Join us at Paddington Square to celebrate the launch of artist Harold Offeh's new public billboard commission, Trustful Strangers Induce Fearless Walks, with a special live performance created and performed by young people from The Showroom’s Imagining Futures programme.
If you’re joining us for the event, make an evening of it with £5 pints and 2-for-£20 Spritz at Market Halls when you show your ticket. You can also pre-book a table for groups of 4+ and enjoy 20% off your first round of drinks by sharing your ticket - just contact [email protected] to book.
Commissioned by Great Western Developments and curated by The Showroom in partnership with LACUNA Trustful Strangers Induce Fearless Walks has been developed through a series of workshops and conversations between Harold Offeh and the Imagining Futures group.
Exploring ideas of public space, community and trust, the group used collage, role-play, writing and discussion, to reflect on what it means to share a city with strangers and how communities of care can be built in everyday public spaces. From this process emerged the phrase 'Trustful Strangers Induce Fearless Walks' - a hopeful and powerful statement imagining a city shaped by empathy, mutual respect and collective care.
Extending the themes beyond the billboard’s physical borders, this unique public performance activates the work for audiences through poetry, spoken word and song; celebrating the voices, creativity and visions of the young people who helped bring this artwork into being.
Free event. All welcome.
The billboard includes access to audio works created by participants via QR code onsite, allowing audiences to continue engaging with the project beyond the live event.
