Logan Dandridge & John Cussans In Conversation

Cavendish Arts Science

Artist Logan Dandridge, and artist, writer and educator John Cussans explore Surrealism, Gospel music, and the poetics of Black rhythm.

Bawden Room, Jesus College

Join artist and experimental filmmaker Logan Dandridge and artist, writer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Worcester John Cussans as they exchange archival images and music, film clips as prompts for an exploratory conversation.Logan Dandridge is a filmmaker from Richmond, Virginia, USA and currently the Cavendish Arts Science Fellow at Girton College. His experimental approach to moving-image work connects Black experiences and the evanescence of memory with spoken word, sound and rhythm. More information about his work and the Fellowship is on the <a href="https://cavendish-artscience.org.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cavendish Arts Science website</a>.<a href="https://johncussans.com/about/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">John Cussans</a> is an artist, arts educator and writer working across the fields of contemporary art, cultural history and critical art theory. He has written about spirituality and its connections with African culture, and popular horror and science fiction tropes as well as the legacies of colonialism, psychoanalysis and surrealism in art and cinema.John and Logan will engage in discussion based on their shared interests in Gospel and Black music, Afrofuturism, deep space, sci-fi, spiritualism, ritual, and communion in music and dance via Bill Gunn's film Ganja and Hess, Aretha Franklin and Kendrick Lamar.

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