{"id":5620,"date":"2017-04-10T20:10:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T00:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=5620"},"modified":"2017-04-11T20:16:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T00:16:36","slug":"rocca-gutteridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/rocca-gutteridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocca Gutteridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9611\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5620-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/roccagutteridge.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/roccagutteridge.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/roccagutteridge.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6086 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/profile_pic_big_prom_on_the_prom.jpg?resize=224%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/profile_pic_big_prom_on_the_prom.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/profile_pic_big_prom_on_the_prom.jpg?resize=314%2C420&amp;ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/profile_pic_big_prom_on_the_prom.jpg?w=538&amp;ssl=1 538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/>Rocca Gutteridge is a cultural producer with a penchant for queerness, laughter and &#8211; both the mess and potential &#8211; of human connections. Rocca is currently a PhD candidate in Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London and British Council\u2019s Head of Arts Kenya and East Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Rocca\u2019s academic research investigates entanglements of contemporary queer aesthetics and state politics in Uganda and the UK. Prior to this project, Rocca received a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Sculpture and a Masters in Contemporary Art Theory at Edinburgh College of Art (Student Awards Agency scholarship).<\/p>\n<p>Within the British Council, Rocca strategies and delivers the East Africa Arts programme which connects artists and organisations across Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>From 2011 \u2013 2016, Rocca co-founded and directed 32\u00b0 East | Ugandan Arts Trust, a centre for contemporary visual art in Kampala, Uganda. \u00a0During this time, Rocca co-produced KLA ART 012 and was Project Director of KLA ART 014, a biennial public art festival taking place in Kampala\u2019s city centre.<\/p>\n<p>Rocca has delivered curatorial projects for Edinburgh International Art Festival, Glasgow International Festival and the Mela Festival of World Music and Dance. She has undertaken curatorial residencies at Deveron Arts (Scotland), Terre Sans Frontier (Morocco) and the Edinburgh and Scottish Sculpture Workshops.<\/p>\n<p>A 2016 ISPA Global Fellow, Rocca has produced workshops for and given presentations at: Raw Material Company (Dakar, Senegal); Green Papaya (Manilla, Philippines); Ruangrupa (Jakarta, Indonesia) and Arizona State University (USA). She lives and works in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more on her personal and Project Websites:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ROCCA.xyz\">www.ROCCA.xyz<\/a>\u00a0and \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishcouncil.or.ke\/east-africa-arts\">www.britishcouncil.or.ke\/east-africa-arts<\/a>\u00a0as well as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artachat.org\">www.artachat.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The book mentioned in the interview is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dukeupress.edu\/the-queer-art-of-failure\">The Queer Art of Failure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6087\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6087\" style=\"width: 649px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6087\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mobile_picture_salon.jpg?resize=649%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"649\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mobile_picture_salon.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mobile_picture_salon.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mobile_picture_salon.jpg?resize=356%2C220&amp;ssl=1 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamming in the \u2018Mobile Picture Salon\u2019 a portable cinema that travels across Scotland, greeting people as it goes http:\/\/www.rocca.xyz\/mobile-picture-salon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6088\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6088 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Jump.jpg?resize=640%2C392&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Jump.jpg?resize=1024%2C627&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Jump.jpg?resize=300%2C184&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Jump.jpg?resize=768%2C470&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Jump.jpg?resize=696%2C426&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Jump.jpg?resize=1068%2C654&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Jump.jpg?resize=686%2C420&amp;ssl=1 686w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Jump.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Performance artist Ife Piankhi in \u2018Jump\u2019: a video experiment exploring the confusion of moving and the hopelessness of belonging http:\/\/www.rocca.xyz\/jump<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/roccagutteridge.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listRocca Gutteridge is a cultural producer with a penchant for queerness, laughter and &#8211; both the mess and potential &#8211; of human connections. 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