Broadcast Bartender (2015—) — Social Art Library

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Toby Lloyd & Andrew Wilson

Lloyd & Wilson - Broadcast Bartender, For Solidarity Discussion 2019.jpg — Photograph of a group of people sitting around a custom-built bar. The text reads ‘Broadcast Bartender’.

Broadcast Bartender is a series of conversation events that fabricate the architecture and traditions of the public house (a building which caters for ordinary people to meet and talk), to provide an experimental approach to hosted conversation.

Initiated by artists Toby Lloyd and Andrew Wilson in 2015, Broadcast Bartender invites 5x Guest-Drinkers and 1x Guest-Bartender to talk freely for approximately 2hrs from a installed public house environment. These recorded conversations are then released as a radio broadcasts on FM and digital platforms. The initial events took place as part of Project Radio, an exhibition and online radio broadcast imagined by artists Marion Harrison and Sophie Mallett, which was hosted by &Model in Leeds. Later discussions have happened in front of a live audience, responding to current issues like the EU Referendum (2016) and Snap General Election (2017).

More information: http://lloyd-wilson.co.uk/html/broadcast_bartender_broadcasts.html

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Toby Lloyd & Andrew Wilson

Toby Lloyd and Andrew Wilson have worked collaboratively since 2012, building frameworks that they invite others into to communicate and challenge one an others experiences of everyday life. These often borrow from the furniture and customs of the Public House and have included bar installations, newspapers, radio broadcasts, billboards and home brewed beer. Toby is the son of a publican and his favourite band is The Fall. Andrew spent a large chunk of his childhood in the Hartley Social Club and prefers Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band.

http://lloyd-wilson.co.uk/