Volunteer with Congregation. Congregation is a new large scale choral installation created by Es Devlin, in partnership with UK for UNHCR. This installation is located in St Mary le Strand Church and will be free and open to the public.
We're looking for volunteer stewards to help with stewarding at the Es Devlin Congregation.
As a steward, you will be greeting people, registerting guests and sharing information about Congregation and UK for UNHCR, and offering support for a successful event.
You will not be responsible for security, first aid or crowd control.
Volunteers will need to attend a short training session ahead of the event, in person or online. They will also be provided with a printed script about the installation so they can answer questions on the artwork.
CONGREGATION features large-scale chalk and charcoal portraits of 50 Londoners who have experienced forced displacement from their homelands. Presented as a projection-mapped tiered sculpture, the work offers a luminous encounter with those who bring their gifts to London.
Each portrait sitter is a co-author of the work. Each is depicted holding a box containing a projected animated sequence which they have envisaged. The co-authors constitute a vibrant London congregation whose roots extend across the globe to Syria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Somalia, Tanzania, Chile, Venezuela, Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo and Germany. All 50 voices are included in an accompanying sound sequence composed by Polyphonia. The projected film sequence has been created in close collaboration with film maker Ruth Hogben and choreographer Botis Seva.
We are looking for volunteers who are able to cover one or more of the following slots:
Saturday 05th Oct
2:30pm - 6pm
6pm - 9pm
Sunday 6th Oct
6pm - 9pm
Monday 7th Oct
10:45am - 2:30pm
6pm - 7pm
Tuesday 08th Oct
10:45am - 2:30pm
2:30pm - 6pm
Wednesday 09th Oct
10:45am - 2:30pm
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