An image of Sister Sylvester's hand made book Constantinopoliad lying flat on a table, illuminated in a warm orange by a nearby desk lamp.
The handmade book Constantinopoliad - Image credit: Jill Steinberg

The Essay Film in Three Dimensions

part of Lunchtime Talks

Talk

Fri 12 June 13:00-14:00

In venue: Pervasive Media Studio
And online: Live stream on Youtube.com

This is a free event. Tune in wherever you are, online. If you want to take part in venue you need to book in advance.

Additional booking info below

In this Lunchtime Talk, sister sylvester will explore the possibilities of working across artist books and essay films to create communal artistic experiences. 

She will share insights into her practice, which brings together analogue and digital technologies to create collective experiences and invite audience participation, and will discuss her use of handmade books and shared reading within projects such as The Eagle and The Tortoise, Drinking Brecht, and Constantinopoliad, and methods for exploring philosophical stakes of new technologies in Shadowtime and Our Ark.

About sister sylvester

sister sylvester is a multimedia artist. Her most recent works, Constantinopoliad, won the Interactive award at CPH:DOX 2025, and Drinking Brecht, an interactive documentary, premiered at IDFA 2024. Both continue to tour internationally. Her work has been called ‘genuinely subversive’ by Time Out NY; ‘imaginative and original’ by New York Times; ‘pulse-raising’ by Exeunt Magazine,  ‘apocalyptic’ by artforum, and an ‘otherworldly, intimate, off-kilter, queer artistic orgasm’ by Life Magazine, Greece.


    Lunchtime Talk: The Essay Film in Three Dimensions

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    Fri 12 June

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    Pricing

    This is a free event, but you still need to book tickets.

    Access

    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.

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