When I sit in quaker meeting I often imagine we are in a spaceship.
A while ago I searched for ‘science fiction books with quakers in’ and ended up reading ‘Dazzle of Day by Molly Gloss’ - it’s not an amazing book but it has some beautiful parts to it. It’s about ‘a quaker community that leaves an inhospitable Earth on a generation ship to settle a new planet’. I was disappointed by the book and dream of writing my own but it planted a seed.
I ran an intergenerational ‘Design a quaker generationship’ workshop at Central Manchester Friends Meeting House.
The main outcome of the workshop was actually the discussion, although the physical objects and drawings are great.
I shared with people my feelings of quakerism being scifi and we discussed how it will morph and adapt with us as the world changes.
In the workshop we imagined a potential future where quakers may need to go into space and of course we had lots of discussion about why we shouldn’t go into space and how we need to focus on Earth's issues first.
We spoke about how silence might be universally understood. And we designed peace mission spacecrafts. We also collaboratively made this giant generationship called ‘The Sense of the Meeting’
Felt really healing to lead 4 workshops with Art and Design students at Manchester College last week, since leaving their course myself in 2018. It was part of Manchester Art Gallery's brilliant programme Creative Futures where TMC students are set a brief and given an opportunity to exhibit in MAG for the last 10 years.
I spoke about my practice, and we did tasks based on anthropomorphism, psychogeography and pillows
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FOLK Heywood - a night of new folk art in St Luke's Church.
Thank you to everyone involved and thank you to the Culture Co Op for funding this event 🍓
Blackberry, film and digital camera photos by @badboy_studios 🦾
*CHEWING GUM IS FOR SIZE REFERENCE ONLY. CHEWING GUM NOT INCLUDED*
9 Spherical Wilder Mann (fluffballs)
😱 Available to buy 😱
Glazed Stoneware (ceramic)
A pocket Wilder Mann ideal for city living
Each fluffball has a name:
1. Cello (4.4inch £80)
2. Brynn (6inch £100)
3. Tumble Fluff (3.2inch £60)
4. Placebo (4.75inch £80)
5. Foli (3.7inch £60)
6. Wengle (3.2inch £60)
7. Swablu (6 inch £100)
8. Hamish (4.5inch £80)
9. Penrith (3inch £60)
They can be bought on the @paradiseworks_ website 🔗 if you need it posted to you (£15p+p) or you can pick them up for free from me (message me which fluffball you would like)
FOLK is coming to Heywood 👏
An evening of NEW folk art, music, film and fashion, produced by Jennifer Reid and Tanith Mab - funded by the Culture Co-op 🍓
Join us on Friday 28th November, 6pm - 9pm at St Luke’s Church, Heywood, OL10 4NN
The event is FREE and welcome to all ages and people! Just drop by when you can. Performances begin at 6:30pm 🤩
From the synthetic blue raspberry to farming in Minecraft - what does modern folk look like? 🚜
12 artists, 3 music performances, 3 films and lots of art
Expect songs about berries, folk-trance and a sing around of Industrial Revolution work songs that were sung on the streets of Victorian North Manchester led by Jennifer Reid
As well as film and fashion inspired by the artist's local areas. Minecraft sculpture, welded metal, paintings of industrial meadows and a DIY soundsystem
Poster 3D Animation by @snailwar 🤯
Song by @lostmary1564 🐔
Artists: @tommy_ryoma@lukehemingway_@lostmary1564@fallen.lemon@bumblenups@horse_odyssey_@c0bweaver@adamahbekkouche@basit1602@suriyahhh_@l0uise.b
The first edition of our children's book 'Pillow's Dream' unveiled at Bound Art Book Fair is now available to purchase via DM!
Suitable for children aged 0-10 (and adults) - a gentle journey into a pillows life befriending a pocket fan and playing with wind.
Sim and I are so happy with the outcome and look forward to expanding the squishy world....
Written by myself and Sim, oil painting illustrations by me. 🛌
Thank you so much to @madebyhamza for miraculous formatting and @alabramo for photographing and painstakingly cutting out my illustrations!!! ❤
✨💗It was heart filling to be a part of The World Transformed Festival in Hulme this year ✨✨
👔Pocket Altruism was Qu Alternative Art School’s weekend long installation inside a caravan at Hulme Community Garden Centre.
“This video can fit in your pocket. Part guided meditation, part scrolling quest using online brainrot to articulate spiritual truths.”
This film was selected to showcase in ‘Pocket Altruism’ by the members of Qu. We are moved and inspired by TVguy’s vision. 📺📺📺
🙌Curated by Sim Edwards and Tanith Mab🙌
🎶 original music by @lostmary1564 🎶
💗Thank you to Lydia for programming the arts and culture programme of TWT!!
📺‘Tvguy’ by Tvguy is one of many outcomes birthed at the end of ‘Processed Words’ – 8 experimental workshops across Greater Manchester. A new immersive cut of the film will be presented at the Orphans of Water at PINK this Friday - link in our bio 🔗
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Day 4 of Qu Art School (Delirium activated)
Cinema as commons with @jamieaallan 🥰
Morning Loft Party 😱
Cosey Fanni Tutti presented by @brilliantdrink and Tanith Mab 😘
Automatic writing with live soundscape from @renzniro 😇
Making cards for lonely people garden collage with @hannahkaywarren 😁
It feels very freeing to do something that was free, with no money, and just the goodness of many peoples hearts and time. Mostly teaching eachother, eating communally and becoming closer. With a couple of serious external minds. Thank you so much everyone it has been full of so much accelerating love.
Day 3 of Qu Art school!
Started with Spiritual Brainrot from @chip.watsits 😱
Dreaming with Jeremy Clarkson from @lostmary1564 ☝
Romantic Physics from Adam Leigh
Pepsi, Arts Council England or a third way... with @isaac__rb 😇
Media Theory Speedrun with @mj_nd_rsb_ 😍
