Fine Art students bring circus to town!

Friday, 26 November 2010

Fine Art students in costume

'The Walk' in Reading Town Centre will come alive next week thanks to a group of Fine Art students. Current students and one recently-graduated artist, will be collaborating in a performative exhibition that will occupy empty shop units in the Walk on the evening of Thursday 2 December.

'The Show' by the Show Collective will bring together performance, installation, video, sound and smell to playfully investigate the disintegration of once-successful entertainers and washed-up circus performers. Visitors will be given the chance to explore the live space and see the characters, and the relics of their past, close-up.

Fine Art student Katherine Anderton said: "We are delighted to have the opportunity to showcase our work to the local community and bring some sparkle to a currently lifeless part of the town centre. Visitors will be captivated by the depressive nostalgia of characters such as the Bearded Showgirl and folk-singing Fortune Teller that are trapped in a time that is hard-to-grasp, and witness how their stories are disjointed yet inter-connected."

'The Walk' is situated Yield Hall Place, Reading (RG1 2HG) with the Exhibition taking place between 5pm-8pm on Thursday 2 December. The Show will become a static exhibition during the week following the 2nd of December.

For more information contact Katherine Anderton, email lvu07kha@reading.ac.uk