The Ramble 1 cine-poems made with straybird in 2013 are being screened as part of Walking Women this week, 11th - 17th July at Somerset House (curated by Amy Sharrocks and Clare Qualmann in collaboration with Dee Heddon).
The full programme is available HERE
All events are free, though some require booking.
Details of the Walking Artists' Films are as follows:
Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 July 2016, 13.00-14.00
Screening Room, Free, drop-in
Invisible Flock have invited Sheila and 3 other artists to prepare dishes live from recipes based on personal stories in a Ready, Steady, Cook style set up with Terry O’Connor as master of ceremonies, during two hours of eating and sharing at Hillsfest in Sheffield.
The event intends to open up a dialogue around how much of ourselves we put into our practice, when this tips the work/life balance and around care for ourselves in the industry. The event will result in sharing the prepared dishes with the audience.
The event is not suitable for children under 12 years old
Free but booking is essential due to limited availability. Please Book Here
Free but booking is essential due to limited availability. Please Book Here
The time has finally come, to say goodbye to our spaces at Old Tidemill School. Boo hoo. Help us say farewell by coming along to our final BYE BUY Sale. There will be ART and ODD EPHEMERA aplenty...
After a few months of researching and hiding in libraries Sheila has a few public events lined up in May:
A RESTORATIVE: Sheila was recently part of Buzzcut Side Burns in Glasgow where she shared 'A Restorative'. At Side Burns some members of Residence in Bristol were also present and reflecting on similar ideas. Because of this they invited Sheila to share her text again on May 13 during Mayfest as part of their event: I’m Still Standing: How To Keep Surviving As An Artist with Residence.
SLOW STORY SLIDE SHOW: Sheila will present Slow Story Slide Show at Conventions of Proximity in Art, Theatre and Performance hosted by Birkbeck Centre for Contemporary Theatre between 2.30-4.00pm on Friday 6 May. A full schedule of the symposium can be found HERE.
ELEMENTAL: CARAVAN SHOWCASE PITCH: Sheila will present a pitch about her project Elemental at the Caravan Showcase during Brighton Festival and Fringe on Monday 16 May, amongst a whole host of artists and companies taking part in Caravan and the wider Brighton Festival and Fringe.
RAJNI SHAH - SONG: Song by Rajni Shah will be performed by Natacha Bryan, Collin Clay-Chase, Emma Frankland, Kazuko Hohki and Sheila as part of Independent Dance's What Remains Festival festival at Siobhan Davies Dance. Sat, 21 May 2016, 2:00pm - Sun, 22 May 2016, 6:00pm
Unused backdrop found in Sheila's studio - part of 'A Restorative'
Sheila has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Research Bursary to undertake research into her next project and body of work Elemental.
The bursary will support Sheila between January and June 2016 and will culminate in a sharing of new ideas and writing.
Based in amongst Wellcome's library books and archives Sheila will be thinking about the elements in relation to the weather, the periodic table, alchemy, the body and so on...
Watch this space for further news as the research unfolds.
Photo Credit Sheila Ghelani - Glass experiments with Louis Thompson for Bank
Sheila has been invited by Axisweb to be part of this event at Heart of Glass in St Helen's:
Heart of Glass and Axisweb are delighted to present an exciting professional development and networking opportunity for artists, producers and creatives interested in the field of social and collaborative arts practice.
When: Friday 4th December 9:30 am — 6:00 pm
Where: St.Helens Town Hall, Victoria Square, St.Helens, Merseyside
Price: £3.00 – £5.00
Further details and booking information can be found HERE
The event WITH FOR ABOUT: Conversations About Collaboration will include opportunities to network, as well as critical conversations led by leading practitioners in this field exploring themes including Public Art + Publics, Validation Beyond the Gallery, Working in Context and Approaches to Professional Development.
This is a sharing event and critical reflection day for artists, producers and curators from across art form working within or interested in the field of social arts practice.
Photo Credit Sheila Ghelani (from You & Me)
Sheila will be leading an evening of mindful foraging around Cambridge on December 1st. Participants will be invited to undertake an urban 'ramble with nature' with her and gather twigs, feathers, berries and leaves to create a Christmas wreath. The group will also explore ways in which a simple wreath can become symbolic and head home with a gift or decoration for their door.
Date: Tue 01 Dec
Time: 6-9pm
Venue: Out and about. (meet at Cambridge Junction foyer)
Age range: 14+
FREE (ticketed). To book a place click HERE
Please prepare for adverse weather conditions. Umbrellas will be provided.
Rambles with Nature (Ramble 3) Photo Credit: John Hunter
Sheila has a two page spread in Performance Research On Repetition!
On Repetition is online, and also available in beautiful hard-copy HERE.
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PERFORMANCE RESEARCH VOLUME 20 ISSUE 5
‘The love of repetition is in truth the only happy love,’ wrote Søren Kierkegaard in 1843 in the guise of Constantin Constantius, describing his attempt to relive a love affair that was always-already lost. But to love repetition is to love impossibility and paradox, and a number of these contrary impulses are foregrounded in On Repetition: between originality and repeatability, between boredom and excitement, and between the now of performance and the longed-for not yet or never again. Explored in relation to ritual, protest, gender, and trauma, as well as dance, theatre, and performance, this issue combines perspectives from artists and scholars; and, as to attend to repetition is to attend to the form of writing itself, it encourages textual interventions that blur the lines between the two.
Frame 18 from 24 Frames in Commemoration of You (Made for On Repetition)
Saturday 24 October 12-5pm & Sunday 25 October 2-5pm is another chance to see Slow Story Slide Show at Wellcome Collection's Reading Room as part of Bloomsbury Festival 2015. http://bit.ly/1M6PFXI
All events at Wellcome Collection are FREE.
Slow Story Slide Show is an audio/visual meditation on Light that excites the mind! For 10 individuals at a time - come along and see Sheila this weekend!
Slow Story Slide Show Photo Credit: Sheila Ghelani
Sheila recently collaborated with Louis Thompson to make BANK. The piece is currently on show at London Glassblowing as part of Synergy
11th September - 17th October
London Glassblowing
62-66 Bermondsey Street
London, SE1 3UD
Open Mon-Sat, 10-6
A selection of plant-life collected downriver of The City, found growing dustily on the peninsula, in the shadow of its banks. Rooted in the crevices, growing doggedly at the edge, by the old Surrey Docks - the silvery / gold rush of water.
Harvested by Louis and Sheila in Rotherhithe on Wednesday 9th September at around about noon.
“You cannot take the Thames with you. It has always been the river of commerce. The watercress-growers of Gravesend, the biscuit-bakers and store-shippers of Tooley Street, the ship-chandlers of Wapping, the block-makers and rope-makers of Limehouse, all owe their trades to the Thames…” p.539 Peter Ackroyd London The Biography (2001)
Head down to Moseley Road Baths in Birmingham this weekend for SLIP, curated by Fierce Festival and the Friends of Moseley Road Baths. Sheila will be presenting a version of 'Rings Loops and Double Backs' (Ramble 2) created originally for Undercurrent Festival 2014.
Open this Friday 11th September 4-8pm and Saturday 12th September 10am-4.30pm.
Rambles with Nature (Ramble 2)
Covet Me Care For Me arrived into Stoke on Trent for Appetite's #BigFeast2015 along with a whole host of other brilliant, mostly free, events. Covet Me Care For Me was shown on Sat 30 & Sun 31 August at Bethesda Chapel. http://www.appetitestoke.co.uk/whatson/covet
Photo Credit: Nicola Brodard
