GUT FEELING: Memory Archive | workshop

Staffordshire St

An interactive workshop reflecting on memories of South East London through collective experience, writing and artefacts.

Staffordshire Street

GUT FEELING: Memory Archive is part of Staffordshire St's F﻿estival of Community. Full programme of events and m﻿ore info <a href="https://www.staffordshirest.com/festivalofcommunity" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>“You pile up associations the way you pile up bricks. Memory itself is a form of architecture.” – Louise BourgeoisIf, as T. Fleischmann puts it, time is a thing the body moves through, how do the spaces we pass through help shape our sense of time and memory? This interactive workshop will combine collective experience, conversation, and writing to reveal our memories of South East London through a multi-sensory exploration of different artefacts. This evokes gender/queer theorist Ann Cvetkovich’s concept of An Archive of Feelings which she describes as ‘repositories of feelings and emotions, which are encoded not only in the content of the texts themselves but in the practices that surround their production and reception.’What to expectParticipants will work in small groups to create a collective art object as a physical representation of Bourgeois’s concept of memory as a pile of associations.Like in a palimpsest, new writing is written over earlier writing, creating an entanglement between seemingly unrelated texts in which they interweave, interrupt and inhabit each other. As textual conversations pile up on top of and alongside one another, events that are spatially distant become interconnected. After the workshop, we will do a 30 minute conclusion where people can walk around the space, look at the completed works, chat and get a drink at the bar if they want to!Please note, you don’t need to have any experience with writing to participate – this is a relaxed workshop open to all. We just need you and your memories.TIME CHANGE: Thursday 10 August 6.30 - 9pmDoors 6pmMaterials providedTickets:£﻿2 (raised in SE London)£﻿4 (lives in SE London)£﻿6 (general admission) If you are financially able, please consider the 'pay it forward' donation option. This helps keep the event accessible to all, while supporting the artists with costs.Ella MonneratElla Monnerat is a writer and editor from Rio de Janeiro. Their work focuses on queerness, internet culture, and the body in the digital archive. Between digital essays and zines, they specialise in creating and organising projects that focus on the body and personal narrative. They aim to document their world and to provide a platform where others can document theirs. @ellamonnerat | @gutfeelinggggBella Aleksandrova Bella Aleksandrova is a workshop facilitator and event producer, who grew up between Cyprus and Bulgaria. Bella has worked with multiple non-profit and commercial arts spaces across London. Particularly focused on social engagement, her practice manifests in the facilitation of social spaces grounded in collective making and multidisciplinary collaboration. Her poetry pamphlet Fish with Eyeballs in General is published with Slub Press.@existentialbell | @gutfeelingggg

GUT FEELING: Memory Archive is part of is part of Staffordshire St's Festival of Community, co-curated with Peckham Platform and F.A.T Studio. The collaborative programme of workshops, events and fiestas will celebrate our neighbourhood and the communities that fill its streets. Exploring notions of community, place and belonging, over two long weekends Staffordshire St will become a locus for playful creativity and celebratory knowledge sharing. Full programme of events and m﻿ore info <a href="https://www.staffordshirest.com/festivalofcommunity" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>

Accessibility: There is step-free access to the gallery via the door to the left hand side of the main entrance. There is a wheelchair accessible toilet. The event will be taking place in the exhibition space, which is a large open room with bright lighting and some seating available.

<a href="https://www.staffordshirest.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Staffordshire St</a> is an independent project space in Peckham, South East London. The venue facilitates arts and cultural events and provides affordable studios for artists, makers and designers. ​The venue was recently established as an art gallery, before then it was for many years a community centre and originally it was built as a Methodist Hall. Staffordshire St will build on the established record of these histories, opening up again to the neighbourhood and developing a welcoming interdisciplinary arts space. More information on upcoming events at : info@staffordshirest.com or @staffordshirest

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