Lewis Gibson & AK/DK
DOG BALLET & MINIGOLF
Dog Ballet & Mini Golf is a performance installation that celebrates dogs’ abilty to bring communities together and the joy and tenderness that can be found in these relationships of mutual care.
Nigel & Louise interview local dog walkers about their dogs, their lives and the place they live. They weave these voices into a sound work that is set to original music by a local virtuoso musician or band - transforming the everyday into something beautiful and profound.
This sound work is then launched at an all-day listening party in a local park, beach or open space featuring a 10 hole mini golf course designed for dogs and their owners to play together. At the end of the day, as the sun goes down, the course illuminates and there is a live concert to accompany the dogs as they play with light up balls - creating a freeform ballet of light and abstract movement. The event ends with a parade of dogs wearing light up collars, chasing balls into the darkness - in a celebration of place, people and community.
The sound work to watch dogs by, continues to be free for you to listen to at your own park or beach - transforming the everyday act of dog walking into something
poetic and unexpectledly moving.
SOUND WORKS :
DOGS OF LONDON
DOGS OF HASTINGS
DOG BALLET & MINI GOLF
Supported in London by LIFT, Artsadmin, Art, Climate, Transition through the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, Arts Council England, Here For Culture and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Supported in St Leonards and Hastings as part of the Knotty Festival by Home Live Art, Live Art UK, Arts Council England and Good Stuff in St Leonards