BrumYODO
Charlotte worked with Birmingham based CIC, BrumYODO to produce a series of online events during 2020 to re imagine how to create spaces for people to talk about death and dying.
BrumYODO is a growing group of artists, undertakers, food artists, hospices, palliative care professionals & others whose aim is to help the people of Birmingham (and nationwide) to have more open and honest conversations about Death & Dying through creative and cultural events, festivals, debates, workshops and social media. Their annual festival, A Matter of Life and Death, programmes literary events, music, spoken word, theatre and visual art events across Birmingham during the month of May.
BrumYODO is a growing group of artists, undertakers, food artists, hospices, palliative care professionals & others whose aim is to help the people of Birmingham (and nationwide) to have more open and honest conversations about Death & Dying through creative and cultural events, festivals, debates, workshops and social media. Their annual festival, A Matter of Life and Death, programmes literary events, music, spoken word, theatre and visual art events across Birmingham during the month of May.
'In Conversation With' - Connecting Through Creativity
On behalf of BrumYODO, Charlotte produced & curated a series of facilitated conversations with interesting people from the world of art, comedy & literature about death, dying and remembrance.
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BrumYODO Presents: How Can Public Art Connect Grieving Communities? Orit Azaz in conversation with Luke Jerram & Mohammed Ali
BrumYODO are delighted to present an in-conversation event with acclaimed artists Luke Jerram and Mohammed Ali, hosted by Orit Azaz. We will consider art and creativity as responses to COVID-19, how we approach acts of communal remembrance and memorial, and how public art can enable us to have better conversations about death and dying. Internationally renowned facilitator & creator Orit Azaz will speak to Luke Jerram about his new public artwork ‘In Memoriam’, created in response to the pandemic, and to Mohammed Ali, Creative Director of Soul City Arts, about his work within diverse communities in Birmingham, and how art can bring people together in a socially distanced society. 
BrumYODO Presents: We All Know How This Ends. Diane Parkes In Conversation With Anna Lyons & Louise Winter
BrumYODO are delighted to present another In Conversation with event as part of our series of facilitated conversations with interesting people from the world of art, comedy & literature about death, dying and remembrance. In this next In Conversation event, journalist & board member of BrumYODO, Diane Parkes talks to end-of-life doula Anna Lyons and funeral director Louise Winter about their new book, We All Know How This Ends: Lessons about Life and Living from Working with Death and Dying. Anna and Louise will discuss their new book, what they have learned about life, death, love and loss and discuss how and why we should all start to think about death in a radically different way. |
How Can Laughter Help Us Talk About Death & Grief? Comedian Robin Ince and undertaker, Carrie Weekes in Conversation with Nikki Tapper
In this next In Conversation event, BBC Radio’s Nikki Tapper talks to Robin Ince, acclaimed comedian and co-host of Radio 4s The Infinite Monkey Cage; and award-winning undertaker and comedy fan Carrie Weekes about the importance of laughter and humour as part of acceptance, grieving and remembrance. |
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