Organised by Roundhouse
Join queer disabled artists Sarah Hopfinger and Alicia Jane Turner (Sound Designer), for a collective listening of the audio piece Pain and I. This will be followed by a discussion with the artists on the process of making the piece, reflecting on their collaboration and wider questions around what it means to care for ourselves and each other and make work in times of personal and collective pain.
h6. Pain and I audio available online here.
Pain and I is a bold and intimate audio piece, exploring the complexities of chronic pain experience through autobiographical text, sound and music. Sarah Hopfinger has lived with chronic back and neurological pain for 18 years, and has largely related to her pain as a barrier to her life and work. For this piece she turns towards her pain as a creative collaborator, exploring it as an unwanted life partner and intimate companion. Pain and I playfully and unashamedly acknowledges the hardships and celebrates the richness of living with chronic pain.
The audio performance is available online to listen at your leisure here.
Dr Sarah Hopfinger (She/Her) is an artist and researcher, working across live art, choreography, theatre, disability and crip practices, queerness, ecology and environmentalism. She is a lecturer and researcher in contemporary performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Part of the Roundhouse PROCESS series