An Exhibition of stories and artworks from two different groups of women, from Arc and Global Sistaz United, co-created by Sharon Campbell and Rachel Ramchurn.
This exhibition hopes to share stories of shared human experience telling of what unites us, regardless of background, religion and race, during a time of political, social and cultural divide.
Lead artists Sharon Campbell and Rachel Ramchurn worked with the two groups; Arc’s Post-Challenge mental health wellbeing group in Stockport and Global Sistaz United, a supportive group for Refugee women in Nottingham throughout 2019.
Campbell and Ramchurn supported participants to make individual artworks based on a chosen story, journey or memory that held significance to their lives. These stories are displayed within the confines of drawers alongside audio-recordings or the written story, meaning participants had to think creatively about what they wanted to say, and how they would say it through their artwork.
Poem making Machine
We invited audiences to share their story at the end with our poem-making machine.
Why a chest of drawers? When people are reluctant to part with items, they often store them in drawers, as talismans of important memories stowed away for safe keeping. The artists and groups wanted the work to be interactive with digital elements for the audiences, to encourage active engagement over passive looking.
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‘A Museum of Journeys in a Chest of Drawers’ has been supported by Arc Stockport, New Art Exchange Nottingham, and Global Sistaz United.
The Poem Making Machine has been created with support from writer Sam Orton and Sois De Traca’s Maria and Eliza.
The Project is funded by Arts Council England and Stockport MBC Ward Flexibility Funding.
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