プライオリー・ストリートのセント・エドマンズ礼拝堂は生き残った. 内蔵 1252, ヘンリー8世によって教会として閉鎖された, の工房兼店舗となりました 400 年. それから, 先の大戦後に道路拡張のため取り壊される予定だったことはほとんど忘れられていた. Heroic efforts by local people saved St Edmund’s at the last minute, and it was restored and re-opened for worship. At only 28 feet long and 14 feet wide it may be the smallest church in England and is a popular stop for visitors to the Town. に 2020 先ドーバー, the Tourism Partnership supported by the Town Council, project managed the fundraising necessary to improve the building and open it more often as a venue for cultural activities.
Local curator Nicola Dunsbee will start events in 2020 with her “Five Words Project”
“As a young curator, I was excited ….to put on a series of events to introduce St Edmund’s Chapel as a place to visit. I wanted the events to be closely linked to the amazing history and feel of the chapel, しかし、私は21世紀の解釈を作りたかったのです. また、ドーバーの人々を念頭に置いたかった: 芸術イベントはしばしば疎外される可能性があります, だから私はイベントがドーバーのすべての人にとって可能な限りアクセス可能であることを確認したかった. 礼拝堂の歴史とその名前を研究していたとき, セントエドマンド, 彼が言ったことがわかりました: 「よく言われた5つの言葉は、献身なしに5000よりも優れています」. それで, 「Five Words」というこのテーマに基づいて私のイベントの基礎となるのは良いと思った. 結果として, 「Five Wordsプロジェクト」を作成しました.
最初のイベントでは、プログラムを紹介します, そして、私は彼らの仕事を見せて、彼らに空間に対する誇りと所有権を彼らに与えることによって、できるだけ多くのドヴォリアンを空間に持ち込むことを望んでいます. 最初のイベントは「Multiview」と呼ばれます. ドーバーのホーム映像を収集し、チャペルの外側に投影できるようにコンパイルします. また、礼拝堂で地元の写真の展示会もあります, 写真の裏にストーリーや記憶を書くことができるように、ポストカードの形で提出されます.
2番目のイベントは、人々がアーティストに会い、彼らが言わなければならないことを聞く機会となります. 「アートトーク」は、礼拝堂でのアーティストのレジデンシーから始まります, その間、一般の人々は、アーティストと話をしたり、彼らのプロセスを見たりすることを歓迎します. それから, このレジデンシーの終わりに, 夜のイベントが起こります. It will begin with talks from art practitioners around Dover – be it teachers, students, photography lovers or graffiti artists. We will then have a ‘speed-talking’ session, where people can talk to a number of artists. The artist who was in residence will then give a talk about what they have been doing in their residency.
‘Sonic-Optic’, the third event, will transform the chapel into an immersive sound and light experience. In churches and holy spaces, sound, such as the sound of the organ, the choir and the stony echoes, is fundamental to the experience. Light, such as that of stained glass or candlelight, is key too, so I thought it would be interesting to re-interpret these features in a twenty-first century way.
The fourth event is ‘Small Words’. St Edmund was an avid writer, and I wanted to think about how writing has changed in the 800 years between St Edmund’s time and our time. We are used to writing in 280 characters. I want to invite people to write 280 characters – an approachable and accessible amount – on the themes of Dover, the sacred or the chapel itself. This will be read out at the event, but also displayed in the chapel.
The concluding event will be ‘Five’. The most experimental and exciting event of them all, ‘Five’ allows artists and practitioners, such as dancers, actors, musicians and writers, to have five minutes of time at the event. They can use this time as they wish. 例えば, someone could draw in the five minutes, or dance. The space of the chapel is fully opened up as somewhere for creativity to exist.
Altogether, these events work with the history of the chapel, interweaving it into modern life. I hope that these events give people a chance to experience creativity in a heritage site that they can feel is for them."
The Five Words Project will run from January to May 2020 on the 4目 Sunday of each month and more details of each event and how to get involved can be found on the Dover Arts Development website www.dadonline.eu and also on their Facebook page “The FIVE WORDS Project.
The Chapel is cared for by the St Edmund of Abingdon Trust and a full history and more information can be found on their website www.stedmundschapel.co.uk