David Blandy- Gathering Storm at Volt, Eastbourne
Friday 21st of November, 6 - 8pm; free
As part of the public programme, of Miguel Martin’s exhibition Up and Down, artist David Blandy will be in-conversation with Miguel before hosting Gathering Storm, a role-playing game opening a space for collective storytelling.
VOLT
67–69 Seaside Road
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN21 3PL
Join artist David Blandy to explore the impacts of colonial food production through his collaborative worlding game, Gathering Storm.
For the past few years, David has been experimenting with the form of group worlding; using voice, writing and drawing to imagine new worlds and societal systems collaboratively.
In Gathering Storm, the game guides the players through adding elements to a map, imagining a postcolonial sci-fi world and then creating a set of characters to inhabit this space, using a streamlined card-based system. Through a series of prompts, players come to terms with hidden histories and present injustices.
Gathering Storm is a participatory event which involves complex themes, narratives and storytelling. No previous experience of tabletop gaming is necessary to play.
Gathering Storm was developed at Delfina Foundation's Politics of Food programme in association with Gaia Art Foundation in 2022.