Adult Company Spring Term 2024

The need for unruly personal stories in the AI era

How do we stay unruly within the AI era? All our life choices; the movies we watch, the lovers we are matched with, the books we read, the holidays we go on, the way we bank, shop and job hunt, are filtered through AI processes that try to make things tidy, establishing a ‘normative’ pattern. But our lives are truly unruly.

Leading the group through methods of gathering and performing oral histories, these sessions will put personal stories through AI systems, to try and disrupt them, highlighting what is most messy about our human experience.

Adult Company Spring Term 2024 goes on sale on Wednesday 25 October at 10am.

Spring Term 2024 — 10 weeks

Adult Company starts: Thu 18 Jan
Half Term (no sessions): Thu 15 Feb
Adult Company ends: Thu 28 Mar

Session time: Thursdays, 7—9pm
Location: Equiano Studio at Bristol Old Vic
Fee: £105 per term

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Tom Marshman

Tom Marshman has been a practicing artist for 25 years, producing over 60 projects across different mediums. An overarching theme of his work is that of the outsider and their story, particularly; stories that have been omitted through archival silence. Over his career he has presented work at: Bristol Old Vic, Battersea Arts Centre, Chapter Arts, Vauxhall Tavern, Gloucester Guildhall, Arnolfini, Bristol, Marlborough Theatre, Brighton and Barbican, Plymouth.

Recent projects include: Brothers across the Decades; recounting stories of my youth in Weston Super Mare amidst the devastating effects of AIDS, and Shining Intimacy; examining queer friendships, premiering at Mayfest 2022 and touring nationally including runs at Tobacco Factory and Camden People's Theatre.