Flarb (Free, Lazy, Arty, Radical Book Club): No Notion Of Loving By Halves

Join us for FLARB with ZEST co-director Ellen Gillett as she facilitates a fun, informal conversation around our new contemporary art commission No Notion of Loving by Halves by Jocelyn McGregor.

An extract from the accompanying critical writing commission will provide stimulus for discussion - served with a side of coffee and cake.

FLARB is the Free, Lazy, Arty, Radical Book Club, a book club without the stress of a conventional book club. It reclaims the word ‘lazy’ as a radical approach to inclusion and self-compassion.

FLARB removes traditional access barriers to reading around arts and social justice topics in order to create a sociable, inclusive space to have a read, have a chat and learn something together. It achieves this by having:

• No cost or fees (the texts are freely available online or provided ahead of the session, no joining/participation fee)

• No pressure to contribute or commit (it is ok to turn up just to listen or to turn up only when you feel like it)

• Very short texts (either written, video, or images) that can be digested in 10 minutes ahead of the session, or if you are feeling ‘lazy’, not at all!

• No required knowledge or expertise to join, just curiosity and respect for others.