Grey Market, first shown at Chisenhale Art Place, London, 2016
Grey Market focuses on the verbal interactions that occur within street markets. Harlow embedded herself within the market for the run up to a performance event at Chisenhale Art Place. She working for stallholders in exchange for recording their daily conversations. These interactions informed the script for Grey Market, performed by Harlow and three market traders at Chisenhale Art Place. A film of this performance was intercut with daily market interactions between the traders involved in the project. This formed the final artwork.
Exchange Event, Bethnal Green Road Market. Harlow operated a stall, swapping printed bag editions (made in collaboration with members of the Old Ford Art Group and Chisenhale School Arts Award Club students) in return for market users recalling their memories of the market. These interactions informed the script for the Grey Market performance.
Screen print workshop with Old Ford Art Group, turning their drawings of market memories into a backdrop for Grey Market performance set, Chisenhale Art Place, 2016
Workshop with Chisenhale School Arts Award Club students, drawing market memories for a print for the backdrop to the performance set for Grey Market and bags at Exchange event
Workshop with Chisenhale School Arts Award Club students creating sculptural elements for the performance / film
With special thanks to Arts Council England for supporting this project through Grants For The Arts, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Chisenhale Art Place, Bethnal Green Road Market stall holders, Chisenhale School Arts Award Club, the Old Ford Art Group and members of the public for their participation in this project.
With special thanks to Bethnal Green Road Market stall holders, Arts Council England, Tower Hamlets Council, Chisenhale Art Place, Chisenhale School Arts Award Club, the Old Ford Art Group and members of the public for their participation in this project.