17/03/2022
Join us next Friday, 25th March, 6 – 8pm for Release Room. NMG R&D Bursary recipients Seema Mattu (), Tom Harris () & Sean Roy Parker () will meet in person for the first time for an improvised audio-visual performance, collating elements of their independent work made over the winter. This informal affair will marry Seema’s rendered animations of fanciful landscapes (which are set inside her developing narrative), with Tom’s generative approach to music-making, and a selection of excerpts from Sean Roy’s journal. Herbal drinks will be provided.
Informal welcome and herbal drinks from 6 – 6.30pm. Performance to begin at 6.30pm.
Release Room has been developed with the support of an NMG Development Programme R&D Bursary scheme, looking to support Midlands-based artists to be ambitious in developing their practice. Event supported by One Thoresby Street.
Sean Roy Parker is a visual artist, fermentation enthusiast and food writer based at DARP artist community in Shipley, Derbyshire. His work examines the lifecycle of materials, complexities of multi-species responsibility, and problem-solving through collaborative action.
Tom Harris received a research bursary to put together two ‘listening events’ at and One Thoresby Street, inviting people to explore their senses in a mindful environment, becoming conscious of the way we listen as opposed to hearing alone.
Seema Mattu is a gender-expansive Valmiki artist, whose practice is framed as a theme park – known as SEEMAWORLD. Within SEEMAWORLD, vessels and portals are built and evolved – giving viewers access to the realms she constructs.
Images courtesy the artists: 1 , 2 , 3