This talk will be held in the building and online! Booking link can be found here.

A.K.A NOT the hero's journey… 

Art can make a world worth living in. After shelter, equality, equity and a healthy planet, there is art. It is a place for imagination – to have collective experiences that ask us to imagine who we want to be and how we want to live together. 

 

What can that look like in the 21st century in an increasingly digital age? Digital can connect across borders or isolate us in bubbles - it can help us see new worlds or just take us away from our own. So how does art keep contributing to the well-being of local and global communities and helping us all to imagine beautiful and powerful ways forward? How do we explore new affordances and reject what does not work for us, ethically, artistically or practically? 

Image of a group of people sat around the edge of a lit up circular installation space on the floor, the circular space is built up of triangles, which resemble a map, and there are little illustrated stands dotted around the space

Image Credit: Early Days of a better nation by Coney Photo credit Ryoko Uyama

Using projects from across her career  - from immersive theater to hyper reality operas - Annette Mees will explore how her work believes in the power of the collective imagination, working together & culture as a laboratory for the future. 

Annette Mees is an award-winning immersive theatre director known for her innovative, interdisciplinary, experiential work that allows audiences to explore big ideas and meaningful change. She is the Artistic Director of Audience Labs; a hub for imagination exploring new forms of theatre and technology. It connects artists, technologists, researchers, experts, and communities to spark new thinking. Next she is the chair of FutureEverything, a co-host of global conversation around the Future of Art and Culture, an artist mentor for CPH:DOX and working on R&D exploring the “Future of Venues” with Substrakt. 

Join us online on YouTube Live, or in the building on Friday 8th April 2022 at 1pm for the talk and to take part in the discussion afterwards.

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. 

*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.