. She is a doctoral candidate on the KTD programme at Konstfack and KTH. Her project ‘Against the Outsourced Body’ examines the effects of, and resistance to, the expansion of commercialised, individualised, and outsourced care. She has previously been co-director of Konsthall C, Stockholm, where together with Anna Ahlstrand and Jens Strandberg they developed Home Works, an exhibition programme exploring the politics of domestic work and the home. Following this, she worked at the art space Marabouparken Konsthall, developing the two-year exhibition programme Acts of Self Ruin. Alongside Manual Labours, she collaborates with Johnny Chang to develop the platform ‘Gathering Against’, an online and physical tool library that gathers against individualised modes of cultural and political production, broadening access to tools and resources for collective practices.
Sophie Hope is an independent practice-based researcher. She often develops her work with others through devised workshops exploring subjects such as art and politics, the physical and emotional experiences of work, different perspectives on socially engaged art, and the ethics of employability in the creative industries. She was a freelance curator, writer and evaluator of public and socially engaged art (2000-2010), then a full-time academic at Birkbeck, University of London (2010-2013) before becoming freelance again in 2013. Alongside Manual Labours, Sophie is working on the collaborative projects Meanwhile in an Abandoned Warehouse podcast and Cards on the Table. She is also a Trustee on the Board of Take a Part.
Together Jenny and Sophie are Manual Labours
Access Notes:
This is a ticketed hybrid event and will take place both online and in real life in The NewBridge Projects’ space in Newcastle upon Tyne. If you book to attend online, you’ll receive a Zoom link in your booking confirmation.
Both the online and real-life doors will open at 12:45pm so you can get settled and we’ll commence at 1:00pm sharp. We’ll finish by 3:00pm and there will be a comfort break mid-way through.
Live captioning will be available online.
This workshop has been organised by The NewBridge Project for members of EOP and the Kaleidoscope Network. The Kaleidsocope Network is a collaboration between Eastside Projects (Birmingham), Spike Island (Bristol), Primary (Nottingham), The NewBridge Project (Newcastle) and Bloc Projects (Sheffield). Membership of any of the above organisations automatically makes you part of the Kaleidoscope Network.