Chat with Barry Sykes
Starting with a bumpy navigation of the digital media needed to have a remote conversation, involving moving rooms, switching devices and changing recording systems, Barry and I chat about how we are feeling and what's changed, about sharing space and his postponed Exhibition, 'Missing you already!'.
Discussing his interest in finding different ways to connect people and his magical power to make believe, we talk about his Radical Essex show, laughter yoga and his Sauna reading group and dive into his residency at the Oakwood Sun Club naturism and my memories from childhood from naturist holidays.
Themes of seclusion and visibility evolve into chatting about Barry's interest in pretending - the transition from fake to real - and how this might be helpful at present.
We end on a short introduction to laughter yoga where Barry leads me (us) in some easy exercises to get us all laughing (even if it's pretend laughter) at home.
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