Pass the remote: March
Upcoming events and recommendations from the remote body and others
A big welcome to March and the beginning of Spring. I am stoked about the days getting longer. This month in the UK is the beginning of daffodil season. I love when the flowers start popping up from their bulbs all over the place - like secret surprises pushing through the soil. I was playing with idea of starting with a quote about March and they’re all about the unpredictability of the month - how it’s sunny and offering hope of warmer weather one day and then bucketing it down with rain the next.
At the remote body:
Out of Sorts: remote body anthology of narrative cripping will be launching on Wednesday 25th of March at 18.30 GMT with a remote reading to celebrate. To RSVP to this free event please email info (at) theremotebody (dot) com with the subject ‘Out of Sorts Launch RSVP’, and we will send you a link on the day of the event to join. If you’d like to pre-order a print copy of the anthology to make sure you get one, you can visit our shop site here.
Throughout March we will be asynchronously screening Time:Distance (2012) by artist filmmaker, Holly Antrum with a newly commissioned audio description made in collaboration with Char, Holly and Joe Rizzo Naudi (DesCript). We will also be sharing another commission in relation to this project alongside some thoughts on process notes over the course of the month, through this newsletter.
Elsewhere:
Sunday 1st March 19.30 - 21.00 CET ‘Clothes as the Story of our Lives’ - Using clothing to deepen writing, £16.96
A writing workshop that explores the meaning of clothes and how they can be used to deepen writing. The session is suitable for writers of any level of experience, whether writing poetry, fiction, life writing or any other form of non-fiction.
Monday 2nd March 20.00 GMT - Online Mend-Along, Free
Join Eleanor and Sarah from Fast Fashion Therapy who will share sewing ideas and tips in this online mend-along. This is a monthly event.
Tuesday 3rd March 19.00 - 20.30 GMT - Artists and Weavers at West Dean Tapestry Studio, £6.13 - £8.50
Philip Sanderson will discuss the evolution of the Tapestry Studio at West Dean and explain the process of translating ideas into tapestries.
Tuesday 3rd March - 20.00-20.30 GMT Virtual Zoom Tour: Highlights of the Thaw Collection of Native American Art, Free
Wednesday 4th March 12.00 - 14.30 GMT - The History & Mythology of Werewolves, from £11.50
In this talk Dr Laura Kounine traces the symbiotic history of wolf and man, from ancient folklore to modern heartthrobs.
Wednesday 4th March 19.00 GMT - Dream mapping workshop, free
This writing workshop will lead you through dream mapping - a process that combines creative writing and visual aids to process ideas and thoughts.
Wednesday 4th March 21.00 - 22.30 CET - The Haunted Folklore of Norway & Sápmi - Lena Heide-Brennand, from £3.35
This lecture promises to take the audience into “the spectral North, where the boundaries between the living and the dead are thin as ice.” Expect to learn about ghost traditions from Scandinavia and the Sápmi.
Saturday 7th March 20.00 - 21.00 GMT - Intro to Embroidery with Badass Cross Stitch, Donation
From the event description: “It seems like a great time to learn a new hobby that is based on stabbing shit...”
This is a practical workshop that promises to teach you everything you need to start stitching.
Tuesday 10th March 12.00 - 14.00 EST - SAD & Slutty Snack Break, Donation $5-$10
Join frequent crier club and Slutty Poems Night for an afternoon of hornysad poems. Bring your sultry poems, your salty tears, your sweet treats, your sweeties and your crushes!
To sign up or ask for more info, email Sarena - frequentcrierclub (at) gmail (dot) com No one turned away for lack of funds.
Wednesday 11th March 21.00 - 23.00 GMT - Music and Performance nights, from £1.79
This is an open mic night that happens once a month on zoom. Promises to be a supportive environment to share whatever creative thing you have - a song, a piece of theatre, comedy, a poem, juggling - it sounds like they’re keen for anything.
Thursday 12th March 19.00 GMT - The importance of being Earnest, free
The National Theatre is streaming their production of this play by Oscar Wilde for free to the world. This is one of my favourite plays so I’m excited by this one.
Thursday 12th March 21.00 - 22.30 CET - The hidden lives of the dissected, from £3.35
In this illustrated talk author Jackie Dent reveals the stories of those who have been studied in the name of science. CONTENT NOTE: this talk will involve discussion of the dead, images of historical dissections and include information about both voluntary and involuntary dissections.
Sunday 15th March 10.00 - 16.00 GMT - Sew along day with the Quilter’s Guild
Bring your current projects to work on in the company of the Modern Quilt Group at their March sew along day.
Sunday 15th March 14.00 - 17.00 GMT, Zoom Print Club, £4
Zoom Print Club is an untutored drop-in online printmaking session where those with printmaking experience can work alongside each other in a shared zoom-studio.
Scarlett will answer any printmaking questions, or address any printmaking troubleshooting problems you may have throughout the session. Feel free to come to the session with your print questions for Scarlett.
Thursday 19th March 03.00 GMT, SAC Story Swap Genre Series - Myths/Fables/Fantasy/Fairytales, $0-$15
I don’t know what the time zone originally is for this event - eventbrite gave it to me in GMT - which is why it’s at 3am. I assume it’s actually on in California.
This is a monthly event featuring storytellers who are SAC members and nominated by the regional Story Swap group to which they belong. Come and listen to them share their stories.
Saturday 21st March 16.00 - 17.00 GMT - Introduction to Gay Gothic: Pioneers of Queer Desire in a Haunted Tradition, Free
In this talk literary historian Justin Tate will explore the gay gothic that emerged from pulp publishing. It centres around the novel Gay Nights at Maldelangue by Peter Tuesday Hughes. Discussion will include: How were Gothic conventions reimagined in cheap, mass-market paperbacks? Why has pulp’s reputation as “trash” obscured its literary innovation? How did gay liberation shape the Gothic’s turn toward explicit queer desire? Finally, has Gothic literature always interacted with sexual revolution?
Monday 23rd March 20.00 - 21.30 GMT - Poetry in Pyjamas: with Hollie McNish & support from Laurie Bolger from £13.70
This promises to be a great night of poetry from two of my favourite poets.
Wednesday 25th March 18.30 - 20.30 GMT - Drawing frogs: markmaking and texture, Donation
Another brilliant offering from the London Drawing Group. Join Emma Carlisle on this drawing workshop about frogs and markmaking. Come and learn a variety of different ways to draw frogs. I booked a place on this as fast as my little fingers could click.
Sunday 29th March - 19.00 - 20.30 GMT Online Zine-Making Club with Artizine, £10.99
This is a monthly zine making club that’s recently expanded to offering online sessions. Come learn about the world of D.I.Y publishing and how to make zines using different folding techniques and experimental art processes.
Char recommends:
Jenny recommends:
This online interactive exhibition of John Hunter’s house (a famous anatomist).
The anime Yuri on Ice - perfect show to watch during the Winter Olympics (also don’t forget the winter Paralympics in the first week of March).
I’m going to Canada in March to do the second longest train journey in the world. If you want a peek of what I’ll be doing I recommend this video of someone doing the exact same route:
Ooh! What inspired you to want to take the Canadian rail trip?