Image: Smother- Sarah Cole - Artangel 2010
Photo:Tas Kyprianou
Photo:Tas Kyprianou
Smother
Sarah Cole and Coram Young Parents
Artangel, 2010
Climbing the narrow stairs of a three-sided tower a girl searches for her lost cherries, is pushed aside by a braying buggy and tries not to throw the baby out with the bath water. Quite literally skating on thin ice, this is a world where stability is both sought and fought. Smother was a story of emotional resilience, adaptability, loneliness and joy, of constant battles and glorious victories.
Housed in the dolls-house frame of 101 Kings Cross Road, resting precariously above London’s ancient river Fleet, the inhabitants of Smother showed us a glimpse of a world where young parents navigate their own adulthood amidst the complexities of raising a child.
Conceptualised and developed with a group of parents from age fourteen to mid-twenties and their children, Smother encapsulated the vastly different experiences of these young mothers and fathers as they passed through weekly drop-in sessions at Coram.
Smother was developed over nine months through a series of workshops and discussions. Artist Sarah Cole worked with composer Jules Maxwell and the young parents to direct an experience that offered the audience a rare invitation into an honest and intimate personal space.
The Coram Young Parents drop-in is a weekly opportunity for young parents to share experiences and find support with a wide range of issues whilst their children can play in a stimulating environment.
Smother was previewed as part of Reveal a Create KX initiative during Spring 2010 which animated Kings Cross through a dynamic display of visual and digital art, live music and site specific performance.
Link:
Sarah Cole
Housed in the dolls-house frame of 101 Kings Cross Road, resting precariously above London’s ancient river Fleet, the inhabitants of Smother showed us a glimpse of a world where young parents navigate their own adulthood amidst the complexities of raising a child.
Conceptualised and developed with a group of parents from age fourteen to mid-twenties and their children, Smother encapsulated the vastly different experiences of these young mothers and fathers as they passed through weekly drop-in sessions at Coram.
Smother was developed over nine months through a series of workshops and discussions. Artist Sarah Cole worked with composer Jules Maxwell and the young parents to direct an experience that offered the audience a rare invitation into an honest and intimate personal space.
The Coram Young Parents drop-in is a weekly opportunity for young parents to share experiences and find support with a wide range of issues whilst their children can play in a stimulating environment.
Smother was previewed as part of Reveal a Create KX initiative during Spring 2010 which animated Kings Cross through a dynamic display of visual and digital art, live music and site specific performance.
Link:
Sarah Cole
