Using Archives in Creative Practice: A workshop with Clod Ensemble
- Date
- Friday 07 Mar 2025
- Venue
The Garrett Centre
- Address
117A Mansford Street, E2 6LX
- Timings
Doors open: 1.30pm
Event: 2-5pm
- Price
- Free but please RSVP
Please join us on Friday 7 March at 2pm for a workshop with Clod Ensemble that will ignite your imagination and transform the way you think about archives.
Clod Ensemble will present their recent experience of creating an archive which gathers and shares their distinctive interdisciplinary approach to devising performance. Attendees will be encouraged to take a creative approach to archiving their own artistic practice through developing skills and understanding around documenting and organising work, as well as using other archives and collections to inspire new work.
The workshop will cover:
- What is an archive and who is it for
- Organising your physical and digital materials
- Amplifying performers’ voices in the archive
- Archiving as a creative act
- Sharing learning with a new generation
- Using archives and collections to inspire new work
- Ways to create your own archive and document your own work
The workshop will be run by Suzy Willson, Artistic Director of Clod Ensemble, and Lotte Allan, who has been working on the Clod Ensemble archive since 2021.
Clod Ensemble
Clod Ensemble is a performance company founded in 1995 by Suzy Willson (Director/Choreographer) and Paul Clark (Composer). The combination of movement and music is at the heart of all of their work. They create live performances at different scales, in different locations and for different kinds of venues – from traditional concert halls and theatres to visual arts galleries, public spaces and community centres. Clod Ensemble’s work has been presented at London venues including Sadler’s Wells, Tate Modern, the Royal Academy, the Southbank Centre, the British Academy and the V&A Museum. Their work has also been staged at The Lowry in Salford, the Wales Millenium Centre, the Public Theatre of New York, the Venice Architecture Biennale, in theatres across Europe and Asia, and in village halls across the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
Access Information
Event information: This is an interactive event with a seated element in the first part of the workshop. No movement experience is necessary to attend the workshop. All are welcome to join in a relaxed space and are free to come and go as they please. The lighting will be fixed with no sudden changes and microphone amplification can be used if needed. There are disposable masks available. Please be aware that the event will be audio recorded.
Content notes: The event includes materials from the Clod Ensemble Archive as part of performance and dance documentation. Some reference materials include medical illustrations of the human body. Please email Willy if you would like more information on what to expect.
LADA space: LADA and The Garrett Centre are wheelchair accessible by lift and provide gender inclusive bathrooms. You can find more information and see photos of the space here. Should you have any particular access requirements, please email us and we will be happy to offer further support.
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