People We Love at Art House Jersey: Call for participants

People We Love at Art House Jersey

Be part of an invisible transaction of love

We are building a portrait of Jersey, and we would like to invite you to be a part of it. Internationally renowned artwork People We Love (Kit Monkman Associates) is coming to Jersey, and Art House Jersey and Mediale are looking for a diverse range of residents to take part in this beautiful and timely work that centres around the emotion that bonds us all: love.

Guided by an audio meditation, each participant will be filmed  gazing  at a picture of someone they love, a picture the audience will never see.

Filming takes place at St Helier Town Church from Wednesday 13 September to Sunday 17 September 2023. The footage will be used in People We Love as part of the Skipton Big Ideas: Human Connections, sponsored by Skipton International, which opens to the public on Friday 3 November 2023 at ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House and other Island locations.

Participants are asked to bring a photo, physical or digital, of a person you love (sorry, no images of pets allowed). You will never be asked who it is, or why you’ve chosen that particular person, and no-one who views the final artwork will ever know who you are looking at. The filming process takes around 20 minutes and requires nothing more than your attention. Tea and coffee will be provided. 

Those who would like to take part are asked to book via our Eventbrite page. Participants must be aged 16+ (under 18s with an appropriate adult) and be available for filming on one of these dates below. In order to comply with GDPR participants will be required to complete a filming consent form on arrival.

Filming Schedule Wednesday 13 to Sunday 17 September 2023:

Wednesday 13 September, 1pm – 7pm BOOK HERE

Thursday 14 September, 10am – 5pm BOOK HERE

Friday 15 September,  1pm – 5pm BOOK HERE

Saturday 16 September, 10am – 5pm BOOK HERE

Sunday 17 September, 1pm – 5pm BOOK HERE

People We Love comes to the Island as part of ArtHouse Jersey’s Skipton Big Ideas: Human Connections, sponsored by long term partners Skipton International. This exciting multi-venue exhibition uses a range of different media to examine human connections; how we occupy spaces together, how we communicate physically and emotionally, and how we empathise with each other’s lived experience. The artworks, many of which have an interactive element, will offer lots of fun and interesting opportunities for people to become part of the exhibiting artworks.