Guest Grief Gatherings - Priya Jay
ONLINE
Tuesday 8 June 2021, 6.30-8pm
As part of our project This Grief Thing, arts organisation Fevered Sleep have created Grief Gatherings. They’re small, free group conversations about grief and they're open to all.
We believe there are many ways to grieve and to talk about grief, so we’ve invited special guests to host their own Grief Gatherings in any way they choose.
This session will be led by Priya Jay, a writer and curator from London. Her work is concerned with cracks in the archives, myth and dreaming, and collective care. She is interested in creating spaces to gather and share knowledge outside or despite traditional institutional frameworks. Priya is currently thinking about grief as embodied, disobedient, transgenerational and as evidence of love.
We’re really keen to hear from all sorts of people about how easy or difficult they find it to talk about their own or other people’s grief. There is no obligation to talk, you’re welcome to just sit and listen.
The Grief Gathering will last approximately 1 ½ hours, take place on Zoom, and it's free to attend but booking is essential. A British Sign Language interpreter and live subtitling will be available for this event. If you have any additional access needs or queries, please contact: griefgatherings@feveredsleep.co.uk
This Grief Thing by Fevered Sleep
Supported by
Arts Council England
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Wellcome
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
We acknowledge the assistance of the 2018 Banff Playwrights Lab – a partnership between the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and the Canada Council for the Arts - in the development of This Grief Thing.
This Grief Thing Manchester 2019 photo by Richard Tymon
“It was incredibly useful for me to hear others share how they feel. Even just being able to identify my feelings in others made me feel soothed and brought me a feeling of relief. ”
Grief Gathering Participant
“It was so beautiful. Something about it meant we could just talk gently, and openly, and follow the shared lines of enquiry together, in the last light of the day. It felt like a piece of art in itself. ”
Grief Gathering Participant