Living Memory* with Natasha Thembiso Ruwona

We will watch the short film maud. and create a space for discussion and making in response to the themes of the film, which include memory, archiving and our relationship to our environments.

maud. [15m] 2022, is a call to celebrate the life and work of the Scottish-Ghanaian artist Maud Sulter (1960 - 2008) who grew up in the Gorbals, Glasgow. Maud had an extremely diverse output of artistry; writing, image-making, curating, filmmaking, and sound. Her significance on multiple fronts - as a Black Scottish, Black British, African, Ghanaian, queer, working class and female artist has until recently largely gone uncelebrated. The film considers her memory through conversations with Black artists who are making art in Scotland today, and reflects on Maud’s important contributions to excavating history, challenging art world politics, and community-building.

About Natasha

Natasha Thembiso Ruwona is a Scottish-Zimbabwean artist, researcher, and curator. Working primarily in film, she is interested in how Afrofuturism and psychogeography can meet through experimental forms of storytelling. Through her practice, she investigates healing and well-being by exploring relationships between the environment and creativity.