STST Word Club X Exteriors | On David Lynch’s Blue Velvet | workshop 2

Staffordshire St Word Club x Exteriors
Abstractions workshop series

WK 1: On Kyra Simone’s Palace of Rubble | 21 May book here
WK 2: On David Lynch’s Blue Velvet | 18 June book here
WK 3: On William Basinski’s The Disintegration Loops I–IV | 16 July book here
WK 4: On Deborah Turbeville’s Asser Levy Bathhouse | 20 August book here

Word Club at Staffordshire St is a space for collectives, curators and audiences to explore cross-disciplinary writing, from prose and non-fiction, to academia and poetry.

Info: 

Wednesday 18 June
WK 2: On David Lynch’s Blue Velvet

Start - 7pm

End - 8.30pm

Through the film Blue Velvet we see David Lynch push the boundaries of the neo-noir thriller genre by exploring the violence, deviousness and oddities possible in human beings. Taking inspiration from this film, we’ll explore the edges of literary genres and attempt to go beyond it in our own practice. By pushing the extremes, controting reality and exploring the absolute edge (and then some) of what is possible within our genre, we will find new ways to abstract.

To take advantage of this workshop I recommend bringing a piece you are already working on but feel stuck on. Or alternatively, your notes from the previous session.

Tickets:

£8 concession 
£10 general admission

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Abstractions is a series of four monthly workshops that utilize the inherent knowledge found in specific artistic works that act as a point of departure from where we can form methodologies of abstraction. Through four distinct artists and their work, we will find new ways to start, construct and abstract our experiential writing to push the boundaries of literature and the act of storytelling.

While these workshops were devised as a series, each individual lesson will have its own distinct structure which will make it accessible for people to pick and choose which to participate in. That said, we encourage you to join us for all sessions for maximum abstraction.

This is a friendly and warm environment, you do not have to come with any information or prior experience. This is a space for play.

To celebrate the work produced during this series, there will be an open mic/party at the end of the four month period. Date tba.

Hosted by Exteriors | @exteriorsldn

Exteriors is a nomadic space — existing in the ether and ethernet — where text, image and sounds collide. We encourage the weird, the off-beat, the experimental and the in between to come together, connect, share work and collaborate.

We pass hundreds of people on the streets of London only catching glimpses of interiority. This is a space to delve deeper into those strangers' minds until they feel less exterior.

Exteriors is run by Elida Silvey, a self taught Mexican-American writer, editor and artist living in London. Her work is concerned with post-internet visual theory as it relates to the concepts of reality, time and 'the self’, experienced through (collective) memory. She regularly writes about this topic on her Substack, Through the Eye of a Needle. She is the assistant editor for Montez Press.

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.

Staffordshire St 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. ​

Staffordshire St is not-for-profit and all income is invested into developing our public programme which launched the summer of 2022. The venue was established as an art gallery in 2017, before then it was vacant for many years after a community centre closed. Originally it was built as a Methodist Hall. We intend to support a range of cultural events for the local community.

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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