Join narrative designer Jack Lowe and writer Elinor Lower for a relaxed Sunday workshop exploring writing about / from our surroundings.

This guided workshop will feature warm-up exercises, solo writing time and an opportunity to share your work and connect with others, prompted by the environment around us and the new creative writing tool Pin The Tale.

No writing experience is necessary, but confident writers are absolutely welcome.

Based in the Arnolfini Café indoors / outdoors (space and weather permitting), we will meet for some supported writing warm-ups to get us in the zone, before heading out and about to explore the harbourside for some solo writing time.

SCHEDULE:

11:00 – 11:25 – Meet + guided warm up writing exercises
11:25 – 11:40 – Pin The Tale - how to use it
11:40 – 12:30 – Solo writing time, out and about
12:30 – 13:00 – Return to base, open space for sharing writing with the group (optional!), feedback, editing exercises, reflection (to be decided on by the group)

We will have a sign on the table for arrivals, so you can find us.

Tickets £3, but no-one turned away for lack of funds. Email [email protected] to book a free space, no questions asked.

ABOUT PIN THE TALE

Pin the Tale is a UK-wide digital story map that is freely accessible via web browser on smartphone, tablet or PC/Mac. Pin the Tale’s map uses the what3words grid, a system that divides the world into 3m x 3m squares and gives each one a unique three-word address. By interacting with the map, users are invited to write stories about places using all three words of the locations’ what3words addresses. Stories can take any creative form: poetic, fictional, historical, personal, playful, informative, imaginative.

TO BRING:

- Something to write with (your phone, your favourite notepad and pen…)
- A device that can access the internet (such as a phone) would be useful, for accessing the w3w prompts, but this is not a barrier if you don’t have one – we can aid with that.
- Weather-appropriate clothing, so you can explore the area to your heart’s content!

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ABOUT THE ORGANISERS

Jack Lowe designs place-based games: interactive, playful experiences that create a sense of place or engage with real-world locations. Across formats including QR-code treasure hunts, narrative puzzle games, locative audio walks, board games and interactive theatre, Jack’s work is all about curiosity and mindful engagement with the world around you.
Jack is based in Bristol, where he is a resident of the Pervasive Media Studio and postdoctoral researcher at UWE Bristol’s Digital Cultures Research Centre.

Elinor Lower is a writer, director and cross-disciplinary artist. Across forms including theatre, film, immersive audio and print, their work explores queerness, environment and collectivism. Recent collaborators include Bristol Old Vic, The Egg Theatre, Exeter Phoenix and Platform. They are resident at the Pervasive Media Studio.

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ACCESS

Access to the Arnolfini Cafe is step-free with an automatic external door, accessible toilets, gender neutral toilets and baby changing facilities.

There is a cobbled street outside the cafe with uneven paving, but there is a wide, flat pavement running the perimeter of the building.

Find out more about Arnolfini's accessibility on their website.

There is no requirement to leave the building during the workshop, if you prefer not to. what3words/Pin The Tale will be usable within the Gallery building itself.

The workshop will be run in Spoken English.

If you require access adjustments, please email [email protected].

Age requirements: no restrictions! Children welcome (though we don’t have a crêche, so supervision by an adult required).

Venue: Arnolfini Cafe, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA

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