Composting Grief with the Brambles of Deep Time
by
Clay ad
Date: Saturday 1st April
Time: 12:00 - 18:00 / One on One - Book a slot via OutSavvy here, tickets go live on 27th March
Venue: Tramway
Accessibility Info: (BSL) | Involves being outside for around an hour. Please dress appropriately for the weather. Further access info below. (Access Guide)
Age Rating: 18+
Take a one-on-one pause with the spirit of the Bramble. Growing in the woods, hedges and between neglected lands, this plant — of the genus Rubus — is called both weed and fruit depending on who, when and where you invoke its name. Many enjoying its berries and respecting or cursing its thorny branches. The Bramble invites you into conversation, story and somatic prompts to touch into our [human and non-human] communal experience of living on a presently threatened and rapidly changing planet through humour, sensation and honesty.
Together we will amble outdoors. Each session will be around forty minutes, but it’s advised to leave an hour for comfort. The session can be arranged to be seated outside and static rather than moving, but please request this in advance. In the event of rain umbrellas will be provided. We encourage you to write with any additional access needs or questions and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.
Credits:
Concept, performance, sound and costume by Clay AD
Content Warnings:
Death, climate change, and exploration of grief.
This is an intimate somatic piece, which involves deep 1-on-1 engagement and may bring up strong emotions in some participants.
clay ad
Clay AD is a north node Capricorn who is a student of the body, spirituality and sub-cultures such as dirt (of the earth and perversity). His weaving of those studies are art, writing, facilitating workshops and offering somatic bodywork 1-on-1. “Composting Grief with the Brambles of Deep Time” is the sister of his 2021 dance piece “Indication of Spring at the End of Time”, a science fiction about a daffodil.
