Conversations in Clay

by

Rosie Priest

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Accessibility Info: Relaxed Event,
Age Rating: All ages

What things get lost, slip away or forgotten forever when our brains work differently to most? For Rosie, who has recently been diagnosed with ADHD as well as a processing speed learning disability, conversations, experiences and thoughts can disappear completely, impossible to retrieve. 

With your help Conversations in Clay will explore Rosie’s neurodiversity and learning disability through the medium of clay. Like many people who come to a later life diagnosis it is impossible not to reflect and consider how neurodivergence has impacted life in unseen ways. One major issue Rosie faces is memory and recall; “large parts of my life are blank, conversations completely forgotten, faces and names disappear. For those around me this can be incredibly frustrating, and often people assume I’m not listening out of rudeness, rather than being incapable of recall.” 

This participatory performance is an attempt to explore ways of preserving conversations and creating shared memories. You are invited to a dialogue, to play and reflect on our conversations with clay. A gentle, open, and accessible experience for anyone. The clay pieces created will serve as physical reminders of the conversations had throughout the day; small sculptures that trap the memories so easily lost.