Please note: This event took place in Sept 2016
Lunchtime Talks are a series of informal presentations at Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio. They normally take place at 13:00 on a Friday, are free and are open to everybody who is interested in what they do. Come along, bring a sandwich, and get to know more about the Studio community, current and up-coming projects, or residents' work.
We are delighted to welcome our new Artist in Residence Edson Burton for this week's Lunchtime Talk, he will be joining the Studio community from October to December 2016. During this talk, Edson will explore the gestation of the idea behind his residency and what he hopes to achieve during his time here.
Edson's encounter with African writer Chinweizu first gave shape to his disquiet over the recreation of racial essentialism in the struggle against racism. Programming the Afrofuturism season at Watershed in 2013 inspired Edson to consider alternative paradigms of identity. Is it possible to become truly post racial? To create an individual and collective consciousness that is not in conflict with notions of identity, (dis)empowerment, privilege, that marries without appropriation politics, a melange of aesthetic influences. The problematics of Black Nationalism threw a curve ball into the mix and it is this which has given birth to a story. Initially envisaged as a short film, Edson's direct engagement with immersive theatre then led him to imagine the emerging story as a live performance piece. Edson will lay out his initial ideas of integrating technology, which he will further explore during the course of the residency.
The Pervasive Media Studio is located within the Watershed building. Let us know if you'd like a tour and we'll be happy to show you around. Send an email to studio@watershed.co.uk
For further information visit watershed.co.uk/studio