Join us for a special ‘Home’ themed Make Shift meet up on may 5th, 6pm-8pm, with the wonderful Nicki Kent

Nicki is an artist creating cross-disciplinary work for and with communities, to think about the future. They have a particular interest in creating work that people can directly get involved with. From taking pictures of space local parks, to producing science fiction films with 8 year olds.

Nicki, and their collaborator Ella Good developed the iconic Martian House, a large scale public art installation which explored what it might look like to build a house on Mars. 

Centred on a real life structure on the Harbourside, Nicki and her collaborator Ella Good invited the public into their Martian House to produce inventions for the house and ask ‘what do we need to live well?' particularly in a place where you have to live carefully and resourcefully, and importantly ‘what does that mean for life here on earth?'

In this session Nicki will reflect on the notion of home and the things we surround ourselves with. They will share some of the thinking behind Martian House, the open ended design processes they used, and some of the (sometimes frustrating) process ended of producing large scale art work in the public realm. 

 

This session is part of our Home season, a year of making, watching and sharing what home means to us all, you can find our more on our website.

 

Why Come to a Make Shift Meet Up?

-Find out about Watershed, the Pervasive Media Studio and what we offer to South West based creatives

-A chilled space where you can meet and chat with other creatives

-Talks from creative practitioners on anything from finding funds for your project to how to do your tax return

Timings:

5:30pm - You can Drop in and get to see the space

6:00pm - Meet Up Start -Sharing something we love

6:30pm-7:30pm - Session with Nicki

7:30pm-8:00pm - Social and next steps

Give Tony a shout if you have any questions - Tony.B@watershed.co.uk