Our Sites

James and I were allocated two sites which were within a few yards of each other. The first is Humanitas:

Humanitas Charity Shop
http://www.humanitasshop.co.uk/hitchin/

Address : 31 Bucklersbury
                   Hitchin
                   Hertfordshire
                   SG5 1BG

Telephone: 01462 339737

Front View:

Aerial View:

Inside and Garden Area:

The owner of the store was insistent on her area being used as a safe haven. This was also because the area of use was incredibly compact and filled with many items which could have been destroyed by the public even in the most careful use. It also became an advantage for us as the piece would in fact be both site specific and site adaptive.

Unikorn
https://www.facebook.com/Unikorn-Hitchin-917532541644401/timeline/

Address: 10 Bucklersbury
                  Hitchin
                  Hertfordshire
                  SG5 1BB

Telephone: 01462 435705

Front View:

Aerial View:

Inside:

On the other hand, Unikorn is a body piercing shop and tattoo parlour and is also known for selling clothing and jewellery. The owner of this shop was incredibly excited about our project and the only concern was where exactly we were hoping to perform the piece and how lively the piece would be as most of the shelving in the shop is glass surrounded by mirrors. She gave us free reign with our storyline and hoped to be involved in the piece too; the certainty that both owners would be there at all times was clarified at this point.

James and I were excited about this site in particular as there was already so much a story there with both the products that were sold there but also the layout of the shop itself. Hanging from the ceiling was a rather large light which was in a pentagram shape and then had a another star surrounding it. Instantaneously we thought of holding a seance in the shop to which we would place underneath the light itself; the aim of the scene was both to instill fear but mainly keep a very strong comical element to it.