Wednesday 25th May 2022
A Crash Course in Cloudspotting
— Bristol Old VicRaquel Meseguer Zafé leads an intimate audio journey exploring the depths of human connection and the subversive act of lying down
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A Crash Course in Cloudspotting by Raquel Meseguer Zafe
A Crash Course in Cloudspotting can be experienced as a 35 minute audio installation or as a 55 minute performance.
An invitation to pause.
To rest.
To listen.
A Crash Course in Cloudspotting is an intimate audio journey exploring the depths of human connection and the subversive act of lying down.
Over the past five years Raquel Meseguer Zafe has collected over 250 stories from people living with invisible disabilities and chronic illnesses around the country. This immersive audio installation invites you into the heart of these personal experiences. In this delicate space, participants from across the UK and Europe, will illuminate your horizontal journey with a gentle choreography of lights, activated in the space by patterns of rest unfolding in real time.
Originally scheduled to be presented at Mayfest 2020, we’re delighted to be staging this beautiful work in its home city for the first time.
“Beguiling and thoughtful” - Exeunt Magazine
“A Crash Course in Cloudspotting is about finding, making, and acknowledging the connections between people….the…. the show lets us imagine ourselves as part of a web reaching out across the world.” Exeunt Magazine.
Performance schedule
Audio Installation, 35 minutes
Wednesday - Friday: 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm, 5.30pm
Saturday: 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm
Audio Installation and Performance, 55 minutes
Wednesday - Saturday: 6.30pm & 8pm
Accessibility Information
Touch tour: Saturday 21 May, 6pm (prior to the 6.30pm show)
Relaxed Performance: Saturday 28 May, 6.30pm.
This installation is audio led and therefore can be enjoyed by blind or partially sighted audiences.
Prior to the performance on Sat 21st May, 6.30pm we will be leading a touch tour of the installation. The touch tours will begin at 6.00pm.
Copies of the audio script will be available for D/deaf audiences.
Access page including audio description and text version of the full script at:
www.mayk.org.uk/cloudspotting-mayfest-access-page
Please contact admin@mayk.org.uk if you have any questions about access.
Credits
Produced by MAYK
Commissioned by Unlimited and Coventry City of Culture Trust with Arts Council England Support. Originally commissioned by Camden Alive and Unlimited.
Conceived & Performed by Raquel Meseguer Zafe. Devised in collaboration with Artist & Theatre Designer Sophia Clist, Composer & Sound Artist Jamie McCarthy, Dramaturg & Performer Laura Dannequin, Artist & Designer Tom Metcalfe, Sound Designer Charles Webber, Production Manager Mark Munday. Software Developers David Haylock & Joseph Horton. Publication Design by Lily Green (No Bindings).
Raquel Meseguer Zafe
Raquel Meseguer Zafe is a UK-based dance theatre practitioner. She acknowledges 'crip' as a tool in her artistic process, and 'rest' as a creative impulse. Raquel is the artistic director of Unchartered Collective, a Lost Dog Associate Artist, and a Pervasive Media Studios Resident. Her work is supported by Unlimited and MAYK.
@unchartereduk
A Crash Course in Cloudspotting can be experienced as a 35 minute audio installation or as a 55 minute performance.
An invitation to pause.
To rest.
To listen.
A Crash Course in Cloudspotting is an intimate audio journey exploring the depths of human connection and the subversive act of lying down.
Over the past five years Raquel Meseguer Zafe has collected over 250 stories from people living with invisible disabilities and chronic illnesses around the country. This immersive audio installation invites you into the heart of these personal experiences. In this delicate space, participants from across the UK and Europe, will illuminate your horizontal journey with a gentle choreography of lights, activated in the space by patterns of rest unfolding in real time.
Originally scheduled to be presented at Mayfest 2020, we’re delighted to be staging this beautiful work in its home city for the first time.
“Beguiling and thoughtful” - Exeunt Magazine
“A Crash Course in Cloudspotting is about finding, making, and acknowledging the connections between people….the…. the show lets us imagine ourselves as part of a web reaching out across the world.” Exeunt Magazine.
Performance schedule
Audio Installation, 35 minutes
Wednesday - Friday: 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm, 5.30pm
Saturday: 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm
Audio Installation and Performance, 55 minutes
Wednesday - Saturday: 6.30pm & 8pm
Accessibility Information
Touch tour: Saturday 21 May, 6pm (prior to the 6.30pm show)
Relaxed Performance: Saturday 28 May, 6.30pm.
This installation is audio led and therefore can be enjoyed by blind or partially sighted audiences.
Prior to the performance on Sat 21st May, 6.30pm we will be leading a touch tour of the installation. The touch tours will begin at 6.00pm.
Copies of the audio script will be available for D/deaf audiences.
Access page including audio description and text version of the full script at:
www.mayk.org.uk/cloudspotting-mayfest-access-page
Please contact admin@mayk.org.uk if you have any questions about access.
Credits
Produced by MAYK
Commissioned by Unlimited and Coventry City of Culture Trust with Arts Council England Support. Originally commissioned by Camden Alive and Unlimited.
Conceived & Performed by Raquel Meseguer Zafe. Devised in collaboration with Artist & Theatre Designer Sophia Clist, Composer & Sound Artist Jamie McCarthy, Dramaturg & Performer Laura Dannequin, Artist & Designer Tom Metcalfe, Sound Designer Charles Webber, Production Manager Mark Munday. Software Developers David Haylock & Joseph Horton. Publication Design by Lily Green (No Bindings).
Raquel Meseguer Zafe
Raquel Meseguer Zafe is a UK-based dance theatre practitioner. She acknowledges 'crip' as a tool in her artistic process, and 'rest' as a creative impulse. Raquel is the artistic director of Unchartered Collective, a Lost Dog Associate Artist, and a Pervasive Media Studios Resident. Her work is supported by Unlimited and MAYK.
@unchartereduk
