BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
oriana fox
Dates: Thu 11th May 2023
Times: Doors open @ 19:00
19:30 - 21:30 (2 hours)
Location: SPILL Think Tank
Tickets: £5
If you are wheelchair user, would like to book a free ticket for a companion or carer, or have any other access requirements you would like to discuss with us, please email boxoffice@spillfestival.com
Artist and talk show host Oriana Fox was once a hot young artist back in the early 2000s. Now fully in the ‘mid-career’ phase, she’s lamenting what might have been and, perhaps unhelpfully, comparing herself with her peers.
Her envy, fuelled of course by social media, has become what some psychologists would deem ‘unhealthy’. However, the aim of her talk show, The O Show, is to explore the overlap between working on the self and working to change the world. Therefore, by interviewing a range of guests from has-beens to national treasures, alongside experts in envy and the life course, the plan is to exploit her midlife malaise.
It’s an opportunity to better understand social comparison; to turn frenemies into genuine friends; to cultivate a little more empathy and gratitude; and to uncover the structural barriers to an artist’s flourishing in today’s art world.
Think Tank Live events start with a performance or presentation from our featured artist, followed by a Q&A session hosted by our Artistic Director, Robin Deacon. Stick around afterwards for drinks and chat.
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