Kirsty Kerr ~ When I Grow Rich

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When I Grow Rich (detail), 2019. Site~specific, multi~sensory performance.
When I Grow Rich, 2019. Site~specific, multi~sensory performance.
When I Grow Rich (detail), 2019. Site~specific, multi~sensory performance.
When I Grow Rich (detail), 2019. Site~specific, multi~sensory performance.
Interactions with visitors during the performance.
Interactions with visitors during the performance.

The performance incorporated a soundscape of peals sourced from the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, which cast the original ‘Bells of Shoreditch’. A collaboration with the London Metropolitan Archives and sound designer, Robin The Fog, these digitised archive recordings were simultaneously played forwards and in reverse, creating a sense of layered time and a converging of past and present.

Visitors were greeted with a ceremonial ‘Eucharist’ of oranges and lemon juice, entering the nave through a curtain of dried orange slices and the diffused scent of citrus oil.

The Woven ~ Residency Performance

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The Woven collaborative performance at St Leonard's Shoreditch.
The Woven collaborative performance at St Leonard's Shoreditch.
The Woven collaborative performance at St Leonard's Shoreditch.
The Woven collaborative performance at St Leonard's Shoreditch.
Developing new work as part of the Sun at Night artist residency, St Leonard's Shoreditch.
Developing new work as part of the Sun at Night artist residency, St Leonard's Shoreditch.
Developing new work as part of the Sun at Night artist residency, St Leonard's Shoreditch.
One of the 'bells of Shoreditch', which inspired When I Grow Rich and was tolled as part of the final performance.

When I Grow Rich was developed through an artist residency at St Leonard's Shoreditch, and showcased as part of The Woven, a collaborative performance event curated by Sun at Night London and The Butterfly Wheel.

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The Woven was part of St Leonard’s renovation and engagement programme, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The archival soundscape was digitised through the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project, with thanks to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, London Metropolitan Archives and the British Library.

Read more about the project here.