11/11/2019

TOUR | WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE - MELISSA CHEMAM — Arnolfini


My next event!!

I'll see you at the Arnolfini Gallery by the end of the month.

I'll come down to to tell you more about their current exhibition on feminism and resistance, 'Still I Rise', and the writing that I'm working on for the gallery.

It's currently all work-in-progress, but the first text is ready!
I'll posted it here on Sunday 1st of December, the day after this tour/talk...

See you soon, hopefully...



SATURDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 2019

TOUR | WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE- MELISSA CHEMAM — Arnolfini




Join our writer-in-residence for a special reading tour of Still I Rise.
TIME:16:00 
PRICE: Free E-Tickets




INFORMATION:


We are delighted to have Melissa Chemam working with us as writer-in-residence throughout Still I Rise. On this tour, she will link pieces of writing to a selection of artworks currently exhibited in our galleries.

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Freelance journalist/reporter, radio producer and writer, Melissa Chemam has been presenting her work for print, television and radio since 2004. She has reported for the BBC World Service, Reuters, DW, France 24, and Vox Africa, among others; while her writing has been featured in The Public Art Review, Transfuge Magazine, Le Figaro, Le Monde, Skin Deep, The Bristol Cable, Bristol 24/7, CIRCA Art Magazine, Public Pressure, and The Times Literary Supplement.

Writing is her favoured means of expression, covering literature, the arts, music, but especially social change, migration issues & international politics. Passionate about travel, she has lived in Prague, Miami, London, Nairobi, Bangui (in Central African Republic), Bristol, and Paris (where she was born in 1980). She has travelled to more than 14 African countries in the past 10 years, and 40 countries worldwide.

Her first book published, 'Massive Attack – Out of the Comfort Zone', on Bristol's music, art and politics, was released in the UK in March 2019 by Tangent Book.

You can find out more about her work on her website http://melissa-on-the-road.blogspot.com/

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