Be The Media! workshop with Edward George
September 2, 2026 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT
as part of EMPAC’s TOPOS Festival
Join us to learn directly from Edward George, who has harnessed the power of media to examine and deconstruct the Black experience in its myriad forms from his early work as an independent media activist and founding member of UK’s Black Audio Film Collective, to his multi-part radio broadcast The Strangeness of Dub, to his own performance practice in electronic music groups such as Hallucinator.
*This event is included in the TOPOS Festival Pass
Edward George will discuss the trajectory of his work, the reasons he has used different modes of media for certain projects, and how the subjects that he explores breathe life into social histories and make complex theory accessible to wider audiences. The workshop precedes George’s screening of Black Atlas, an experimental reimagining of archival materials which ultimately reveals how art is a tactical tool that can be used to dismantle systems of power.
This event is a collaboration with EMPAC & iEar Presents!
Edward George- writer, broadcaster, and founder of Black Audio Film Collective (1982-1998), the multimedia duo Flow Motion (1996-present), and the electronic music group Hallucinator (1998-present). Geo rge wrote and presented the ground-breaking science fiction documentary Last Angel of History (1996), and he hosts Sound of Music (Threads Radio), Kuduro – Electronic Music of Angola (Counterflows). George’s series The Strangeness of Dub (Morley Radio) dives into reggae, dub, versions and versioning, drawing on critical theory, social history, and a deep, wide cross-genre musical selection.
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