[spectre] [CAS] April Event: Transformations through Radical Art Practice - Bhavani Esapathi

[Paul Brown]

R E M I N D E R

The Computer Arts Society 2025 radical interventions continue

Transformations through Radical Art Practice
Speaker:  Bhavani Esapathi;   Moderator:  Anna Dumitriu
18:00 BST, Wednesday, 16 April 2025
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This hybrid event will be held In Person and via Zoom.  Booking link below.
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
25 Copthall Avenue, London, EC2R 7BP, UK
Directions here: https://www.bcs.org/about-us/our-london-office-and-event-venue/

Bhavani Esapathi will discuss her artistic practice which responds to current political and social landscapes focussing on the impacts of climate change and pollution on health, invisible disabilities and chronic illness, and the concept of climate refugees. This often means contending with both institutional and personal pressures that comes with being a disabled, migrant woman of colour.

From beginning to make art when invisible disability was not a common term to delving into the notion of climate refugees today - a term brimming with contentions - her talk will address questions including:  what role can art play in helping us better understand the evolving world around us? How can a radical art practice transform attitudes in a positive way? And, what is the process behind selecting subjects for art making? Bhavani will survey a decade of creative pursuits to highlight what worked, what didn’t and the role of technology in art making today. 

Bhavani Esapathi’s transdisciplinary practice uses digital storytelling, speculative fiction and participatory media to explore issues including invisible disability rights, immigration, climate, and health. She was the 2022 President of the Science and the Arts Section of the British Science Association, has presented her work at COP27 in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, and won the WIRED Japan Creative Hack Award in 2016.

Her work has been exhibited widely including Athens Digital Art Festival, Science Gallery London, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and Phoenix Art Space.  Recent collaborations include Wohl Cellular Imaging Lab at Kings College London, and she was recipient of the Collective Imagination Fund exploring the notions of climate refugees. She is currently a Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Surrey. 

The presentation will be followed by a reception and an opportunity to view the current CAS exhibitions:  Listen Scoundrels! And Sue Gollifer Retrospective.  The event will be recorded and uploaded to the CAS YouTube Channel.

This hybrid event is In-Person and via Zoom and open to the public and is free but you must book your place here:  https://16april25cas.eventbrite.co.uk/ 

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Our next meeting will be a talk by Michael Masucci, the founder of the art group EZTV in Los Angeles, on 21 May 2025 via Zoom only.

You can see our future programme here: https://computer-arts-society.com/events/index.html