David Sherry is a well known performance artist based in Glasgow. In 2017 he spent one month on residency in Shetland in the Booth at Scalloway and wishes to further his relationship with Shetland through this commission; making a performance lecture, performing new pieces and recently developed works relating strongly to the themes of Space Between, Spaces Between Land and Sea, Human Non- Human, Dispersed Communities and Island Places.
Earlier this year he performed at Platform Glasgow for the Outskirts Festival, and more recently twice in Berlin for an exhibition at The Hilbert Raum and, looking at Border places. He will use these performances as background to develop the new performance here in Shetland.
Sherry’s performance will be presented as actions, performed narratives and stories. He will perform a new series that consists of ten ideas and related short works, delivered in quick succession. His live performances develop with each presentation, acting out real and imagined scenes for the audience to link and weave together.
‘Sherry is an artist best known for his performances: absurd, sometimes on the verge of painful, usually hilarious.’(MOIRA JEFFREY, The Scotsman)
These works will look at the passage of time, travel and technology. Making sense of the ideas of non linear time. Processing how the media instructs us how to live a righteous life and the distance between past and present.
They will also explore ideas of dislocation from a constantly changing world and processing this change, and how to hold onto one’s identity in the face of an ever renewing culture.
David’s performance took place on Friday 20th September, Mareel Main Auditorium https://tickets.shetlandarts.org/sales/categories/eventsworkshops/shoormal-conference/heritage-and-resilience-friday
