We Are Here — York Mediale

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We Are Here

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10:00am - 4:00pm

Selby Abbey, The Crescent, Selby, UK

FREE, No Ticket Required

We are here, but we’re underwater…
We are here, covered in purple hair…
We are here, in a world of forests…

Explore a series of interactive ‘portals’ peering into imagined versions of Selby Abbey’s future, which react to your gaze.

We Are Here is an interactive installation of digital portals, peering into imagined versions of Selby Abbey’s future. Created by award-winning artist studio idontloveyouanymore, this new digital art installation has been co-created with residents of Selby District. 

Led by the thought-provoking and playful responses of local people, this work celebrates collaborative world-building as a means of reflecting the hopes and fears of a community. 

We Are Here explores our human desire to contemplate radically different futures, reframe past histories and connect them to the present. The work invites consideration of all the people who have stood within these walls, and asks; were they also dreaming of the future? Did it look like this?

 

The installation will run 10.00am-4.00pm daily.

Visiting may be restricted during church service times, please check selbyabbey.org.uk before you visit.

We Are Here is commissioned by Mediale and North Yorkshire Council to launch the Now Then! Programme for Selby, Sherburn and Tadcaster.

 

Audio description is available for the installation, via the large lefthand screen through wired headphones.  Listen to an audio description introduction to the installation here.