The_Carrier_Bag_Theory_of_Fiction_-_Ursu The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction by Ursula K Le Guin, lead by Elena the human aspect- not sure if we agree that heroes are the driver of a story, necessarily- people in the modern day enjoy watching people do mundane everyday activities- i.e. ASMR videos, or the TV show Gogglebox the container as […]
Read More BABEWORLD READING GROUP: The Carrier Bag Theory of FictionI am leading next week’s Babeworld3000 reading group, and have chosen to examine a zine made by Dr. Charlotte Cooper, The Blob. This post is essentially my notes covering what I want to discuss during the group so that I have something prepped! I have chosen this text as it is something very close to […]
Read More READING GROUP PLAN AND NOTES FROM GROUP: The Blob by Dr Charlotte CooperEXCERPT 3 IMPOSTER SYNDROME (there are a few pages missing) Notes made during the 3rd reading group The Problem With Impostor Syndrome is a chapter from a book called Steal As Much As You Can by Nathalie Olah: the writing style uses a lot of academic language to make it more palatable to academia the way […]
Read More READING GROUP WITH BABEWORLD3000: The Problem With Imposter SyndromeTAKING UP SPACE EXCERPT Notes made during the second BABEWORLD3000 reading group, reading the introduction to Taking Up Space: The Black Girl’s Manifesto for Change by Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi the expectations placed on minorities- remembering where you come from, but not allowing yourself to be tokenised the pressure to succeed that others who are […]
Read More BABEWORLD3000 Reading Group: Intro to “Taking Up Space”FIRST READING – THE PLEASURE BUTTON- LOW INCOME FOOD INEQUALITY- EXCERPT FROM KNOW YOUR PLACE PDF of scans of the text above Notes made during the reading group: Fish and chips on a Friday night with my Granddad sharing of working class experiences via the reading group “aftertaste of regret” – this hit me because […]
Read More Reading Group With Babeworld3000: “The Pleasure Button: Low Income Food Inequality”“Drawing can be a very simple and effective method of communication” – Yu Chen Wang As part of the DRAW reading group led by the Post-Grad Community we had the pleasure to welcome artist Yu-Chen Wang, a London based artist from Taichung, Taiwan. Her practice primarily focuses on drawing, where her work treads a delicate […]
Read More DRAW- Yu Chen WangNotes made during the talk by artist, curator, teacher, writer and consultant Rosalind David Managed and curated CORE gallery in Deptford Zeitgeist Arts Projects- ZAP- artist run organisation co-founded and ran with Annabell Tilley “What They Didn’t Teach You at Art School”- her book what other values do you have? “Making it” looks different to […]
Read More Surviving and Thriving as an Artist- Rosalind Davis, Notes
