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Winners announced for Level’s Public Open Exhibition 2023
July 2023
LEVEL Centre are delighted to announce the winners of their Public Open Exhibition for 2023. The call out earlier this year attracted contemporary visual artists from across the UK, with selected pieces being shortlisted by a panel of industry professionals to be part of a public exhibition both online and at Level Centre in Rowsley.
This year’s exhibition is sponsored by Peak Village in Rowsley who announced Level as their charity of the year for 2023 and Turners Art Supplies who are sponsoring the Public Choice Award.
The standard of submissions was extraordinary, showcasing a broad range of art styles and techniques. The panel selected their favourite two pieces to win first and second prize in the adult category alongside winners in both the 7-11 and 12-17 age groups.
First place was awarded to Grace Currie for their work ‘Which Way Up’. A catastrophic accident in 2010 resulted in a severe brain injury which left Grace with interrelating disabilities and her own unique and neurodivergent view of the world. She shares this view through her practice, working in the medium of paint, clay, video, and performance.
Grace said:
”Winning first prize made me feel really happy and I want to inspire other people to follow their dreams. Don’t let anything get you down. This was a painting created as part of a series ‘When My Right Side Won’t Listen’, paintings that explored life living with right sided neglect. It can be disorientating when my body doesn’t listen to my brain. It can make me feel confused, topsy turvy, upside down, I don’t know which way is up. My right leg doesn’t exist in the painting – I can’t feel my right leg and it is like it is not there. It hasn’t always been this way.”
Panellist Amelia from the Arthouse in Wakefield said:
“Out of many fantastic submissions, we were all unanimous in our selection for first prize. Grace Curries’ entry, ‘Which Way Up’ depicts two women, one upside down and both with their right legs missing. Her powerful paintings explore her social identity – and how, as a disabled woman, society reduces her in some people’s eyes to child status. This is an identity that she resists but draws attention to in her childlike portraits of figures or faces. The compelling narrative behind the piece and the artist’s sheer determination and talent earned them our first prize place. Congratulations Grace!”
Second place was awarded to Martine Daneele Coello for their work ‘Suzie’. The picture illustrates Martine’s cat Suzie, a cat Martine often paints or draws in a consistent style. Suzie has her own identity, she is pink with green eyes, black whiskers and a beguiling expression. She is a Mona Lisa cat! When asked about her art work and its success Martine gave a very big smile. Expressing herself through painting and drawing is very important to her and it will be great to see other people enjoying seeing her special pink cat Suzie.
Industry panellist and Chesterfield artist Bella Milroy said:
“Martine’s painting is simply a joy, and it was a delight to discover it as part of the Open Exhibition this year. We loved how playful and expressive it is, with fantastic colour combinations and wonderful mark-making that captures the love of a much cherished family cat. I’m so pleased to have Martine’s work featured in the show and award this artwork a much deserved prize.”
The panellists were equally impressed with the quality of submissions in the two Under 18 categories, and it was difficult to choose the two winners. After much deliberation, the two under 18 categories were won by Nico Valdez (12-17) for their Self Portrait and Azalea Wragg (7-11) for ‘Mountains’.
The prizewinners might have been decided, but the public can still vote for their favourite piece in The Public Choice Award. You can vote by visiting the exhibition in person at Level Centre in Rowsley or online through the Level Centre website: www.levelcentre.com
The Public Open Exhibition is at Level Centre, Old Station Close, Rowsley until 1 September.
Four contemporary artists awarded residencies at LEVEL Centre
April 2023
Four contemporary artists awarded residencies at LEVEL Centre
Since its launch in 2021 the Level Residency Lab, with support from Arts Council England, has supported 24 professional artists who either identify as disabled or whose work has access at its heart. The selected artists, all with ambitious ideas that strengthen Level’s charitable mission to ‘Celebrate the Art that Difference Makes’, will continue to explore contemporary practice in rural Derbyshire.
Now part of their year-round programme, Level are excited to introduce the new cohort of residency artists from across the England who have been awarded a residency:
During the last thirty years Aaron Williamson has created over 300 performances, videos,
installations and publications around the world. He has a PhD in Critical Theory from the University of Sussex and has published widely. Williamson’s work is informed by his experience of becoming Deaf and by a progressive sensibility towards disability. At a University of California lecture in 1998, he coined the term ‘Deaf Gain’ as a counter-emphasis to ’hearing loss’. Williamson’s work has been purchased by the Arts Council England Collection and UK Government Art Collection. He is a Research Fellow in Fine Art at Oxford Brookes University.
