Event
Fri 20 Nov 13:00-14:00 at Pervasive Media Studio Event Space & Youtube Live
Lunchtime Talk: Making Audiences Feral
In this talk, using case studies from their work on re-wilding their audiences, Dr. Rosie Poebright will uncover a messy reality which is more feral, that had to be felt out in the dark and grasped for by rusty instincts.
Credit: Rosie Poebright
Hosted by
Dr Rosie Poebright
Rosie is a story experience architect, digital artist and real-world game designer with a Doctorate in Audience Participation, who has designed pervasive games and playful happenings since 2007.The case for embodied storytelling in the age of screen addiction. For nearly 20 years, Dr Rosie Poebright has developed a career designing, writing and directing interactive stories. They manifest stories into the world by weaving threads from street games, theatre, audio, embodied cognition and creative tech into material experiences that move their audiences. Their research has circled applying that which makes us feel alive in multiple storytelling contexts, from immersive arts to Heritage Industries.
Rosie makes the case: at a time when our attention is battery farmed by screens and extracted through addiction, how might we make stories which foreground aliveness and empower action? In this talk, using case studies from their work which dreamt of rewilding their audiences, Rosie will uncover a messy reality which is more feral, that had to be felt out in the dark and grasped for by rusty instincts.
Join us online on YouTube Live, or in the building on Friday 20th November at 13:00 for the talk and to take part in the Q&A discussion afterwards.
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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.
