The Weather: Abi Palmer in conversation with Sop and An(Dre)a Spisto

For the second episode of The Weather, Abi Palmer will be joined by artists Sop and An(Dre)a Spisto to discuss disability, care, and building dens.

There will be a live audience Q&A towards the end of the conversation when your questions shared on the YouTube comments thread or on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram via the hashtag #AbiPalmerInventsTheWeather will be answered by the artist.

Location: This conversation will be streamed live on Artangel's YouTube channel and after the event the archive will be made available at the same URL. Live closed captions will be provided by StageText. To turn them on, click ‘cc’ on the bottom right corner of the player on YouTube.

Sop

Sop is a torn and crooked leaf, a root embedded in the dirt, a shoot reaching to the sky. An artist and musician working in crip-time using sound, performance, writing, film and objects, frequently in collaboration with others who have also experienced chronic illness. They tend to centre modes of sociality and explore the use of voice as gesture through narrative. They have a particular interest in ‘healing’ practices outside of the medical-industrial complex, through nature, sound, breath/body work, group writing, dialogue and resource sharing.

An(Dre)a Spisto

An(Dre)a Spisto makes a mish mash of live theatre, art buffoonery, gallery interventions, filmed and live filmed performance with a current view into technology, media and its relationship to perspectives as a queer, neurodiverse, immigrant. Trained at Lispa (Art-Haus Berlin) in Lecoq and embodied practices with a focus on clown through mask. Andrea’s work has been described as genre smashing, surreal, gentle and exuberant.

Commissioned and produced by Artangel.

Part of the weather station: London - find out more here.