posted by admin on Feb 5
Due to the ‘severe snow events’ that have been happening this week, we’ve decided to keep the exhibition open until Friday the 13th of February. We’d really like as many people as possible to see the show as the feedback has been so positive. The installation is beautiful in itself, but if you can, try and make the performance on Saturday 7th at 6.30pm. The young people (and Si and Bev of course) have created a very moving and powerful piece of performance using the stories and interviews collected through the process, which brought a lump to many a throat when it was premiered last week.
Some sample quotes from audience:
I enjoyed the play very much. Thanks a lot. Sue
Well done really enjoyed, great piece of work with good stories.
Very poignant stories, quite moving in parts. Well done.
Well done Friction, an excellent piece – loved everything, very powerful launch.
Incredibly moving, beautifully reflective, well portrayed.
The performance was really good and the boat looked great. Was really colourful.
And here’s a picture of the boat:
posted by admin on Jan 21
The Iland Life exhibition opens at the Edge next Saturday 31st January at 6.30pm, with a performance from the Curio City Crew and runs daily from Monday 2nd to Friday 6th, 1pm until 6pm, with a final performance at 6.30pm on Saturday 7th.
You can find the Edge HERE
Here is the eflyer for the exhibition
Hope to see you there…
posted by admin on Oct 1
We all have our ilands. Britain is an island, many people who now live here originated on islands, we have our own, internal ‘i-lands’.
Iland Life seeks to explore with young people their own ‘ilands’. For several months, Vince Nelson and Bev Harvey have been working with young people from 641 Youth House on developing skills in oral history collecting. These young people have then interviewed a range of elders from their community about their ‘island lives’. The resulting interviews will form part of an audio installation, housed in a real boat which will be shown at the Edge, Friction Arts studio from 31st January until the 7th of February 2009.
There will be performances during the exhibition by young people from Five Ways Estate, who have previously worked with Friction Arts during their Curio City Shop residency. This group of young people have been working with Bev and Simon Walker on devising a performance based around the material collected during the project.
