Events

Marra is a deep interrogation into the dialect and ceremonies of West Cumbria, endangered voices and esoteric rituals from auctioneers to gurners. A set of short films comprise music, art and general all-pervasive weirdness as Sharp documents her experience as a second-generation immigrant in a small northwestern farmers town.
From Eskdale sheep dances to the Seychelles Sega, Sharp’s ancestors bounce in the sand singing in sugar cane plantations as the World’s Greatest Liar spins a tale from the south lakes. Climb the greasy pole and smoke the fastest pipe, catch the apples from Egremont crab fair. And why are all these Cumbrians turning their faces inside out? Reigning champion of the worlds ugliest face, Tommy Mattinson, contorts his face into a wolf. Then it’s time for a wrestle in your long johns over the frozen lake Windermere. Entropy at its finest. Transcend into chaos with the Cumbrians!

Natalie Sharp is a British artist, musician, and radical body activist of dual heritage, at the forefront of what The Quietus described as ‘New Wyrd Britain’. Her work is rooted in radical body activism, aiming to challenge ableist structures and promote a more inclusive society.

@Nat__Sharp. www.nataliesharp.co.uk