GOTH FLINTA+ & POC CENTERED
the dark side of politics (for gothic writers)
every thursday, april 30 - may 21
Bat Cave Club @batcave.uk is a new London-based gothic arts collective.
Join other bats in a historic London pub to unpack dystopic literature and write new, original, and relevant creations every week. We'll explore dystopic writing movements from the past century and detect structures and patterns, to bring them to present inspiration. Writing sessions guided by @mistersaintpatrick.
⁺‧₊˚ ཐི⋆♱⋆ཋྀ ˚₊‧⁺ 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩 𝔤𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔰 𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔦𝔠𝔢 ⁺‧₊˚ ཐི⋆♱⋆ཋྀ ˚₊‧⁺
political science fiction is sometimes under-appreciated to explore and critique the horrors of society. it is thanks to writers and stories that many generations have found resilience and the language to fight authoritarianism, (state) t3rr0rism, racism, exploitation, misogyny, violence, etc.
each workshop we will explore dystopian fiction waves, their styles and contexts. we'll deconstruct (and re-construct) from movements like 1920's anti-authoritarian fiction (for example: 1984, brave new world, fahrenheit 64), feminist dystopia (70's-90's, handmaids tale), young adult (2000's, hunger games, divergent), cyberpunk (the matrix), apocalypse (natural, spiritual, man-made). as well as daring to imagine better futures (i.e. afrofuturism).
our primary lens is gothic (embracing the dark in a punk, earnest and ironic way), but we are also socialist, anarchist, intersectional feminist, including (but not limited to): anti-racist, working class, transgender, lesbian, decolonial.
🪽 YOU WILL WRITE ORIGINAL DYSTOPIAN FICTION EVERY WORKSHOP 🖤 NO ELECTRONICS