PERFORMANCE

Sharrow Stories
Sheffield Studio
Thurs 14 - Sat 16 June 2007

Following their residency in the Crucible shop, Encounters returned with Sharrow Stories, a unique one-off interactive performance event that brought together Sharrow residents of all ages, four professional performers and a team of young people who acted as guides.

From 2003-2005 Encounters took over three disused shops in the diverse neighbourhood of Sharrow, Sheffield, opening the shop to
Visitors. The performance event was inspired by the hundreds of stories, memories, journeys, objects and images which visitors left in the shops. With the seats taken out of the Studio, the audience were invited to move around the space, witnessing events and making decisions about what stories they wanted to hear.

Click here to see images of the performance.

‘Encounters take art directly into the public so that ‘the public’ becomes all aspects of the work, providing content, direction and audience simultaneously’ G Robertson, Art Historian, Humbolt State University, USA

‘An outstanding demonstration of the force of ordinary things, which is so easy to say but so hard to make vivid and convincing’ Emily Campbell: Curator British Pavilion, X Venice Biennale of Architecture (the shop collections were part of Echo/City in the 2006 British exhibition)

‘Encounters let the flow of material come from the local tap and changed the landscape’ A Deadman, Sharrow Festival

Click here to find out more about the shop projects in general, and here for information about the residency at the Crucible Theatre.