Lunchtime Talk
Fri 16 Sep 2022 13:00-14:00 at Pervasive Media Studio Event Space
Building a Martian House: interiors
In this Lunchtime Talk artists Ella Good and Nicki Kent share the process of creating their prototype of a Martian house that could be lived in on Mars, co-designed with architects, scientists and the general public.
Image Credit: Joseph Horton
Speaker
Ella Good
Ella Good works in collaboration with artist Nicki Kent to create socially engaged projects. The duo are currently making a ten year series of works called A Decade With Mars.
Nicki Kent
Nicki Kent works with artist Ella Good to create socially engaged projects. They are currently making a ten year series of works called A Decade With Mars.This talk will be held in the building and online! Book your free ticket here.
Artists Ella Good and Nicki Kent have created a Martian House that currently sits in M Shed Square, co-designed with architects, scientists and the general public. It is a prototype of a house that could be lived in on Mars. It is also a public artwork and a research centre. The interiors are being made with a group of Bristolians re-imagining what the objects of everyday living in a zero-waste environment might look like, filling the inside of the house with inventions, ideas and colour. Join this mid-point talk with the artists discussing what has been made so far.
Martian House illustration, credit: Andy Council
Ella Good and Nicki Kent are Bristol-based artists who are working on an ambitious series about Mars, Earth and the future. Their work is framed around space science as a subject that widens perspective and imagination about how we live here and now on Earth, and provokes conversation about complex, timely topics surrounding our human-planetary relationship: climate, sustainability, community, future cities. They have presented work throughout the UK and internationally, working with local authorities, universities, schools, public parks, science centres, theatres and festivals.
Ella&Nicki at Mars Desert Research Station Utah, image credit: Satori Photos
Ella Good and Nicki Kent are Residents at the Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol, UK. Building A Martian House was developed there. The Studio is a creative technologies collaboration with Watershed, University of the West of England and University of Bristol.
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Join us online on YouTube Live, or in the building on Friday 16th September 2022 at 1pm for the talk and to take part in the Q and A discussion afterwards.
The lunchtime talks are partly supported by MyWorld, a project led by the University of Bristol to support creative industries in the region.
Address:
Watershed, 1 Canon's Rd, Bristol BS1 5TX
Directions:
The Lunchtime talks take place in the Pervasive Media Studio Event Space. To access the Studio, please go to the Main Watershed Box Office entrance and go upstairs to the Café Bar. Walk across the cafe bar, turn right and walk towards the double doors. Go through into the corridor and walk all the way down until you reach the Studio. A member of staff will sign you in, and check your ticket, if you have booked.
The Studio is wheelchair accessible, and the events space has a hearing loop. The last talk of every month is BSL interpreted.
For more information on accessing the studio take a look here.
*Please note this is a hybrid event and will be live streamed so please be aware you will be in the live broadcast and recording when watching in the Studio.
