Mainstream 2.1

Artists: Laure Prouvost, Charlie Tweed, Margaret Salmon, Maria Marshall, Harold Offeh, Yaron Lapid, Fred Lindberg, Erica Scourti

A series of films exploring the approach of actuality in art production. Embedded in these works, dialogues and playful critiques can be found of the documentary form, documentation, performance and spectatorship. The show suggests that actuality, meaning documentary material itself is the material object used tounderpin an artistic authority in the pursuit of a captive audience. Providing an altogether more sensory experience for the spectator, these artists provide landscapes of discomfort, which draw in, charm, seduce and repel.

Sheffield Fringe is an artist-led initiative exploring the confluence point between art & documentary practice. It was first staged as a nano festival in June this year to coincide with the broadcast market driven Sheffield Doc/Fest.

Sheffield Fringe was born out of a desire to create a platform dedicated to an expansive understanding of how we make and view documentaries, incorporating a multitude of suggested strategies of reform.

Presented by Sheffield Fringe and Angus-Hughes Gallery