Hello and Welcome back to The Earth Sea Love Podcast.
This is your host, Dr. Sheree Mack, sharing with you another episode from our new series, Practicing Creative Fugitivity, which has been funded by Arts Council England.
In this episode we are talking with Kisha Bradley, who emigrated from the USA ( I think I say Kentucky in the podcast but it’s actually Indiana, my apologies) to Sheffield, England to found the arts and culture organisation Brightbox.
In our conversation together, we talk about:
* AI and stolen voices, and work
* Fugitive Songs workshop and the Lomax archives
* Imagining other futures through communal songs
* Resisting Capture
* Kisha’s background and coming to Sheffield
* Getting grounded in nature
* Radical and Radicale
* Pushing back against the system
* A discussion around time
* Kisha’s childhood
* Fugitivity, abundance and time
* The importance of imagination
* bell hooks’ homeplace
* non-human other
* Mushroom the end of the world by Anna Tsing
* Full of herself, ourselves
* Black ‘v’ White education
* Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times article around education.
* Practicing care, being and fugitivity
Bio: Born and raised surrounded by the flat cornfields of Indiana, USA, in a chaotic home full of music, mischief and just the right amount of boredom to get creative, Kisha Bradley immigrated to Sheffield, England to be nestled by the hills of the Peak District. She founded the arts and culture organisation Brightbox, shaping local decision-making through artmaking. Seeking time and energy to sit with community knowledge, Kisha began her PhD at the University of Leeds in 2024 with the generous support of a White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities Studentship funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. This research asks, “What are the enabling conditions for Black and brown artists living in Sheffield to pursue their creative practices?” For Kisha, escaping capture means taking time to sit on the porch with others, savouring a morning cup of coffee, and regular walking to stay connected with her local landscapes.
The music used throughout this series is free music from Ketsa.uk
This track is Are U Listening BY KETSA
This series is funded by Arts Council England