“What makes the London borough of Newham, Newham?”
“What was the most challenging moment during the first wave?”
“What was the most beautiful moment?”
In autumn of 2020, artist ‘the vacuum cleaner’ invited 47 Newham health workers into his studio and filmed conversations with them about their experiences of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in one of the most impacted areas in Europe.
These frank and tender conversations bring into focus the complexity of each health professional’s experiences: the challenges they faced and the compromises forced upon them.
Join the vacuum cleaner and Sascha Gilmourin an evening of film, live installation and sound to remember the details of a truly extraordinary time, population and place.
“What makes the London borough of Newham, Newham?”
“What was the most challenging moment during the first wave?”
“What was the most beautiful moment?”
In autumn of 2020, artist ‘the vacuum cleaner’ invited 47 Newham health workers into his studio and filmed conversations with them about their experiences of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in one of the most impacted areas in Europe.
These frank and tender conversations bring into focus the complexity of each health professional’s experiences: the challenges they faced and the compromises forced upon them.
Join the vacuum cleaner and Sascha Gilmourin an evening of film, live installation and sound to remember the details of a truly extraordinary time, population and place.
Sensory stimuli: The lighting remains quite low throughout the performance in order to allow easy viewing of the screens.
Content advisory: Death from Covid 19, Mental Health, Racism, pregnancy loss. Age advice: 14+.
| Design and Performance | Sascha Gilmour |
| Sound Design | Rhiannon Armstrong |
| Music Performance | New YVC |
| Audience Facilitation | Fox Irving, Petra Cathomas |
| Lead Interview Producer and Assistant Editor | Becky Sumerling |
| Interview Producer | Kai-Oi Joyce Yung |
| Live Event Produced by | Matthew de Pulford with Matthew Smyth |
| … |
| In collaboration with | Dr Emma Young, Dr Cecilia Wee and Newham’s Health Workers. |
| Supported by | Horizon, Arts Council England, Newham Council, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, The Royal Docks Team, Wellcome Collection and Gessnerallee Zürich |
