Artist in Residence — Season 1, Episode 3: The Shopping Centre
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Darkly sweet social commentary is at the core of artist Rachel Maclean's multi-media fantasy worlds. In the final part of the strand in which artists immerse themselves in unlikely and fascinating places, Rachel Maclean spends a month living night and day in the Bullring Shopping Centre in Birmingham. Occupying a shop and meeting visitors and workers, Rachel finds out if consumerism really does make dreams come true. During her residency she creates an extraordinary new piece of art - a short film that introduces a large, furry pink rabbit to the people of Birmingham, and poses the question R U satisfied?
About Artist in Residence
Artist in Residence follows some of the UK's leading artists who spend time in various locations, producing new work in response to what they find.