Note: this interview is a repeat, having been recorded and interviewed last year. Full show notes at  === Abi Palmer is a mixed-media artist and writer. Her work often includes themes of disability, gender and multisensory interaction. Her artworks include: Crip Casino, an interactive gambling arcade parodying the wellness industry and institutionalised spaces, displayed at the Tate Modern and Somerset House; and Alchemy, a multisensory poetry game, which won a Saboteur Award in 2016. She has written for BBC Radio, The Guardian and Poetry London. She recently published her first book, Sanatorium, through Penned in the Margins. Abi is also my sister, and we frequently collaborate on creative projects together. In this *very* rambling conversation, Abi and I discuss myriad topics, including: - Abi's book Sanatorium (out now from Penned in the Margins) - Physical movement (and embodiment) and thought processes - Constraints in creativity - Failure and experimentation - Underpowered vehicles as a metaphor for our creative relationship - Bath-tubs - Numerous artworks we've worked on, including Crip Casino, Nybble, Ant Ballet, etc. - Social media and filmic influences on framing the real world Links - Sanatorium - Abi's website --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olliepalmer/message

Today's episode is a repeat from last year - the interview with poet, fiction writer, performer, and podcaster Tim Clare. Apologies for the low audio quality of my introduction! Full transcript of this episode at parallel.olliepalmer.com. Links Tim’s website Tim Clare’s podcast Death of 1000 Cuts (recommended for anyone who wants to write!) Follow Tim on Twitter @timclarepoet or buy Tim a Coffee --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olliepalmer/message

The time has come! It's the last assignment of the course.  Today's exercises: Continuous writing, in reflection on your life, thoughts, and feelings at the moment 5 minutes Make a narrative audio work of 6-12 minutes’ length which includes elements of: your real, daily life and/or artistic practice a parallel, fictional world of your choosing The role of this exercise is to enact the learnings of this course – the process of world-building and narrative writing – in one concise audio work. The audio work can be real and/or fictionalised. It can use autobiography, fiction, found sounds, your own foley – whatever helps you to take the listener on a journey between two worlds. It should carefully consider the emotional journey you wish for a listener to go through, using principles of ‘framing’ we have discussed throughout this podcast. Full notes at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olliepalmer/message

What's your worst review? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olliepalmer/message

Today we're reflecting on our immediate surroundings, then writing the ideal review of your work. Full show notes at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olliepalmer/message

Combining your ideas!  Full show notes, transcription and exercises at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olliepalmer/message

<p>This episode contains two exercises: </p> <p>- A 5 minute free write / free-speak / free draw / free something, to record the here and now, or to let your mind wander</p> <p>- A 10 minute exercise to - make a list of ‘things’ which have an underlying concept, from any area of human culture. You could list films, TV shows, books, poems, soap operas, operas, songs, games – whatever they are, make sure you can summarise their key concepts in a sentence or two.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Full show notes, exercise and a transcript available at the <a href="https://parallel.olliepalmer.com/2021/podcast/w08e02">Parallel Worlds</a> website. <br> </p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olliepalmer/message

This episode we're mixing it up a little, and listening to a story from another podcast! This episode features Ross Sutherland’s story Six House Parties, which is part of his podcast Imaginary Advice. You can also listen to the original story on Soundcloud, but I really recommend you subscribe to Imaginary Advice with your favourite podcast app!   Many thanks to Ross for letting us use this segment. A full transcript of Ollie’s part of this episode is available at the Parallel Worlds website. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olliepalmer/message

Chick Mate by Elisabet, who interviews Mohammad. Note, this is the same interview as 2021.W7.E1, but edited differently! Elisabet says: This is an interview of Mohammad talking about a story he created, which is based on a lies you would tell to kids. This story is about why chickens can't fly. Full show notes at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olliepalmer/message

This weeks' podcasts were made by students in the Parallel Worlds class interviewing each other. This piece is an interview with Niké by Vlad, who says: Attempting to keep the original format of a live podcast, We decided to have a free conversation about a subject that is relevant to everybody, Food<3  including inspirational elements from our own Artistic practices.  It's called Parallel Perspectives. Full show notes at parallel.olliepalmer.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olliepalmer/message