Lunchtime Talks
Ongoing
Lunchtime Talks are a series of informal presentations. We host them in our Pervasive Media Studio. They usually take place at 13:00 on a Friday, are free and are open to everybody.
Join us in the building and streaming online (on YouTube). Come along, bring a sandwich, and get to know more about the Studio community. Find out about current and up-coming projects, or residents' work.
From 10:00 - 17:00 you can stay at the Studio for Open Studio Fridays. This is a chance 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 help make conversations within the resident community happen. 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.
The Studio is 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.
Support these talks
As a charity, we want to keep events like this free and open to all. But they aren’t free to deliver. For example, to produce an accessible, hybrid Lunchtime Talk costs us around £1,000 each time. If you're in the position to donate, you can help us keep events like this free by donating on our website.
Upcoming events in this season
In this Lunchtime Talk, Thomasin Cuthbert Menes from Soap Soup Arts shares her experience of ducking and diving through the precariousness of the creative sector.
Sometimes I Am Funnier Than The Movie (A Party Girl Seminar)
Lunchtime Talk
In this Lunchtime Talk, performance maker, producer, and frequent party planner Raina Greifer covers all things talking over movies, the cultural impact of Cher’s acting career, and visions of alternative cinema.
Making Audiences Feral
Lunchtime Talk
In this Lunchtime Talk Dr. Rosie Poebright will share the case for embodied storytelling in the age of screen addiction.
Very Normal Talk
Lunchtime Talk
In this Lunchtime Talk, queer artist, animator and creative technologist Joss Affleck draws on their experiences of ADHD, neurodivergence and overstimulation to explore disability in the arts and the tension between creative curiosity and burnout.
Material Belonging
Lunchtime Talk
In this Lunchtime Talk, Jessica Miles will draw on emerging insights from her PhD research at the University of Bristol, including work at the Pervasive Media Studio, to share stories of encounters between people and objects that challenge conventional understandings of belonging as purely psychological or cultural.