Alex Billingham creates work amongst the overlaps of Live art, Experimental Theatre, Film and Digital art. Their trans and disabled body collide and intermingle with their neurodiverse brain which they use to map out better ways of survival, making space for othered identities to exist and thrive. They enjoy an analogue approach to manipulating digital technology that allows them to explore a low-fi visual style that binds grime with glitter to make beautiful work. Alex performs nationally and internationally and is currently developing a new theatrical show Salting the Wound.
Maiya Leeke is a London based Contemporary Dance Artist and Jazz musician. She is a Sadler’s Wells Young Associate 2023/24, was a finalist in BBC Young Dancer 2022, and has an MA from Northern School of Contemporary Dance and was an apprentice with Candoco Dance Company. Her artistic practice is rooted in research exploring the physical language of hope and expression of a voice being more than spoken words. In particular, she is fascinated how the unique contributions of her disability intertwine with being a contemporary dancer and Jazz Saxophonist.
Raquel’s Meseguer work straddles theatre, dance, installation, performative conversations and photo-documentary. She identifies as dis-abled, and works with rest and horizontality as creative impulses. Raquel founded Unchartered Collective in 2016 to create theatrical encounters that explore the lived experience of an invisible disability like chronic pain. Her project A Crash Course in Cloudspotting is an installation and performance, an app, a community and a digital archive for 300 + stories gathered about people’s attempts to rest in public. Raquel also co-founded Lost Dog dance and was Associate Artist Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me), and Juliet + Romeo. She was nominated for a 2023 Olivier Award (Outstanding Achievement in Dance) for her Dramaturgy on Lost Dog’s Ruination.
Executive Director Kerry Andrews said:
“We’re delighted to welcome four more superb artists from across the UK to Level’s Residency Lab. The quality of applications has been exceptional and we’re looking forward to seeing how research and development time in Derbyshire steers their creative practice over the coming years.”
The residency artists will be taking part in a research study conducted by Therapeutic Arts Researcher Gemma Collard-Stokes from the University of Derby. The study will explore the experiences, practices and professional development of artists who are co-producing visual, performative or digital contemporary work and will be used to inform Level’s residency programme over the next few years.
For more information about the artists and their work with LEVEL, visit the the Level website or follow @levelcentre on social media for updates throughout their residencies.
Applications for a digital residency will open later this year, more information will be available on the LEVEL website.
Get creative in Level’s digital Lab
January 2023
A new immersive interactive installation opens at Level Centre in January.
Created by John Whall, a Digital Participation Artist, Curator and Producer based in Derby, Play LAB encourages creative play through large scale projection, screen-based visuals and physical objects. Visitors fill the room with 3D digital shapes and play with digital toys, in a laboratory like you’ve never seen before!
John is an experienced performer and visual practitioner. His work explores participation through collaborative and co-creative practices, with a focus on the process of ‘creating together’. Play LAB was made in collaboration with workshop participants from JT Project from Huthwaite and Alderwasley Hall School.
John said:
“Play LAB is an exciting opportunity for me to take participant-made work and present it in a playful and fun way using immersive technology. It’s a real passion of mine to be able to use artistic digital practice to support others in showing off their creativity.”
Play LAB is suitable for everyone including school groups and families. The installation is free to visit, but advance booking is advisable through the Level Centre website.
Play LAB is showing at Level Centre from 12 January to 14 April 2023.
Level Centre Offered Arts Council England Investment
November 2022
Level is delighted to announce that it has retained its National Portfolio Organisation status through Arts Council England and will receive an annual grant of £141,354 from 2023-2026.
Arts Council England is increasing its funding in villages, towns and cities where investment is currently too low. A total of £446 million per annum of investment will bring art, culture, and creativity to more people, in more places, across the country. Level Centre, a contemporary arts centre based in the small Derbyshire village of Rowsley, is one of 990 organisations to receive a share of the funding.
Stuart Allen, Chair of the Level Centre board said “We are absolutely delighted that LEVEL continues as a National Portfolio Organisation. The grant awarded allows us to continue to work with disabled artists and communities through our programme of visual arts and performances to create high quality contemporary work in the heart of Derbyshire.”
The portfolio organisations, including Level, will deliver The Arts Council’s new ‘Let’s Create’ strategy, its most varied and ambitious plan to date designed to make sure that the public has the very best art and culture available to them in their neighbourhoods.
