Tomorrow Is Our Permanent Address
Convention House, Leeds, UK 2019
Devised and curated by Marion Harrison
Commissioned by East Street Arts
Words – Derek Horton
Photo Credits – Jules Lister
Website Design – Erik Winterburn/Studio Volk
Audio – Baile Beyai and Stuart Mellor
This project aimed to critically, practically and technically test the potential scope of this new space through innovative, idiosyncratic, exploratory and inventive uses and implementation of technology, digital material, image, construction, words, systems, encounter and group learning.
--tomorrow is our permanent address and there they'll scarcely find us (if they do, we'll move away still further): into now— E.E. Cummings – all ignorance toboggans into know. (1944)
Words – How will anyone know what is happening?
Convention House
Convention House is situated in Mabgate, Leeds. Formerly a convent and then used as an accountants for the last 37 years, this Victorian large-scale terraced building has recently been redeveloped into a unique creative space by East Street Arts.
Words – What makes a creative space?
︎ Laura Grace Ford
︎ Alex De Little
︎ Sophie & Kerri
︎ Marion Harrison & Stuart Mellor
︎ Jake Krushell & Alfie Kungu
︎ Marnie Simpson
︎ John Orlek
︎ Ben Dalton
︎ Sable Radio
︎ Village Pop up @ Convention House
Marsh Lane Billboard Project
Programmed by Marion Harrison and Alan Dunn.Words – Public art; art in public spaces, art in the public realm…
︎ Dominic from Luton
︎ Laura Grace Ford
︎ Sophie & Kerri
︎ Jessie Brennan
︎ Tara Colette
︎ Andy Edwards
Marion Harrison &
Stuart Mellor
To Hear Over, 2019
Marion Harrison/Stuart Mellor
This sound work was developed as a direct response to feelings of inhabiting, moving around and introducing people to a new ‘art’ space. The first iteration of the work was experienced through a lump of sculptural material you held in your hands which acted as both a sensor and a listening device. Frequencies above human hearing act acted as beacons within the space for the material to locate itself and give you access to a sonic world, experienced only by you. Moving at your own pace and in any order you wish, the material was in conversation with you, guiding you through the activities, life and breath of the building.