Restful City was a year-long project that asked Bristol venues to extend a warm welcome to the chronically ill community by running Horizontal Events that challenge the taboos around 'resting' or 'misbehaving' bodies in our public space. In this talk Raquel will introduce her practice, reflect on Restful City and reflect on what radical access looks like in practice.

Raquel is a Bristol based disabled artist. She works with rest and horizontality as creative impulses and as a more equitable way to gather in public.

Her work straddles theatre, dance, installation, performative conversations and photo-documentary. Raquel founded Unchartered Collective in 2016 to create theatrical encounters that explore the lived experience of an invisible disability like chronic pain. Her piece A Crash Course in Cloudspotting uses tech to create a 'resting choir' who communicate their acts of rest in real time via an App. Her work is produced by MAYK and is supported by Unlimited. 

 

Join us online on YouTube Live, or in the building on Friday 30th June 2023 at 1pm for the talk and to take part in the Q and A discussion afterwards. 

The Pervasive Media Studio is a partnership between the Watershed, University of the West of England and University of Bristol. The lunchtime talks are partly supported by MyWorld, a project led by the University of Bristol to support creative industries in the region. Watershed is supported by Arts Council England. 

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.