Fish & The Yesterday Song
Fish & The Yesterday Song is a live performance interweaving poetic memories and mythical tales with stunning projections and soundscapes. Humorous, haunting, magical and mysterious. This contemporary performance piece with original sound, film and live performance, is inspired by artistic collaborations between Skimstone and both young and older participants from Newcastle and South Tyneside.
Commissioned by Helix Arts, the film and photographic exhibition of the Fish & The Yesterday Song, premiered at The Customs House ArtsCentre, South Shields to an amazing audience response, prompting further dialogue between its creators and leading to Skimstone exploring; Who holds dominion – the ocean or humanity? What does the ocean offer and what do we treasure? Who remembers the song of the sea?
Audience Feedback
“Each venue gave a new development to the piece… Margaret recognised her story in the care home, she was valued as the source. It was almost perfect in encompassing everything Skimstone Arts aspires to within collaboration.” Rob Laycock, Evaluator/artist
Produced
2010/2011
First performance
Queens Hall, Hexham
Washington Arts Centre,
King Edward’s School
Beech Street Care Home
Father James Walsh Centre
Sunderland Minster
Culture Lab, Newcastle University
Funded by
Arts Council England


