Collective Works, Workshop by Critical Interruptions

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Collective Works brings the ideas of Temporary Works which is an open access archive documenting real, imagined, and potential closures and notices of termination in and around Deptford to a digital commons, in search of further ways to distort borders- local and (inter)national- and queer archival processes. During the workshop, we will produce artefacts that speak to closures – real or fictional, as a result of Covid-19, preceding it, or yet to come. 

Participants are invited to bring a document of such a closure – something pertaining to a community they are connected to; this can be a photograph, a letter, a drawing, a sound, a recording, or an image, captured or found. Drawing on techniques developed within Temporary Works, we will collectively respond to these closures and author artefacts that collapse the authority of official documents, and of instructional or declarative language. Entries might be added to the Temporary Works website following the workshop. 

This event is a part of ‘Unbordering’ a three-day digital programme bringing together all the performingbordersLIVE20 artists.

Presented by Performingborders, in partnership with Live Art Development Agency - LADA, HowlRound Theatre Commons,  Deptford Lounge and Albany Deptford for performingbordersLIVE20. Curated by Xavier de Sousa and Alessandra Cianetti. Supported by Arts Council England