Long overdue but finally my first blog. My introduction to the Studio on the 8th September was indeed an eye opener. The evolution of ones creative identity can take many forms and I would have described myself as a writer but the last few years my work has involved performance and increasingly a broader creative role. So I came to the studio feeling open to new possibilities for storytelling. My introduction on the 8th of September opened my eyes to a cornucopia of ideas and possibilities which, in relation to my proposal I am still shifting through.

My lunch time talk on the 30th gave me to the chance to introduce the proposal to my fellow residents and a few visitors. Assisted by colleagues illustrator A Padron and my film programming spar Elizabeth Chege I was able to explain the thinking and context behind what I hope will be, eventually, an immersive theatre piece – The Last Blues Song of a Lost Afronaut. Thankfully the presentation and subsequlnt conversations – I'm getting closer to my elevator pitch – has stimulated a number of conversations with fellow residents up for collaborating and or informing the process of turning the idea into a reality. October has been a busy months. Black History Month, Black Star a plethora of other eventualities, have taken me away from the studio. Normalised madness has resumed so I will begin to chase up some of those conversations which I began earlier. But I haven't been entirely absent. Thanks to Victoria & David, I've started to move beyond concept. Soon we'll be testing ideas. Thinking through audience experience has made me refine the idea. The challenge remains making use of the possibilities offered by technology without losing the story.

As well as testing ideas I will be organising 3-4 workshops to playing Afrofuturist aesthetics. I'll keep you posted.