INCREDIBLE THINGS will be an ambitious public artwork led by award winning artist David Shearing, who creates immersive experiences that invite audiences to reconsider their relationships with each other and their environment.
Created together with people across Leeds, this project will see the creation of wild, beautiful and magical interventions unfold over one year in 2018/2019. Some will be on the rooftops of Leeds. Some will be hidden in the bowels of the city. Some will be hidden in the bowels of the city. Some will be riots of culture and colour taking over the streets. Some will small and intimate, where others will be for thousands of people. All of them will be created in close collaboration with the people of Leeds.
Phase One of the project (Spring/Summer 2017) set out to test initial ideas. Working with partners across the city we hosted workshops with ten community groups and devised four teaser ‘Incredible Things’.
Read our manifesto and find out how you can create your own Incredible thing.
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- DAVID SHEARING - ARTIST
- AMY LETMAN - PRODUCING CONSULTANT
- LAURA ANN PRICE - CREATIVE DIRECTION
- ANNA TURZYNSKI - ENGAGEMENT PRODUCER
- HANNAH WILSON - EVENT DESIGNER (LS14 TRUST)
- MOLLY ISHERWOOD - EVENT DESIGNER (GIPTON TOGETHER)
- POLLY CUTHBERT - JUNIOR EVENT DESIGNER (BLOOM)
- DAVE CARTWRIGHT - WORKSHOP LEADER
- JESS MEADE - PROJECT ASSISTANT
- NATALIE MCLOUGHLIN - PRODUCTION MANAGER
- MATT SYKES-HOOBAN - PRODUCTION MANAGER
- RABBIT HOLE - BRAND CONSULTANTS
- MOJO FILMS - FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY
- TOM JOY - PHOTOGRAPHER
INCREDIBLE PEOPLE: HOLBECK WORKING MENS CLUB, KARLA FARRAR, SHARON SPINK, RICH DALEY, MARK EDWARD FORD, LEEDS CITY COUNCIL, KARAFUN, TENCY LICENSING, LEEDS MARKETS, LS14 TRUST, YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY, ST NICHOLAS CHURCH & HALL, LEEDS PRINT WORKSHOP, GET AWAY GIRLS, YOUNG AT ARTS, SHINE, OBLONG, GIPSIL , SPACE2, CHAPEL FM, GIPTON TOGETHER, TERRI LONEY, DANIEL CONNOLLY, THYS HARTLEY, JOANNE CURTIS, PAUL EMMETT, MAGS GRINNELL, CLAIRE IRVING. STAGE@LEEDS, YOGA HERO, ALEX HEDGE, TINGLEY BRASS BAND, YORKSHIRE BLANKETS, ADD VINTAGE, LIDL, ROBBIE FOULSTON, PADDY CONBOY, KATE ELIAS, LINDUM TURF, KIM HARRISON, RUPERT, FATHER EUGENE MCGILLYCUDDY, EILEEN CLARKE, ADAM SAS-SKOWRONSKI, HARRY MCCAGHERTY.
If you'd like to get in touch regarding any of our events please email:
studio@davidshearing.com