In this Lunchtime Talk Raquel Meseguer Zafe, Founder of Unchartered Collective, shares some of the learnings from her project Proper Time, a model that was developed to make it more possible for chronically ill artists to make live performance without impacting their health. 

She will talk about the creative tech the team evolved to explore absent and presence, recurring themes in her work to connect online disabled participant performers to live performance spaces in meaningful ways. Raquel will then reflect more broadly on working with the theme of time and how this intersects with climate justice questions. 

About Raquel

Raquel’s work straddles theatre, dance, installation, performative conversations and photo-documentary. In 2016 she founded Unchartered Collective to create theatrical encounters that explore the lived experience of disability. Her project A Crash Course in Cloudspotting is an installation & performance, an app, and a digital archive. She is currently in the R&D phase of a new work entitledProper Time. Raquel evolves creative access for disabled artists and audiences. Her practice includes creating rest friendly spaces, horizontality as a way of working and being together, and creative audio description.

Join us online on YouTube Live, or in the building on Friday, the 24th of October 2025 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.