Barn Dance 2
By
Faye Chamberlain
2006
Dimensions
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of
Arts Council of England East Midlands
To many rural communities the skills of self-reliance and self-entertainment are crucial to sustain social groups and the health of its people. This project centres around self-amusements by one such community of 150 households, through its organised events - including fetes, garden parties, dances, church events, quiz nights, the revelry and laughter of Christmas and a visit by a shape-shifting clairvoyant - resulting in a series of humorous colour documentary photographs. The images will hopefully aid viewers to understand rural communities and help its subjects to understand themselves better too.
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