blACK jOY: cREATIVE rESEARCH
CALLING ALL bLACK bRITISH wOMEN, bLACK tRANS wOMEN, AND bLACK qUEER pEOPLE
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BOOK YOUR SESSION AND LETS GET PAINTING!
What to expect
EACH SESSION IS A RELAXED, PRIVATE AND ANONYMOUS CONVERSATION, YOU ARE GIVEN A BLANK CANVAS THAT YOU CAN PAINT ON AS WE DISCUSS jOY.
wE WILL PLAY YOUR SONG CHOICES INBETWEEN OUR CHATTER, THERE MIGHT BE DANCING, THERE MIGHT BE LAUGHTER, THERE MAY EVEN BE TEARS OF JOY.
THE TIME IS YOURS.
YOU WILL RECIEVE YOUR PAINTING ONCE i GRADUATE WITH MY COMPLETED DOCTORATE IN COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH.
WHY IS YOUR PARTICIPATION ESSENTIAL TO THIS RESEARCH?
YOUR VOICE BUILDS A CONTEMPORARY ARCHIVE OF PREVIOUSLY ERASED STORIES OF bLACK WOMEN, bLACK tRANS wOMEN AND THE bLACK QUEER cOMMUNITY ACROSS BRITIAIN.
IN MAKING ART AND SHARING MUSIC, WE ARE DISRUPTING THE EXTRACTION OF OUR NARRATIVES WITHIN INSTITUTIONAL WALLS AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH.
EVERY INTERVIEW CONTRIBUTES TO MY DOCTORAL RESEARCH AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART. WHILE THE INTERVIEWS EXPLORE AND CELEBRATE THE MANY WAYS BLACK JOY IS EXPERIENCED AND EXPRESSED, THE INTERVIEWS ALSO INFORM THE DESIGN OF AN IMMERSIVE PARTICIPATORY ENVIRONMENT THAT SEEKS TO TRANSFORM ANTIRACISIM INTO A COLLECTIVE EVERYDAY PRACTICE.
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