Peter Knott, Area Director for Arts Council England said: “We want creative communities in every corner of the country to have the opportunity to thrive, which is why we’re delighted to be investing in Level Centre over the next three years. It’ll be great to see them continue to connect with communities in rural Derbyshire and develop their Level Makes programme, giving adults with learning disabilities the opportunity to engage with visual and performing arts workshops.”
Arts Council England Chief Executive, Darren Henley, said: “Together, each of the 990 organisations that have been offered funding today will contribute to a portfolio that is rich, varied and truly national. This is our widest ever spread of investment across the country, ensuring that many more people will have access to a wider choice of exceptional art, culture and creative opportunities on their doorsteps. We are in tough times but we must remember creativity brings with it extraordinary dividends, boosting our country’s economic growth, creating jobs, bringing communities closer together, and making us happier as individuals. Everyone deserves to enjoy the benefits it brings, and with this investment, we believe we’ve taken a decisive step towards making that vision a reality.”
Level Centre is a registered charity that relies on the generous support of Arts Council England, trusts and foundations and individual donors to deliver its mission to ‘Celebrate the Art that Difference Makes’. Until recently Level, along with 10 other arts organisations in Derbyshire, received core funding from Derbyshire County Council. DCC have just announced that it is withdrawing 100% of this funding, leaving Level Centre with a £24,924 a year funding gap each year.
Executive Director Kerry Andrews said “We’re delighted to receive a conditional funding offer from Arts Council England. LEVEL celebrates the art that ‘difference’ makes, supporting learning disabled people, disabled creatives and the wider community to experience visual, digital and performing arts. It’s a difficult time for many and we want to make sure that we can continue to provide high quality arts experiences for rural audiences in Derbyshire and beyond working with artistic talent from across the UK. Unfortunately this good news follows the devastating news that Derbyshire County Council are cutting our core recurring grant from the end of this financial year. We now need to find alternative financial support to make sure that we can continue to deliver programmes that support wellbeing, combat loneliness and provide a social lifeline to disabled creatives in a rural community.”
For more information about the Arts Council England 2023-2026 Investment programme visit: www.artscouncil.org.uk/investment23
Midlands Based Artist is in the Spotlight at Level Centre
December 2022
Following a national call out to disabled artists from across the UK, Level are delighted to announce the recipient of the new Level Spotlight Award.
Fae Kilburn is a midlands-based artist and arts facilitator that specialises in printmaking. Fae will be given support from Level’s Artistic Associate Bella Milroy to develop her creative practice and learn more about the process of exhibiting work. The project will culminate in a solo exhibition at Level Centre that will give a behind the scenes look at Fae’s methodology and showcase her art.
Through the Spotlight Award Fae will exhibit Sensing Nature, a mixture of silkscreen, mono and embossed prints. The exhibition will be a visual documentation of Fae’s transition from partial-sight to blindness that will challenge other people’s understanding of sight-loss.
Fae said:
“I’m delighted to have been awarded the Level Spotlight Award and look forward to the 1-2-1 mentoring with artist Bella Milroy and exploring new ways of displaying my work during my solo exhibition.”
Fae’s landscapes document the blurring of boundaries and explore the shapes and patterns within the landscape. By using different methodologies including comparison colour charts and audio descriptions of the landscapes, Fae is able to create prints inspired by what she has seen, experienced and been told was in front of her.
Artistic Associate Bella Milroy said:
“I’m delighted that this award is going to Fae; their work is so beautiful and it was really striking to come across in the judging process. I’m really excited to share Fae’s work at Level, as well as showcasing their important exploration of sight-loss within the context of how they create and display their work. I look forward to finding out more about their work and am excited about what they will display at Level in the New Year!”
Fae’s exhibition will have several pieces that can be touched, from the embossed Sensing Nature series to the beautiful silkscreen print triptych Transient Moments on Japanese paper and ‘Beyond the Curve’ that appear to float on the wall. During her time with Level Fae will expand this body of work and experiment with new materials to take her work in a more sculptural direction.
Sensing Nature will be on display in the Corridor Gallery at Level Centre from 12 January to 14 April 2023.
New Youth Collective for neurodiverse young people launches in Derbyshire
November 2022
Level Centre has launched a new group for Neurodiverse and Autistic young people aged 14-18 to access contemporary arts experiences, outside of school and home.
