Claire Wearn

Project Development Associate

What I do at Multistory

I work as a freelance Associate on Multistory's programme entitled 'Black Country Stories'.  Working with Magnum photographers Martin Parr, Mark Power, David Goldblatt as well as authors Margaret Drabble and Alain de botton I assist by seeking out people, places, events, occasions and moments in the everyday to capture as part of this extensive archive of Black Country life.
 
What I've done before
 
Co-produced productions with theatre companies, film-makers, dancers and photographers and devleoped art spaces as part of a collective of artists and associates.
 
What makes me happy
 
Being able to work with so many people who have the energy to interfere with the world a little.
 
My favourite film
 
Amarcord
 
My favourite music
 
Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth, Happy Sad by Tim Buckley, Patti Smith, Nick Cave & Grinderman, PJ Harvey, Bonnie Prince Billie, Feist, Pearls and Brass, The Revolver album, Velvet Underground, Roy Orbison, Alice Coltrane, Studio 1.., Vashti Bunyan, 'two seconds' by Laura Cantrell, Sketches of Spain, Plasticman and soooo much more...
 
My favourite place to visit
 
The beach

 

Tel no: 0121 533 7190

Email: clairewearn@multistory.org.uk

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