EARTH by GOBS Collective – A six-week programme of poetry workshops that culminated in a spoken-word showcase, titled EARTH, at Nottingham Playhouse (30th March 2024), co-directed by Cara Thompson and Bridie Squires, with movement direction from John Berkavitch. The group's poems were athologised in a zine and the showcase was reviewed in LeftLion.
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Mulching as Restoration & Crip Fragmentation - Bloc Projects – Two interlinking workshops on seasonal rest by Char Heather and Jennifer Brough. Through discussion and writing, the first one attends to wintering (specifically, ‘mulching’) and the second to fragmentation (‘crip methodology’), which accounts for interruptions and disruptions demanded by our bodies and environments.
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UNTITLED - No Jobs in the Arts x Derby QUAD – An imagined exhibition showcasing dreamlike ideas from four disabled early-career creatives. The new video, with a text contribution by Jennifer Brough, allows viewers to visit the exhibition through a first-hand account inspired by works from Flo Jansen, Ell Hammond, Emma Astra, and Charley Skinner. Displayed from 25th Jan to 25th Feb 2024 at QUAD.
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resting up collective – Founder of an interdisciplinary group of chronically ill and disabled friends using crip time to create, think and interrupt neoliberal pressures and expectations on the body. Follow resting up's Instagram to get involved in workshops and other projects. |
Creating with Crip Time: Working with Embodied Time – This workshop is facilitated by Jennifer Brough (resting up collective) and Charlotte Heather (the remote body). It focuses on the different ways we perceive time, particularly embodied time, and the ways in which we might have a creative outlet (including rest!) working with, not against, time. Hosted by Glasgow Zine Library.
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EOP Thinkers – Selected as one of five EOP members to become the EOP Thinkers for 12 months from Nov 2022. The EOP Thinkers work with the gallery to shape what EOP is, how it supports members, and what it might look like in the future. This includes offering feedback and contributing to future projects. Run by Eastside Projects.
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Writing the Female* Surrealist Body – For CHASE Medical Humanities Network, I delivered a workshop blending art writing and personal narratives with a series of writing exercises, including imagery from Dorothea Tanning, Luchita Hurtado, and Dominique Fung. Reviewed in The Polyphony.
This talk was also delivered at the International Society for the Study of Surrealism's 2022 Conference. |
The Exchange 2 – Selected as one of eight practitioners to create new exchanges/friendships between artists. This open-ended process has no limits or boundaries but is simply framed by the invitation to begin a conversation. Run by Eastside Projects, Birmingham. |
Chronic Illness Inclusion – Editorial volunteer who wrote and edited research reports and articles to ensure that the energy-limiting chronic illness experience of disability is heard, believed, and understood.
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Queer Zine Dictionary – Co-editor of The Feminist Library's first Queer Dictionary (launched for LGBTQ+ month, Feb 2021), which celebrates the queering of language through original artworks and texts. |
Sister Stories – Curator of self-conceived blog series by and for self-identifying disabled women for Sisters of Frida – an experimental collective of disabled women. The project ran for a year from May 2020.
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CARE IN A PANDEMIC – Co-editor of The Feminist Library's first zine, which explores the communal concept of care and collectivism through art, poetry, and essays. |