Starting on 16 January, the Level Youth Collective will run at Level Centre in Rowsley on Monday evening from 5-6.30pm. Over 10 weeks, participants will have the chance to work with different artists, materials and digital equipment as well as having a space to socialise as a group. The Youth Collective will also develop soft skills, with participants encouraged to contribute to discussions and make decisions, skills that can be used in school and beyond.
Engagement Producer Kyla Hyslop said:
“We’re excited to be setting up a space for young people with autism or who are neurodiverse to try and develop new artistic skills and make new friends in a relaxed and welcoming environment.”
Members of the Youth Collective will become ambassadors for Level and will be invited to future events and exhibitions at the centre, as well as having the chance to take part in work experience and mentoring programmes.
Executive Director Kerry Andrews said:
“We want the Youth Collective to be an exciting space, a safe place where participants can try new skills and equipment, grow in confidence and gain useful experience from being part of the group.”
Sessions are FREE to attend but space is limited, so interested parties are advised to register their interest in advance via the Level Centre website www.levelcentre.com
The Level Youth Collective has been funded by Derbyshire County Council Public Health through the Growing Golden Opportunities Award, which is managed by Derbyshire Dales Council for Voluntary Service.
New Residency Artists announced at LEVEL Centre
November 2022
In 2021 LEVEL Centre launched the Level Residency Lab, a research and development opportunity for professional artists who either identify as disabled or whose work has access at its heart. Since then, and with support from Arts Council England, LEVEL has supported 17 artists who have bold, ambitious ideas that strengthen the charity’s mission to ‘Celebrate the Art that Difference Makes’ and bring high quality art to rural Derbyshire.
Now part of their year-round programme, Level are excited to introduce the new cohort of artists from across the UK who have been awarded a residency:
Ethan McKenna is based in Nottingham and enjoys using technology, light and projection in an immersive way. His residency will explore interactive control methods for installations and how they can be adapted for different access needs.
East Lab Dance Company, led by Charley Mitchell and Matilda Rowland, creates and performs family-friendly work. Both dancers trained at Déda in Derby before completing MAs at other universities. Charley has toured works by Motionhouse, Vidya Patel, Joss Arnott Dance and Coalesce Dance Theatre. Matilda has performed with Constella opera ballet, Akeim Toussaint Buck and Johnny Autin. The company will be exploring a children’s dance theatre piece during their residency, creating a multisensory performance for young people using props and storytelling.
Katayoun Jalilipour is an Iranian-born multidisciplinary artist, writer and lecturer based in the UK. Katayoun is an associate lecturer on BA Performance: Design and Practice at Central Saint Martins. Through humour, provocation and storytelling, their practice uses the body as the subject to talk about race, gender identity and sexuality. They use speculative histories and fictions to re-tell stories through a queer lens. Katayoun works in a variety of mediums including moving image, installation, drawing, text, sound and live performance. They have an ongoing body of research looking for fragments of queerness hidden in Iran’s Qajar era, specifically stories that centre intimacy, eroticism and gender nonconformity.
Conor Aylward is a playwright and performer whose work has been presented with the Cambridge Junction, Camden People’s Theatre, Trinity Bristol, HOME and Contact in Manchester. During his residency, Conor will be developing his performance piece
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During their time with Level, Elana Binysh and Jonny Leitch will be exploring experimental theatre exercises and music compositional techniques to express what ADHD feels like in the body, and how it affects the brain. Elana is a dramaturg, live sound artist and performer, her work is unified by a deep devotion to exploring different forms and a desire to tell contemporary oral histories to people in uncomfortable and tender ways. She is currently writing her first solo project, an unperformable show about invisible disability and waiting. Recent work includes Arguments in the Name of the Skies at artsdepot and Bristol Old Vic, AGATHA at Omnibus Theatre and Don’t Talk To Strangers at The Yard and The Vaults. Jonny Leitch is a disabled session drummer, sound designer, composer, and aerialist performer. He has worked with incredible inclusive companies such as Extraordinary Bodies, Paraorchestra and Graeae Theatre Company and performed at Glastonbury Festival, the Barbican, Royal Festival Hall and National Theatre.
Executive Director Kerry Andrews said:
“Our Level Residency Lab continues to attract inspirational artists from across the UK and we have been blown away by the quality and diversity of ideas that were put forward. We hope that our initial support of a financial contribution and space at Level Centre will help these artists to develop work that has a future life”.
