“O.C.D and the Last Clearance Sale”

A twelve hour new performance work made and inhabited by the artist Sohail Khan

Venue: Melbourne Street Studios Leeds LS2 7PS West Yorkshire England. UK.

At Unit 2-4, Melbourne, Street Leeds,WEST YORKSHIRE. England. UK>

(Just behind the wonderful Reliance Bar and Restaurant on North Street)

The performance venue is part of a run of office units between Melbourne Street and Lower Brunswick Street the entrance to the work is at Melbourne Street.

Look for the balloons on the railing!

Times: Saturday 25th February 14:00 – 02:00 (Sunday morning!)

O.C.D ?
Because we keep doing it again and again.
The last clearance SALE ?
Because that is the time we are living in now.
The title, O.C.D refers to the artist’s interest in looking at repetitive behaviours in our relationship to reality and imagination. The work attempts to also explore our notions of complicity, trust, contract, contact and responsibility. And our responses to being present to what is going on around and in us at the very moment we are living in now. This performance is participatory where the audience is invited to become a part of the work taking place in the space. The audience is not only asked to interact with each other and the artist to create the performance together. But are also challenged to respond and inhabit the roles, themes and ideas that occur in the space as the work evolves over 12 hours.

For more information on Sohail Khan and his practice, you can view his profile here on the New Work Network
You can also watch some of Sohail’s work on his Youtube channel:www.youtube.com/user/trilobitefulness

This work is commissioned as part of “Come Find Us 2”, by East Street Arts
type: eaststreetarts.org.uk
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This work is linked into the (in)Xclusion Festival 25th/26th February 6pm-6pm @ Patrick Studios, Leeds. A 24 hour Occupation of Live Art. Which is a ten minute walk from Sohail’s performance Venue.
You can find the E programme for (in)Xclusion here: http://issuu.com/indivisibleuk/docs/_in_xclusion_festival_programme

Please note there may be recording taking place at the performance as well as live web streaming.