You are Welcome, devised by artist Sarah Carne, is a 4 week participatory event at Tate Exchange that is asking people to consider how can art make a difference to people’s lives and society. In 2015 People United commissioned Sarah to explore the theme of Love at Southbank Centre. In this blog post Sarah introduces her new […]
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26MayHut 136: A thinking residency in two parts
22AugBeach Hut Blog by Sarah Carne Part 1: After my LOVE commission last year, which took the form of videos about moments of public communication as interventions in the information screens of the Royal Festival Hall, I spent time thinking about whether the resulting artwork, This is a Public Service Announcement, had had the effect I […]
Read Full ArticleLove Blog: I’ve not been resting
14OctIt’s been a while since the Festival of Love ended but I’ve not been resting. The thinking that this commission has prompted, or extended, hasn’t been resting. It has fed into my ongoing work, sprouting new branches of thought. My colleagues at Tate, where I work part-time, would laugh at me referring to sprouts – […]
Read Full ArticleLove Blog: When I was a teenager I played french horn
20AugWhen I was a teenager I played french horn with a youth orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall as part of a young people’s event. They made a record of it – but who knows what happened to that. I do know we missed school. In my twenties I did a term of tap dancing […]
Read Full ArticleLove Blog: I was at the RFH last Friday night
18AugI was at the RFH last Friday night, notebook in hand, ready to talk to strangers. I was expecting it to be lively (it was) and a very different crowd – but I was wrong about the latter. Although there were many people there for the performance, the ten minute dances, the hanging out with […]
Read Full ArticleLove Blog: And so today I really started to enjoy myself
06AugAnd so today I really started to enjoy myself. I was talking to Sarah Fox, the creative producer at People United, a few weeks ago, and she asked me how I was feeling about the project. I said I was finding it interesting, challenging, often frustrating, (as I said in my last post) and that […]
Read Full ArticleLove Blog: We’re over half way through
04AugWe’re over half way through the festival and I definitely feel time’s winged chariots at my back. I’m also feeling increasingly frustrated but it’s not a bad frustration – it’s really forcing me to think about the difficulty of communication, and the fine line between an invitation or an instruction, how we feel when we’re […]
Read Full ArticleLove Blog: I’m writing this live from the ticket desks
17JulI’m writing this live from the ticket desks at the Southbank Centre. I’ve been given access to the screens above the ticket desks, so I can write a message and it will appear above our heads. I’ve experimented with what to say – I thought I had it planned before I came but of course […]
Read Full ArticleLove blog: This week more tests.
03JulThis week more tests. In toilets and on the street. I’m trying to create an audio piece that will be playing in the toilets at the Festival Hall – one women’s, one men’s. It’s a piece about cycling to work, and how catching people’s eye is so important, but also about the thoughts that pass […]
Read Full ArticleLove blog: In my first post I mentioned a video…
25JunIn my first post I mentioned a video about smiling, I realised it’s rather ungenerous to talk about a video without letting people see it – so here’s a link https://vimeo.com/38572147 and the password is You in love? The work has been shown in various situations including East End Academy, Whitechapel gallery and the Oriel […]
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