Please note: This event ended on 30 June 2023
In this talk Raquel Meseguer will introduce her practice, reflect on Restful City and discuss what radical access looks like in practice.
Restful City was a year-long project that asked Bristol venues to extend a warm welcome to the chronically ill community by running Horizontal Events that challenge the taboos around 'resting' or 'misbehaving' bodies in our public space.
About Raquel
Raquel is a Bristol based disabled artist. She works with rest and horizontality as creative impulses and as a more equitable way to gather in public. Her work straddles theatre, dance, installation, performative conversations and photo-documentary. Raquel founded Unchartered Collective in 2016 to create theatrical encounters that explore the lived experience of an invisible disability like chronic pain. Her piece A Crash Course in Cloudspotting uses tech to create a 'resting choir' who communicate their acts of rest in real time via an App. Her work is produced by MAYK and is supported by Unlimited.
Open Studio Fridays
From 10:00 - 17:00 you can stay at the Studio for Open Studio Fridays - join us to continue the conversation or work on your own projects. The Studio provides chairs, tables, wireless and a great space. You bring what you need to work with (laptop/mobile). Tell us what you’re up to, or allow us to facilitate conversations within the resident community. Studio staff and residents will be around to chat, answer questions, or tell you more about what we do. The open afternoons close at 17:00, sometimes with a trip to the Café & Bar.
Where to find us
The Lunchtime Talks take place in the Pervasive Media Studio, which is in the Watershed building. The Studio is just beyond the Café & Bar, turn right and then go down the corridor to your left (where the toilets are). The double doors here will be open, go 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.