Gathering in a Time of Plague 

2022

VSSL Studio


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ABOUT:
Gathering in a Time of Plague was VSSL Studio’s inaugural public programme, launching a collaboration bewteen curators Benjamin Sebastian and Joseph Morgan Schofield. 

VSSL was established  in a time of plague. In response to the conditions of pandemic, VSSL studio presented a series of performances that could be witnessed at a distance or through windows, enabling publics to engage in cultural life during a moment of socio-cultural interruption. The prgramme leant into the affective powers of live practice as a way to encourage connection at a time when many experienced social isolation.
ARTISTS:
Chinasa Vivian Ezugha + Jasper Llewellyn + EM Parry + Niya B + Shaun Caton + Kimvi Nguyen + Jade Blackstock
CREDITS:
Curated by Benjamin Sebastian & Joseph Morgan Schofield on behalf of VSSL Studio. Photographic and video documentation by Marco Berardi & Baiba Sprance. Funded by Arts Counicl England.