Presented by The Work Room
SONYA LINDFORS (Finland/Cameroon)
Working with F(r)ictions – towards decolonial, speculative and feminist stages
A Workshop by Sonya Lindfors
SUN 29 OCTOBER 2023 - 13:00 - 14:30
FREE
Tramway - Studio Somewhere (Directions)
BOOK PLACE:
This event is now full
To join our waiting list place please email hello@theworkroom.org.uk with the subject line ‘SONYA LINDFORS WORKSHOP’.
ACCESS: Studio Somewhere is a wheelchair accessible space on the first floor of Tramway, accessed via lift or stairs. If you’d like more detail about access information or, if there’s anything else you’d like to talk about that would make attending easier and more enjoyable for you, please email hello@theworkroom.org.uk. We will endeavour to support you to fully participate or provide you with further information to help you decide if this event is suitable for you.
Let’s talk about fictions and friction, speculative practices and about why intersectionality is so f***ing hard! Let’s talk about the ghosts haunting our stages and the power of the stage as a miracle making machine!
In this 1.5 hour workshop-session participants will be invited to approach the topic at hand, fictions and frictions, by discussing, listening, writing and lightly moving.
This session is free and open to all. Participants are invited to engage in a way that is suitable for them. The workshop will include a small break and tea and coffee is available.
There are 12 spaces so please book early to avoid disappointment. If required, please cancel with as much notice as possible.
How to prepare:
The session is antiracist and feminist. Before attending please read the ethical guidelines of Urban Apa, Sonya is the Director of Urban Apa, please note that these guidelines will underpin the workshop session.
You may wish to bring a pen and a notebook for writing.
Award winning Cameroonian-Finnish choreographer and artistic director Sonya Lindfors creates important work exploring power, representation and Black body politics. She is the Artistic Director and founding member of UrbanApa, an interdisciplinary and counter hegemonic arts community that offers a platform for new ideas and feminist art practices.
