Black Sheep Collective, Wolverton, United Kingdom.

Black Sheep Collective - Wolverton

Black Sheep Collective CIC nurtures bold expressions of creativity often defying conformity.

BSC believe in breaking new ground and using the arts to reduce barriers and foster the development of creative communities.  BSC manage and run Bar Bar Black Sheep an award-winning little arts bar hideaway located in Wolverton, Milton Keynes. Born out of extensive consultation with our local community, partly funded by a crowdfunding campaign, Bar Bar is a social enterprise coffee house, bar and gallery. Regenerated from a Victorian shop front, in the heart of Wolverton’s town square. Providing a welcome break from the ‘flock’.

BSC hosed the performance duo There There on the 18th of June and worked collaboratively on presenting the duo’s piece ‘Trigger Warning’ to the local Wolverton community. Our organisation sits in a very diverse part of Milton Keynes, where a large Eastern European community lives. We recruited members of the community to support the performance, by guiding the audiences through the installation.

Added to the day was a workshop – facilitated by Agnes Czajka from the Open University – which explored the issues of identity and integration in the local context.

As part of the response piece BSC created a standalone installation – ‘Bad Nagtowek’. This installation explored the way immigrants from European Countries are portrayed in the national and local Media. It was made in compliment to the work of ‘There There’ evoking another layer of engagement from exhibition attendees. We are pleased to have been a part of Who Are We? connecting to the programme from a site outside Tate Exchange.

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