Emma Smith
dal 20/6/2011 al 29/7/2011
Segnalato da
20/6/2011
Emma Smith
The Showroom, London
Playback is a project by London-based artist Emma Smith, which explores tacit knowledge, intuited response and behavioral adaptations within the locality of The Showroom. Using storytelling as a form through which to share knowledge, the project has been developed through a series of research workshops in which tales are collected and exchanged, and turned into a series of script components: settings, scenarios and characters.
Playback is a project by London-based artist Emma Smith, which explores tacit
knowledge, intuited response and behavioral adaptations within the locality of
The Showroom. Using storytelling as a form through which to share knowledge,
the project has been developed through a series of research workshops in which
tales are collected and exchanged, and turned into a series of script
components: settings, scenarios and characters.
Collaborative processes are at the heart of this project, as Emma Smith has
worked with local groups of students to respond to narratives embedded in The
Showroom’s immediate neighbourhood. A research team that includes pupils from
Quintin Kynaston School is integral to the project; gathering narratives with
local groups in the area and through street interviews with members of the
public, and working closely with the conceptual development of the scripts.
Twenty fictitious monologues will be displayed in the gallery, which will be
set up as a reading room and performance space. The public are invited to
construct their own short plays and to play a role in the unfolding narratives.
A series of events are scheduled throughout the exhibition period for members
of the public to enact the work within larger groups.
Events:
21st June Private View including a performance by DreamArts
23rd June Public Relations discussions – Part 3: Citizenry
30th June Public Relations discussions – Part 4: Place Making
3rd July Public performance of the work by DreamArts
Emma Smith involves events, encounters, performance and participation in her work in
order to explore the psychology of place. Recent exhibitions include: Camden Arts
Centre (2006), Whitechapel Gallery (2007 & 2008), Orleans House Gallery (2008), Wysing
Arts Centre (2010) and Grizedale Arts (2011), and projects in Mauritius (2009), China
(2009 and 2010), India (2009 and 2010), Lebanon (2010), and Kenya (2011). She has been
participated in residency and research trips with Triangle Trust, The British Council,
Delta Arts and The Commonwealth Foundation.
Thank you to: Mahdi Fleifel, Shadha Neiroukh, Shuncai Wang, Barnabus Group, Emma Duff,
Denis Kane, Quintin Kynaston School, 60 Penfold Street, Ewa Wisniewska, DreamArts,
Becki Lunn, Richard Sumitro.
Playback is part of Communal Knowledge, which is generously supported by Paul Hamlyn
Foundation and John Lyon's Charity. The script development is supported by The Arvon
Foundation and Artsadmin. Emma Smith is an Artsadmin Bursary Artist. Playback is part
of Survival Kit: Art linking society, knowledge and activism, supported by Culture
2007-2013 programme of the European Union. The Showroom is supported by Arts Council
England and members of the gallery’s Supporters Scheme.
For further press information and images please contact
Kate Stancliffe on 020 7724 4300 or kate@theshowroom.org
Preview: 21 June 2011, 6.30-8.30pm
The Showroom
63, Penfold Street, London
Opening hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 12-6pm