Sally Lemsford
Covid had a big impact on my social practice as an artist.
From inviting passersby on the street to think and talk about everyday social justice, covid shifted me to making Tiny Acts that start on the ‘street’ and invite conversations online. Audiences may change, intentions continue, disruptions happen.
Since 7th November 2021, live artist Michelle Woolley and I have been making Tiny Acts every week, sharing inspirations and intentions with each other, though in different spaces; a different type of collaboration. My own live performances only take shape once filmed and edited, with those processes becoming part of the performance #filmasliveperformance.
And as a postscript to six years being co-librarian of the Just In Case Zine Library that toured widely, my collaged zines now interweave with those Tiny Act performances. Sometimes the zines lead, sometimes they follow.
Socially engaged/Live art/Performance
2021–> Tiny Acts national : performances filmed/edited to tell a story
2020–24 Just In Case Zine Library national: on tour
2020 Co-zines national
2020 100ZIP England/Italy: each producing 100 zines in 6 months @lemsford
2020 Pockets of Time Sheffield/Dorset
2020 Lying is the new Truth SEAFAIR, Bridport
2019 OFTON FESTIVAL Derbyshire
2019 Pop-up Fringe SEAFAIR, Bridport
2019 Dare to be Different Bridport
2019 Usherette Social Works Live? Manchester
2018 SEAFAIR Dorset/Devon/Somerset
2018 EQUALITea Derbyshire
2017 There's a Place J28 Maisies Way
2016 Glasses, glasses, what do you see? BraveART, Chesterfield
2016 Recipe for Art Ofton Festival, Alfreton
2015 Flaming Skirt Festival NW Leicestershire and Amber Valley, Derbyshire
2015 Running Commentary Fermynwoods Contemporary Art
2014 Flaming Skirt Festival Amber Valley Derbyshire
2014 Pigs of a Time Gnarl Fest, Lincoln
2014 Roll'N'Rock Spare Parts Festival, Fleetwod
2014 cicatrix macula (restituo) Leicester
2013 What's the Point? AA2A residency, Chesterfield College
2013 cicatrix macula (paratus) Bristol
2013 PEN&CIL Wirksworth Festival
2012 Can you spare me a minute of time please? Nottingham
2012 Voices from the past Leicester Riverside Festival
2012 Flaming Skirt Festival Amber Valley Derbyshire
2011 Respect3 Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath
2011 Everyone's a Winner Stoke-on-Trent
2011 Artists' Voice: Stand Up, Speak Up Leicester
