Free Standing
> ARTDNA
> 2008
> ARTDNA, like the Wishing Ceremony, was situated
in a busy public space. ARTDNA is a large green booth
which invites members of the public to enter and
interact. The space has been created so that
individuals can share facts and details about their
family history. Viewers were asked to participate by
simply writing any fact about their family on one of
the spaces provided. Interaction and participation
are central to Sally’s work and over 4,000 people
interacted with ARTDNA.
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> ARTNAOS
> 2007
> ARTNAOS was an interactive work by Sally
Sheinman. The piece consisted of a brightly painted
wooden cubicle, it was a contemplative private space
for one person to enter and spend quite time alone.
With space outside to write – and symbolically divest
oneself of – worries, the structure was envisaged as
a ritual chamber which participants can enter,
drawing strength and nurturing within for their
personal healing. Inspired by religious and
psychotherapeutic practices, the work echoes the idea
of the holy shrines located within ancient Egyptian
and Classical Greek temples which were believed to
house the gods.Learn
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> THE WISHING CEREMONY
> 2005
> The Wishing Ceremony is an interactive
installation by visual artist Sally Sheinman,
completed in collaboration with the University of
Hertfordshire, Leicester City and mac in Birmingham,
and with funding from Arts Council England. The
project has received wide coverage in the press,
including a special Woman's Hour feature broadcast on
Radio 4 on Boxing Day 2005.Learn
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