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Common Salt Livestream flyer. Image Description: a hand holding a small copper coin hovers above a pile of salt spilling out of an old leather box
Performance
Common Salt Live Stream
15 May 2024
Free admission
Online
- Language: English
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Common Salt is a performance around a table – live streamed from Norforlk & Norwich Festival
About
Watch Sue Palmer & Sheila Ghelani's Common Salt via live stream of their performance at Norfolk & Norwich Festival on Wednesday 15 May 2024 at 18.00 BST. Usually for an audience of 25, this live stream is a unique chance to experience this work as a viewer from anywhere.
Common Salt is a performance around a table – a show and tell. It explores the colonial and geographical history of England and India, taking an expansive and emotional time-travel, from the first Enclosure Act and the start of the East India Company in the 1600s, to 21st century narratives of trade, empire and culture.
Please join Sue & Sheila as they activate insights into our shared past, laying out a home museum of objects and stories; of the Great Hedge of India, of borders, and collections – all accompanied by original laments on the shruti box, a traditional Indian instrument. Common Salt is a reckoning; the interconnectedness between history and global power, artefact and trade, nature and memory is hidden in plain sight.
“Common Salt … was exquisite … A miniature with epic undertones.” Audience Tweet
“Common Salt is an extraordinary, sleep-stealing, intricately-woven story of history and power and race and…oh so much more. Can’t recommend it highly enough – a unique and unforgettable experience.” Audience Comment
“ … like reading a book in 3D real life. Both my friend and I were gripped throughout and couldn’t stop talking about all the ideas it sparked." Audience Comment
Common Salt is a collaborative work by artists Sheila Ghelani and Sue Palmer. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
For more information and to read past reviews and critical writing visit: sheilaghelani.co.uk/commonsalt
Book a free ticket: https://bit.ly/CS-livestream - an email with a link to access the livestream will be sent out in advance of the performance
Time: 18:00 BST
Duration: 65 minutes
Age guidance: 12+
Access: The livestream will be hosted on YouTube, you will be able to turn on auto generated captions.
