Courses for Dis-Course(s)

Roo

This podcast documents 12 months of conversations, dinners, and gatherings - often around a dinner table as part of the exhibition Courses for Dis-Course(s). The conversations ask what it means to make in a world that is constantly demanding cultural, gendered and ethnic performance. Is it possible to work beyond the confines of reductive identity art? How do we avoid tokenised representations of identities and resist further contributing to a view of identity as innate and fixed rather than socially constructed and in flux? How do we complicate the narrative of British Asian women artists? read less

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Episode 8: It might seem like the end but it's just the beginning

Episode 8: It might seem like the end but it's just the beginning

Episode 8 and that's a wrap. In this episode Tom interviews the artists who all formed part of the dinners. The conversations were free flowing and allowed for tangents, ebbs and flows of topic and tone - A melody of emotion to wrap up the journey. All episodes were produced by Sound Art Tom Harris. Images by Taken by Sancha and Reece Straw.

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Episode 8: It might seem like the end but it's just the beginning

Episode 8: It might seem like the end but it's just the beginning

Episode 8 and that's a wrap. In this episode Tom interviews the artists who all formed part of the dinners. The conversations were free flowing and allowed for tangents, ebbs and flows of topic and tone - A melody of emotion to wrap up the journey. All episodes were produced by Sound Art Tom Harris. Images by Taken by Sancha and Reece Straw.

Episode 7: Hearing is a State of Mind

Episode 7: Hearing is a State of Mind

Episode 7 documents an interview carried out by Tom. He questions Roo and they slowly unravel the inspirations behind the work in the exhibition as well as deeper layers of Roo's practice. Exactly one year after the first dinner took place, Roo and Tom reflect on what's changed. All episodes were produced by Sound Art Tom Harris. Images by Taken by Sancha and Reece Straw.

Episode 6: Perceptions - Arab Jews and Black Asians

Episode 6: Perceptions - Arab Jews and Black Asians

Episode 6 was recorded the same day as Episode 5. We began this session reading Ella Shohat's On the Arab-Jew, Palestine, and Other Displacements: Selected Writings. Many of us discussed multifaceted identity and what it means to be mixed race or belong to an ethnicity that does not fit neatly into stereotypical colonial or politicised categories and agendas. All episodes were produced by Sound Art Tom Harris. Images by Taken by Sancha and Reece Straw.

Episode 5: Hope/ Palestine

Episode 5: Hope/ Palestine

Episode 5 saw artists gathering in the kitchen, the heating was broken, we gravitated to the warmest room in the building. It provided its own politics. In this episode we read through Sara Ahmed's Cultural Politics of Emotion and the word 'Hope' immediately took us on a journey embracing current political feelings as well as hope for a free Palestine. All episodes were produced by Sound Art Tom Harris. Images by Taken by Sancha and Reece Straw.

Episode 4: Introduction, Nottingham

Episode 4: Introduction, Nottingham

Episode 4 is an introduction to the artists who we part of the dinners at Primary. This the first dinner in Nottingham and the first time some of the artists had met each other. Primary was a much larger space, the room was echoey, tall, ironically - an old primary school canteen. Everyone was spaced around the table. Artists in this session were encouraged to think about artworks and objects that have significance to them or their practice. All episodes were produced by Sound Art Tom Harris. Images by Taken by Sancha and Reece Straw.

Episode 3: Morsheda got her passport

Episode 3: Morsheda got her passport

Episode 3 documents uninterrupted conversation. The soundscape provides an audio photograph of the connections that began to form at GLOAM. All episodes were produced by Sound Art Tom Harris. Images by Taken by Sancha and Reece Straw.

Episode 2: Reciprocity

Episode 2: Reciprocity

Episode 2 took place on Zoom as there were train strikes on the day. Artists were invited to bring food and chat online. We were thinking through barriers we face in the arts and what it means to be an artist. All episodes were produced by Sound Art Tom Harris. Images by Taken by Sancha and Reece Straw.

Episode 1: Introduction, Sheffield

Episode 1: Introduction, Sheffield

Episode 1 is an introduction to the artists who were part of the dinners at GLOAM Gallery. This the first dinner and the first time the artists had met each other. Gloam was an intimate space no bigger than an average front room, everyone was squashed around the table. Artists in this session were encouraged to think about people in their lives who have shaped them and brought in photographs to share. All episodes were produced by Sound Art Tom Harris. Images by Taken by Sancha and Reece Straw.