The other half of the work: organisational maintenance at Bloc Projects

The next speaker in our ARTFUL talks series is Sunshine Wong, art worker, researcher, facilitator and Director of Bloc Projects.

In this talk, Sunshine Wong will offer a moment of taking stock, of considering the resources it has taken for Sheffield's Bloc Projects to survive and of the energy it takes to continually swim upstream.

From an examination of the everyday minutiae to broader reflections of what is typically thought of as the drudgery of administration, this talk candidly presents the cost and the labour – both personal and professional – involved in keeping smaller, more radical art organisations afloat.

There will be an open conversation at the end to talk through what moving from surviving to flourishing could look like for artists and organisations alike.

Biography

Dr Yet Chor Sunshine Wong (Sunshine) is an art worker, researcher and facilitator. She was an art teacher in Hong Kong where she was born and raised, and later moved to Berlin to complete her MA and curate live art events. Via affect and queer studies, her PhD proposed a socially negotiated art that takes place through the relational material.

At Bloc Projects, she has been working on what it means to be a holistically collaborative and accessible art space. In the last few years, she has commissioned and co-developed projects by Una Helle Hamilton and Verity Birt; Chris Alton and Emily Simpson; and C & G Artpartment amongst others. She is also a keen knitter.

More information

This event is part of ARTFUL – a new series of public lunchtime talks organised by the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies.

The aim of the series is to bring together students, postgraduate researchers and staff to showcase our culture of vibrant research and creative practice across the school and beyond. Taking place on Mondays during termtime, speakers will include researchers, artists and practitioners.

Whilst primarily aimed at our school community, anyone interested in the series is welcome to join us. There is no need to book – please just turn up.

Find out about all ARTFUL talks in the series.

For more information, please email Elspeth Mitchell at E.R.Mitchell@leeds.ac.uk.

Directions to the venue

See the campus map for location of the Liberty Building.

Directions (facing away from Parkinson steps): Follow the path to your right then turn right underneath the link building. Go all the way through campus until you reach the Clarendon Road entrance. Cross over at the traffic lights onto Moorland Road. Follow the road down. The Liberty Building is on your left.

Go through the main entrance and go straight ahead though two sets of double doors. Lecture Theatre LG.06 is situated on the lower ground floor. 

Accessibility information for the lecture theatre can be found here.

Feature image

Sunshine Wong outside Bloc Projects. Photo by Ai Narapol.