BLOC Laboratory launch showcase followed by panel discussion

About the event

BLOC is a new state of the art and fully accessible laboratory space at QMUL, comprising a 4k cinema with Dolby Atmos sound, a multiscreen gallery space, studios and post-production facilities. Come and celebrate this exciting new culture hub with us.

From 2-6pm at our launch event visitors can see a rolling showreel across the cinema, gallery and studios showcasing current practice-based work from Film, Drama, People’s Palace Projects, and EECs, spanning video installation, live art, documentary, artists’ film, participatory / community arts practices, motion capture research, sound art, immersive theatre, and more.

The day will continue at 6pm with a round table discussion inviting leading figures in the fields of disability film, drama, and community collaboration to discuss how future Research and Development collaborations between HE and disability arts and cultural organisations might be developed.

How can an initiative like BLOC enable the arts and cultural sector to benefit from practice-based research activity that foregrounds accessibility, inclusion, and participation? Where are we now? What challenges lay ahead? Where next?