This cohort of Level residency artists will be taking part in a research study conducted by Therapeutic Arts Researcher Gemma Collard-Stokes from the University of Derby. The study will explore the experiences, practices and professional development of artists who are co-producing visual, performative or digital contemporary work and will be used to inform Level’s residency programme over the next few years.
In addition to full residencies, Level have also offered smaller kick-start residencies to two artists so that they can progress their ideas remotely:
S.L. Page is a writer and artist, they make work about their experiences as a disabled, neurodiverse, genderfluid, queer person, who has survived prolonged abuse. Their previous work includes the fictional podcast New Women, described as ‘smashing the box of disabled feminism’ by BBC News. S.L. Page will be using their kick-start to develop the audio for a short documentary film about the psychiatric abuse they survived.
Level recognises that, for many reasons, not all artists are able to leave their homes. Corinne is a disabled queer self-portrait artist creating photographic depictions from the same 2 by 1.5 metre space, her bed. This will be their fifth year spending almost every day confined to their bed and using self-portraits as therapy for their mental illness. Their kick-start work will focus on a period survival quilt depicting ‘Daisyland’ a queer utopia that Corinne and their only childhood and imaginary friend named Daisy created.
For more information about the artists and their work with LEVEL, visit the the Level website or follow @levelcentre on social media for updates throughout their residencies.
Applications for the next round of Artist Residencies will open early summer 2023, more information will be available on the LEVEL website.
Connecting the Physical to the Virtual in ARPS Immersive
October 2022
A new digital installation has opened at Level Centre in Rowsley. ARPS Immersive, created by Will Hurt, a Visual Artist and Creative Technologist based in Norwich, has been designed to explore the subtle, contemplative interactions between a physical and virtual world. Set in a darkened room, the installation invites visitors to move different 3D printed shapes on a central table and watch how the corresponding virtual objects interact with each other across the walls. As well as movement and transformation, the objects also trigger different sounds.
ARPS Immersive was created by Will with mentoring from Collusion, Norwich University of the Arts and funded through an Arts Council England Project Grant. The project was further developed during Will’s Residency at Level Centre in early 2022 when he tested a prototype with two local community groups, Medway Centre in Bakewell and Golding Grange in Matlock. The project was finally reworked to create a public installation for LEVEL’s main digital Space.
Will said:
“ARPS Immersive is a room scale, immersive toy… a toy which invites participants to play with physical objects, twisting and sliding them across a glass tabletop whilst watching the objects’ virtual counterparts do astonishing things on the screens which wrap around the room.
This crossover between the virtual and physical are becoming key concerns in my output, and it’s with great pleasure and thanks that I’ve been able to continue investigating these facets of my practice at LEVEL.”
ARPS Immersive is suitable for everyone including school groups and families. The installation is free to visit, but advance booking is advisable through the Level Centre website.
ARPS Immersive is showing at Level Centre until 6 January 2023. For more information visit: levelcentre.com/arps-immersive
Level Wins Best Art Space Award
July 2022
LEVEL Centre has been crowned the ‘Best Art Space’ In Nottingham and Derbyshire in the Muddy Stiletto Awards 2022.
In total, 75,000 businesses from across the UK were nominated for one of the 27 awards and Level Centre, a contemporary art space in Rowsley near Matlock, was nominated for Best Art Space.
Level reached the regional finals alongside Haarlem Arts, Banks Mill, New Art Exchange and Contemporary Gallery. From this shortlist, the winner was decided by public vote and Level was delighted to be announced as the regional winner of Best Art Space in June.
Executive Director of Level, Kerry Andrews, said:
“Winning the Best Arts Venue category in Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire Muddy Stiletto Awards means so much to me and the team at LEVEL. Like many arts organisations, the pandemic has had a major impact on us and our communities. Winning this award has given us a boost of confidence, knowing what we do is valued and makes a difference.
We now go forward to the national finals of the Muddy Stilletto Awards this autumn. We recently met all the regional winners at a celebration event in Matlock. It was amazing to see so many female-led organisations and hope that we can find ways to continue our connections and support one another. Thanks again to Muddy Stilettos for recognising the amazing creative work we do at Level, for by and with learning disabled people, disabled creatives and the wider community”.
Level offers a year-round programme of exciting and innovative experiences that celebrate the Art that Difference Makes. From contemporary visual art to creative workshops, artist residencies and digital installations that intrigue and inspire, the centre is open Monday to Friday throughout the year. To find out what’s on visit: levelcentre.com.
