Could we dare to dream of a healthcare service that works for everyone?
Join Civic Artists-in-Residence and longtime EAF collaborators Jj Fadaka and Ria Andrews for an artist talk exploring their EAF25 commissioned film, My Blood Runs Purple.
My Blood Runs Purple is an experimental short film comprised of poetry, field music, and testimony by Ria Andrews and Jj Fadaka, artists living in so-called black, gendered bodies. Questioning the inequalities and barriers in public healthcare offered to them, they explore alternative categories of ‘health’ and ‘wellness’, and attempt to name all the things sertraline cannot fix.
Recorded over a four month residency period, from the Scottish Borders to the Central Belt, the film speaks back to flailing health and social care structures. Part of EAF Lates at the Pavilion, gain an insight into the process of the film’s creation, and the radical imagination of choice, person-centred care, understanding, and advocacy as just the beginning of demanding everything historically marginalised bodies deserve.
! Includes in-depth discussion of medical discrimination and racism experienced by people living in black, gendered bodies.
Access
→ This event will take place in the EAF Pavilion’s Event Space. This room is accessed via the Screening Room, which has low lighting.
→ This is a fully seated event. If you require a specific type or placement of seat, please note this in the “Access Needs” field when booking a ticket.
→ This event will be in English, with English captions on the film work.
→ For more information about access at the EAF Pavilion, please see our Access page.
Events Programme
See more from My Blood Runs Purple in:
→ Jj Fadaka + Ria Andrews: My Blood Runs Purple at the EAF Pavilion
→ EAF X Outer Spaces: HOST at the EAF Pavilion