Lunchtime Talk: Voice as Infrastructure

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Fri 15 May 13:00 at Pervasive Media Studio Event Space & Youtube Live

Lunchtime Talk: Voice as Infrastructure

In this Lunchtime Talk, Angelica Allen shares an evolving body of work that uses voice to shape collective environments for listening, connection and rest.

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Angelica Allen

My Midnight Heart crafts ethereal, voice-led soundscapes at the crossroads of identity, motherhood & technology—supported by Femme House, Saffron & Sound and Music.

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Every Friday we offer free, informal lunchtime talks from people sharing projects, process, ideas and provocations around pervasive media and creative technology. If you or someone you know should be a part of our programme, contact Martin O'Leary.

This talk shares an evolving body of work that uses voice to shape collective environments for listening, connection and rest. Moving between live performance, workshops and emerging spatial formats, Angelica will speak about her current project RESET alongside a broader interest in care-led, voice-based practices that sit between music, technology and facilitation. The session will offer insight into a practice still in formation, with space for conversation around collaboration, process and what it means to build work that prioritises the body as much as the sound.

Angelica Allen is a vocalist, producer and sound artist working under the name My Midnight Heart. Her practice explores the voice as both instrument and environment, using live looping, layered harmonies and spatial sound to create immersive listening experiences. Rooted in themes of motherhood, diasporic identity and nervous system regulation, her work moves between performance, facilitation and experimental sound practice.

Join us online on YouTube Live, or in the building on Friday 15th May at 13:00 for the talk and to take part in the Q and A discussion afterwards.

Want to support what we do at Watershed? Please consider donating, so we can bring you more talks like this.

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.

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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.

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