Listen to the Beet

Julia Manheim's instrumental sculptures were placed today outside the Rehearsal Rooms in St Andrew's Street South and the Hunter Club in Guildhall Street - sites slightly outside the defined area for groving, but too relevant to reject! The sculptures signpost the film at vimeo.com/user10128235 and Tim Welton's response follows below. 

Listen to the rythm of the heartbeat feet
Icycles tickling senses
Shake sugar sweet spells
Tap matches left and right 
Even handed flick the drop
Never hinting at the stop
The slick edge riff slice pop
Orchestra of  shattering grains
Tilt the glass
Hack neat strips of rattling remains
Endlessly colliding in quicksilver rain
Brought to a close but
Echoing back then
Ending too soon
The silence slides in for the fall

​Tim Welton

Julia Manheim is an artist and curator. She originally trained as a jeweller and became well known in the 1980's for her large-scale experimental jewellery and body wear. Since then, her work has encompassed sculpture, installation art and short films which can be viewed at: https://vimeo.com/user10128235. She has worked as lead artist on several public art projects. Throughout, her work has been distinguished by her close observation, ability to find interest in the seemingly mundane, a strong sense of colour and an interest in re-using discarded materials. She is the author of the Sustainable Jewellery book published by A&C Black. https://m2gallery.com/julia-manheim

Tim Welton is a theatre practitioner who, as an actor and director has worked on numerous productions including Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (Royal National Theatre) London Road (Royal National Theatre) Dancing at Lughnasa (Garrick Theatre) and Cabaret (Lyric and Savoy Theatre and National Tours). He has written for theatre (Carnival UK) and online digital media (BBC Radio Jam), and a new musical commission with Three Pin Productions, the brainchild of West End Performer Ruthie Henshall and Musical Director Paul Schofield. Twitter @timwelton  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/tim-welton-3711742b