Visitors to Andover Library will have the chance to investigate the ‘uncanny and strangeness’ in the company of French artist, Dr Laurence Dube-Rushby.

Families and children will be able to take part in mixed-media performances, mask-making, and printmaking activities as they explore themes of environmental ethics, heritage, and education.

Laurence’s residency begins on Friday 1 and continues to Saturday, November 2 at the library in Chantry Way.

Chapel Arts Studios has organised the event, Marketing and Communications Lead Dmitrijs Meiksans explained: “Laurence has recently been inspired by the Venice Contemporary Art Biennale 2024 theme, ‘Foreigners Everywhere’, and brings twenty-eight years of experience in leading community-centered art projects.

"Her work celebrates the diversity of creative expression, echoing the Biennale’s focus on ‘the self-taught artist, the folk artist, and the craft maker - those who have historically been perceived as outsiders in their communities.”

Dmitrijs added: “The interactive performance installation will encourage participants to embrace the stranger within themselves, weaving their unique stories into a shared and evolving collective narrative.”

During the residency, participants will have the opportunity to interact with a film projection that Laurence created during her British Council Research Fellowship residency in Venice in 2019. Viewers will be encouraged to step into a world connected through water, air, stones, and earth.

Laurence's work has been showcased internationally, including in Ecotone, a performance and film presented at the British Pavilion Basement in Venice in 2019. Her practice is grounded in social engagement and participation, exploring how art can become a means of resistance and reflection.