19/04/16 Unfortunately, we have had to cancel this event due to illness. We are very sorry about this and will rearrange the event for as soon as possible.
Location: The Artillery Arms 102 Bunhill row London EC1Y 8ND
Map here: https://goo.gl/maps/LXVVk24ipCM2
Come and join us Wednesday 2oth April at 7pm when BSFA Award-winning artist Tessa Farmer will be interviewed by Mark Pilkington.
Tessa Farmer was born in 1978 in Birmingham and lives and works in London. She is the great granddaughter of the influential writer of supernatural horror Arthur Machen. She studied at The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, The University of Oxford where she received a BFA and a MFA. Her work has been exhibited worldwide and is in many collections including those of The Saatchi Gallery, London, The David Roberts Collection, London and The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Tasmania.
In 2007, she was artist in residence at The Natural History Museum, London, and was nominated for the Times/Southbank Show Breakthrough Award. In 2011 she was awarded a Kindle Project 'Makers Muse' Award.
Recent exhibitions include a solo exhibition Unwelcome Visitors at The Holburne Museum, Bath, The Nature of the Beast at New Art Gallery, Walsall, Victoriana at Guildhall Art Gallery, London and Red Queen at MONA, Tasmania.
Tessa is represented by Danielle Arnaud London and Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York.
Mark Pilkington founded and runs Strange Attractor Press and is the editor of its sporadic Journal, as well as hosting events and exhibitions. He's the author of two books: Mirage Men (also a feature documentary film) and Far Out: 101 Strange Tales from Science's Outer Edge, and has written for numerous anthologies, magazines and websites. Mark also plays synthesizers in Teleplasmiste Raagnagrok and Urthona and performs solo as The Asterism. www.strangeattractor.co.uk
ALL WELCOME - FREE ENTRY
SCHEDULE
6pm: people start gathering and liaising in the bar.
7pm: start of interview.
8pm Q&A
8.15pm: book raffle (win a selection of sf novels for just £1 for 5 tickets).
For further information about BSFA events in London, contract Andrea Dietrich (BSFA London Events Officer) at bsfa.london.meetings@gmail.com or via Twitter @MrsPassepartout
If you can't make it in person, why not join us in virtual reality? We'll be broadcasting the event live via the Periscope app. All you need to do is download the free App and follow @lapswood8 (Chad Dixon) on twitter. Chad will be sending out a "Five Minutes to Air" tweet to give you time to get ready to watch so make sure you get the notifications alert.
FUTURE DATES: 25th May. Justina Robson interviewed by Kate Keen.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2016-04-20
