Breaks & Joins Podcast
These chats about repair (our stuff, ourselves and our communities) range from mending textiles to the repair of broken bones, from up-cycling in the pandemic to community conflict in Bangladesh, from home made Punk Clothes to celebrating scars. Growing out of a Community project in Lewisham, South East London the podcasts give more space for longer conversations, and you'll be able to hear Rose Sinclair, textile specialist, Raj Bhari, Peacebuilder, talking with Clare MacDonald, artist and Unitarian Minister, Dr Sylvan Baker, founder of The Verbatim Formula,textile dyer Liz Honeybone from the National Theatre costume department, Theatre Designer Amanda Mascarenhas chatting with Mo Sumah, host of the Mend it with Mo repair cafe, Suzi Warren, founder of Stitch it Dont ditch it, theatre academics Sudip Chakroborthy and Ali Campbell on national identities, and Rachel Ho, ceramicist and creator of the scarred pots.They're interviewed by Sue Mayo, edited by Chuck Blue Lowry, music by Bob Karperhttp://www.suemayo.co.uk/
Breaks & Joins Podcast
Latest Episodes
Series 8, Episode 8: Paula Ogun Hector
Jamaican–Haitian–British artist and curator Paula Ogun Hector founded Tapestry of Black Britons to honour the often-overlooked African Caribbean presence in Britain, from the Roman era to today. The project began with a woven dialogue between a...
Series 8, Episode 7: Zak Foster
Zak is a community-taught artist whose work draws on Southern textile traditions and repurposed fabrics. He practices an approach to design that is based in narrative and guided by intuition. He is especially drawn to preserving the stories of ...
Series 8, Episode 6: Abu Ansari
Content alert: This podcast includes reference to suicideAbu Ansari is a performer and facilitator working in Chicago and London. He spent 20 years performing on Chicago stages and worked as a performance-based facilitator addressing a v...
Series 8, Episode 5: Dr Sofie Layton
Sofie Layton is an artist, researcher and facilitator who has worked nationally and internationally for over 30 years. Her most recent research practice explores the interface between artist, patient and clinical landscapes. Interweaving lived ...
Series 8, Episode 4: James Holcombe & Alberto Bona
James Holcombe is a filmmaker with decades of experience in photochemical film production. His practice merges a deep engagement with re-discovered historical, material and social processes of photochemical film production through single screen...
Fan Mail
Dear Sue - Sanjit here (ex Talawa and Telegraph Hill Festival). I now live in Bath and work in Bristol where I manage the Public Programmes for Bristol Museums. Love ❤️ this podcast. We're planning work with Paula so it was great to hear the podcast. I must listen to more - so many people I know on here! Much love and thanks to you.
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