MECHANISMS FOR CARE IN TIMES OF TRAUMA

WEDNESDAY 18 NOV 5PM-6PM

In a time when our minds and bodies are craving to be cared for, join artist The Fandangoe Kid in conversation with zombie Dr Martin O’Brien for the second event in STAF’s What Matters To Me series.  

The conversation will reflect on two individual lives and bodies of work, and explore ideas of survival and resilience, through illness and personal loss. It will be an unpicking of what mattered then and what matters now, as we attempt to uncover how we can collectively create mechanisms for care in times of trauma.  

Join us online @STAimFor and let us know using #What_Matters. 

GET YOU FREE TICKET HERE - booking is essential. All events have BSL interpretation & captioning.

WORK & UTOPIA

WEDNESDAY 11 NOV 5PM-6PM

Artists had been referred to by corporations as the ‘perfect worker’, finding enjoyment and drive in their work despite the often-long hours and low pay. Now we are moving to a world where we are being encouraged to retrain, up-skill and evolve. 

STAF have invited independent performance maker and curator Xavier de Sousa  and Prof. Gerard Hanlon from the Centre for Labour and Global Production at Queen Mary University of London to discuss, from their own viewpoints, the idea of WORK & UTOPIA. They will be working through 'what matters'. To them, to you, and what we should be thinking about in building strategies for change in a post-COVID world. 

Join us online @STAimFor and let us know using #What_Matters. 

GET YOU FREE TICKET HERE - booking is essential. All events have BSL interpretation & captioning.

STAF Presents ↘

FK Alexander w/ Okishima Island Tourist Association

I COULD GO ON SINGING

Southbank Centre: 24 - 26 February 2020

BOOK TICKETS HERE

Performance artist FK Alexander sings along to the final recording of Judy Garland singing ‘Over the Rainbow’ in an intimate and visceral performance.

FK stands hand-in-hand with self-selected members of the audience while singing along to a recording made just four months before Garland’s death.

Against a wall of music provided by noise band Okishima Island Tourist Association, the performance creates a moment of undivided attention.

Audience members may volunteer to have ‘Over the Rainbow’ sung to them, holding FK’s hand, in a one-to-one experience witnessed by the rest of the audience.

STAF Presents ↘

FK Alexander w/ Okishima Island Tourist Association

I COULD GO ON SINGING

Southbank Centre: 24 - 26 February 2020

BOOK TICKETS HERE

Performance artist FK Alexander sings along to the final recording of Judy Garland singing ‘Over the Rainbow’ in an intimate and visceral performance.

FK stands hand-in-hand with self-selected members of the audience while singing along to a recording made just four months before Garland’s death.

Against a wall of music provided by noise band Okishima Island Tourist Association, the performance creates a moment of undivided attention.

Audience members may volunteer to have ‘Over the Rainbow’ sung to them, holding FK’s hand, in a one-to-one experience witnessed by the rest of the audience.