Multi Story is a travelling installation of illuminated box portrait dioramas which pairs twelve Cornwall based artists with twelve local people who were born outside the UK but who now make their home in Cornwall. Through a shared process, forging new relationships between artists and collaborators, each box has been devised to celebrate that person’s unique identity, collectively illustrating the diversity which enriches our community and demands to be more widely celebrated in a world where people are not always respected, listened to or understood. Through both the artists and collaborators the installation finds its roots in 17 different countries .
Paul Spooner/Valius Meila (UK/Lithuania) | Mydd Pharo/Sami Mahmoodi (Romania/Afghanistan) | Jude Munden/Tatjana Zaxarneva (UK/Ukraine) | Penny MacBeth/Nesrine Poonawala (UK/Myanmar) | Ilker Cinarel/Mx Helou (Turkey/Palestine) | Lizzie Loveday/Lilyan Isaac (UK/Palestine/Jordan) | Carlos Zapata/Mohamed Mohamed (Columbia/Sudan) | Rosi Jolly/Donte Ragan (Spain/UK/America) | Sam Horton/Ali Al Sarmouti (UK/Syria) | Susie Chaikin/Juliana Grigorjeva (UK/Lithuania) | Hannah Jordan/Klaudia Sobel (UK/Poland) | Nettle Grellier/Maryam Sarwari (UK/Afghanistan)
Multi Story is part of the Hello Stranger project led by Wildworks and is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Lead artists: Jude Munden & Penny MacBeth
Photos: Rafi Turki
