Still there are seeds to be gathered is a new programme of member-led activity. Following an open call to members to takeover EOP and use it to develop their own practice, research and networks in public, with others, we have selected nine proposals to take place over the coming months.
The chosen proposals reflect the range of positions, perspectives and practices within the EOP membership. We are delighted to share a programme that feels distinct and generative whilst showcasing our members and their interests. Over the coming months, the programme will move between one-off workshops, discussions, events and more all devised and delivered by EOP members.
PROGRAMME
AUGUST The God Particle, a micro/flash fiction workshop, ...kruse Thursday 26 August, 1–2pm A writing workshop exploring micro and flash fiction. We’ll create new worlds and imagine new futures using an Imagination Accelerator to give mass to our ideas. No previous writing experience is necessary.
SEPTEMBER Nocturnal Bullet FLESHHHHHH, Sahjan Kooner Wednesday 15 September, 7–8pm £5 / Free to EOP Together, we will be exploring the trajectory of a specific bullet through a broken down/beat up lecture-performance which will incorporate listening to writing, sonic experiences and video to conjure up a dreamlike space.
OCTOBER In Walking Together We Make The Path, Mina Heydari-Waite 21 October, 12-1.30pm 28 October, 12-1.30pm In Walking Together We Make The Path is a social dreaming inspired workshop. Social dreaming is a reflexive practice in which dreams and associated thoughts are shared in a way which brings forth possibilities for new perspectives and meanings about our wider social context. Our task will be to share dreams, and our associations to each other’s dreams, making links and connections where we can.
NOVEMBER Catwalk Primer, Bruce Asbestos Thursday 4 November, 6.30-8.39pm £5 / Free to EOP Can we make a catwalk in two hours? A making session conducted over Zoom, looking at how basic items and recycled materials can be magically and quickly transformed into transcendent performance costumes.
JANUARY Queer Use Reading Group, Francis Whorrall Campbell Thursday 13 Jan, 6.30-7.30pm Thursday 27 Jan, 6.30-7.30pm Reading and discussion around the conclusion of Sarah Ahmed’s 2019 book What’s the Use: On The Uses of Use. We will explore how institutions seek to use queer identity and queers as products within a diversity economy and together develop strategies against our use.
MARCH Let's talk about it!, Aidan Moesby Friday 4 March, 1-2pm Aidan Moesby and Tonic Arts Manager Susan Grant host a discussion about how to have difficult conversations, why not to avoid them and how to manage them. They will share some experiences and come up with some shared solutions.
Extraordinary Collaboration, Anna Frijstein Thursday 10 March A preformative discussion around collaborating with human and non-human entities.
JULY Disco Islam: Commentary Performance, Bijan Moosavi Friday 1 July, 7.30pm In this Zoom performance done in the style of ‘YouTube Commentary’ videos, Bijan will be taking you behind the scenes of his dystopian ‘Disco Islam’; a sci-fi commercial film about an Iranian nightclub from the future which is built on the site of an environmental disaster and uses Silicon Valley technologies to disguise human rights issues in the Middle East.
STILL TO COME Sound.Body.Space.Time, Hannah Wallis A workshop that looks at the relationship between our bodies and how we navigate space. Considering how we might or might not feel able to hold agency in certain spaces when our bodies feel ‘othered’.
