CAF2020 - Digital Commissions
Despite moving online for Summer 2020, Camberwell Arts was able to support four artist’s commissions for the festival. A huge thank you to Southwark Council who approved our plans to switch festival models after the receipt of funding.
Frog is a Camberwell Arts veteran, with 2020 said to be his 10th straight edition. His work, Eye Spy, is a Where’s Wally Style map of Camberwell with not one, but two A-Z treasure hunts for discerning viewers. Frog ran a live quiz to launch the map and it’s downloadable for those who want to play along at home! I even make a personal appearance.
26 Objects by Darren Zlatareff & Matthew Sommerville
The commission brief including giving a nod to the theme, A-Z of Camberwell, in honour of our 26th year. With applications opening just after lockdown, there was a series of proposals about recording intimate spaces and sounds, the experience of life at home. 26 Objects was the absolute best of these. Matthew and Darren’s haunting, lyrical film examines the emotional attachment and storytelling we attach to special objects in our lives.
Camberwell Choiroke with Sarah Doyle and Jordan Theis
Having been politely asked to leave the choir as a child, I was less enthusiastic about the idea of online communal singing than the rest of the committee. But delighted to have been convinced. Camberwell was historically known as a music hall town, and Camberwell Choiroke brings this past to light. Elise Treacle a.k.a. Sarah Doyle co-created a new music hall song, That Mesmerising Mendelssohn Tune, inspired by Mendelssohn’s Spring Song. Spring Song was penned in Camberwell in the 1840’s, originally called Camberwell Green. Jordan led the arrangement, including layering individual tracks from the community over professional choir recordings.
We Are Not Okay - Vikki Stone
We Are Not Okay is a rallying cry for the arts, a cross-disciplinary song of artists and arts professionals calling for better support for this most vital of industries. The video speaks for itself. #savethearts