On Friday be horizontal and consider what it means to be so. Whether by choice or not. SPUME will be taking over the Undercroft Stage for your horizontal enjoyment. An incredible immersive artwork by Nat Sharp. A bed, the sea bed. Haptics. Sound. Memory. Textures. Welcome to SPUME by Nat Sharp.

Nat Sharp is a British artist (from Cumbria), musician, and radical body activist of dual heritage. With a multidisciplinary practice spanning over 15 years, Nat has continuously pushed the boundaries of artistic expression to challenge societal norms.

“My work is rooted in radical body activism, aiming to challenge ableist structures and promote a more inclusive society.

Through my art, I explore the possibilities of the human body, pushing the boundaries of what is considered "normal" or "acceptable."

As a disabled person, music halls, nightclubs, drinking parlours often pose a threat, they feel as though they aren’t safe spaces for anybody with a disability. 

Therefore, my body no longer wants to be upright, it wants to be Horizontal. Welcome to the shared  oblique world of Horizontalism. 

SPUME is about: 

Horizontalism

Deep Listening

Greek Siren Mythology through a matriarchal lens

Interconnecting Edgelines of humans with the coastline

Tactile and Bone Conduction Transducers

Summoning and Becoming

Refracting and Reflecting Water Mirrors

Lying Horizontally Underneath an Infinite Sea Canopy

Intersectional Environmentalism

But most of all, it’s about communion

SPUME 

acts through... 

Horizontalism 

Lying down on the sea bed 
Lying down as a form of body activism
Lying down to  rest and become
Lying down with your fellow peers,  comrades, lovers and advocates 
Lying down with Aunty-Gravity to suit your ergonomic  needs and desires