Event by Natalie Mitchell, ACAVA’s artist-in-residence
Join artists Natalie Mitchell and Amelia Tan for an afternoon of wandering, listening, recording and looking differently at Barham Park and its surroundings.
Slow down, recharge your attention and explore the park through a series of playful recording, movement and noticing exercises.
Rather than a traditional walking tour, Natalie and Amelia will use creative prompts to interrupt the ways we normally move through a familiar place and draw attention to things we might usually pass by.
You might work in pairs, become a ‘human camera’ or follow a sound, recording what you would normally walk straight past. You may swap something you’ve gathered with another person and respond to it through movement, sound or image.
At the end of the workshop, we’ll come back together to listen, watch and share some of what we’ve gathered.
Ways of Noticing is open to anyone curious about slowing down and making more room for attention in an increasingly distracting world. You don’t need any experience of art, filmmaking or sound recording, and you don’t need to think of yourself as creative.
Activities can be adapted to different ways of moving through and experiencing the park.
About the residency
Ways of Noticing is part of Natalie Mitchell’s ACAVA Hosts: Barham Park Studios Residency.
Natalie is a multidisciplinary artist and curator working across moving image, photography, oral history and archives. Their practice explores questions of visibility, place and collective experience through collaborative and research-led processes.
The workshop explores how our experience of a place can change through another person’s perspective. With participants’ permission, some of the sounds, images and other material gathered may become part of the audiovisual work Natalie is developing during the residency.
ACAVA Hosts: Barham Park Studios Residency is generously supported by Arts Council England through ACAVA’s National Portfolio Organisation funding.
About Natalie Mitchell
Natalie Mitchell is a London-based artist working across moving image, photography and sound. Their work explores memory, place and belonging, and the different ways we come to know and understand the places around us. Often working with archives, conversations, field recordings and found materials, they are interested in how personal and collective experiences shape our relationship to a place. As ACAVA’s current Artist in Residence at Barham Park, Natalie is developing a new audiovisual work exploring our relationships to London and how we move through, remember and experience the city.About Amelia Tan
Amelia Tan is a London-based interdisciplinary artist whose work explores how we experience public space, time and everyday encounters. Working across performance, video and sound, she creates projects that encourage people to look differently at familiar places and situations. Alongside her artistic practice, she also works as a dramaturg and educator. Amelia has presented work across the UK and internationally, including in the Netherlands, Lithuania, China and the Czech Republic.FAQs
We recommend using what3words to find the Barham Park Studios entrance https://w3w.co/beard.bolts.ruby
Tube: Sudbury Town Buses: 18, 92, 182, 204, 245, N18, H17 Rail: Sudbury & Harrow Road Walk: Barham Park can also be reached from Wembley Central, followed by a 20-minute walk or 6 minute bus from the station.
To get the most of the day, ages 16+ are recommended. Everyone welcome, no arts experience or background necessary. Best suited to those open to joining in and to expect a great and enriching day. For families, we recommend you check out ACAVA’s free family programme, Flourish at Barham Park.
We’ll take a few photos and videos on the day for sharing documentation and archiving. Please notify us on the day if you prefer not to be captured, no worries at all.
Access
What forms of care do you need to attend?
Please share accessibility needs with Maxi Himpe at programmes@acava.org
Our aim is equitable, care-oriented access for all and we’ll try to accommodate as much as we can.
We have an accessible toilet, drinking water, a quieter area, seating, and step-free routes (with temporary ramp).
