Harriet Middleton Baker, The Conference
at Site Gallery, Sheffield
Presented in partnership with Site Gallery, Sheffield, Harriet Middleton Baker’s The Conference looks at the dynamics of leadership and control that are played out in performative displays of global power.
2 September 2022, 6pm and 7.30pm. Booking required.
Originally presented as part of our Live Art Commissions in London in March 2022, the artist brings together four performers acting as delegates at an annual summit. A keynote speaker reads an opening address, while the delegates perform a duet concerned with leadership, surrender, emotion and connection.
The work is choreographed and performed by Lydia Buckler and Madison Capel-Bird, with actress and singer Siân Roseanna and cello by Gamaliel Rendle Traynor.
The Conference is co-presented by the Roberts Institute of Art and Site Gallery, Sheffield as part of New Gestures – a weekend showcasing performance at Site Gallery.
This presentation forms part of our mission to make performance more sustainable by presenting works more than once and to different audiences across the UK.