A warm welcome to LEVEL Centre’s new board members - June 2022
June 2022
Level Centre are delighted to welcome four new members to its board: Omar Khan, Ness Brooks, Rebecca Brown and Julie Usherwood.
LEVEL is a combined arts centre in Rowsley that aims to ‘Celebrate the Art that Difference Makes’. It works with learning disabled adults, disabled creatives and the wider community. With the introduction of new board members, the board is now representative of the varied communities that LEVEL serves.
The board oversees the strategic direction of the charity and plays a crucial role in making new connections and building a future where LEVEL will not just thrive, but become pioneers in its field. The board is working towards a more inclusive way of conducting meetings and disseminating information across the team. The new board members are:
Ness Brooks: Artistic Director and CEO of LGBT and disability-led theatre company Separate Doors, Ness has over 25 years of experience in theatre as a playwright, director, producer and strategic leader. She is the creator of the Silent Approach, a non-verbal rehearsal room method supporting the inclusion of learning disabled and neuro-divergent actors. The ‘little’ sister of a woman with Downs Syndrome, she is an advocate for equality of opportunity for actors and people with learning disabilities.
Omar Khan: As a director, facilitator and writer based in the Midlands, Omar’s process is centred around collaboration and experimentation. His work engages marginalised communities and enables conversations around topics including death, identity, and spirituality. An alumnus of Birmingham REP’s Foundry scheme and Tamasha’s Directors Programme, he is also an Associate Artist and tutor at both Derby Theatre and Hubbub Theatre.
Rebecca Brown and Julie Usherwood are both learning disabled theatre participants with Meander Theatre. They are supported in their role as LEVEL board members by Laura Guthrie, Director of Meander Theatre. Meander is an East Midlands based company creating opportunities within theatre practice for people with learning disabilities.
Rebecca said: “I want to be part of the Level Board , it will be a great opportunity to broaden my knowledge of disability art groups. I will enjoy being part of Level, it’s so different to anything I have seen before & there are so many different artists that use this space. I also love how diverse the work is that Level produces,the work is by disabled people which shows everyone is capable and Level like to promote this.”
Julie said: “I feel complimented to have been asked, I appreciate they asked me . I like the building , it reminds me of the British Library in its character. I enjoy the exhibitions at Level and how they provide arts opportunities for disabled adults and children from the local area. I think it’s most important that disabled people are included in arts groups.”
The new board members will join the existing Chair Stuart Allen who is the senior producer at Derby Theatre, along with Jessica Ashley, Lydia Leaf, Joseph Marshall and Dave Wheeler.
For press enquiries and interviews contact: Emma Oaks: emma@levelcentre.com
The World Awaits You at LEVEL Centre
May 2022
Created by digital artist Ashley James Brown, The World Awaits you is a free digital experience that everyone will enjoy.
An old broadcast radio invites you in to explore an imagined world, packed with fantastical landscapes and mythical creatures for you to discover. Say hello to the four explorers and let the adventure begin.
With activity sheets to help with your quest, the installation lasts up to 60 minutes giving you plenty of time to spot all the different creatures as well as a few surprises along the way. What and who will you find? The World Awaits You…
Ashley said:
“I wanted to create something that was calming and comforting, relatable and recognisable. At the same time I wanted it to be fantastical, whimsical, exciting and mesmerising. Something to immerse and let yourself experience and let go of the outside real world for 60 minutes. For the curious, there is plenty to unearth amongst all the hidden action going on. It’s about putting yourself in the role of an explorer, seeing what the world is like through a fresh new perspective and contemplating how we can see the beauty in the world around us once more. My work looks at how audiences can be creators of their own experiences and I mostly facilitate the telling of stories through playful digital interactions.
For audiences, the main experience I hope is one of reflection and enjoyment. There is no right or wrong to experience in The World Awaits You and everyone will find something different from being in the space. Moments of joy and wonder are precious, and above all, I absolutely love to bring a smile to people’s faces”.
As an extra treat, whenever you visit The World Awaits You, you can choose a trading card with your favourite explorer or creature. Entry is free so you can keep coming back to collect them all!
The World Awaits You runs until 2 September at Level Centre, Old Station Close, Rowsley. Tickets are free, but please book in advance through the LEVEL Centre website: www.levelcentre.com
For press enquiries and interviews contact: Emma Oaks: emma@levelcentre.com
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