Installation and performance art, Dorset. Visual Artist, Hannah Read

Tell Me a Story This was my interactive Story Teepee for the Arts Festival, passers by were invited to come inside the teepee and tell the shaman 'Bin Man' a story, which was recorded by a video camera in Bin Mans mouth.	Tell Me a Story The Story Teepee was a place to share stories of strength	Tell Me a Story "Come inside, share something, be part of our story"
Tell me a Story The Shaman 'Bin Man' is the keeper of stories and the sharer of strength. War paint was offered to the participants as they left the space as a gift and symbol of their courage to take forwards on their journey.	Tell Me a Story The view as you look up towards the sky from inside the space.	Tell Me a Story My painting journey, a visual story of me finding my strength and the spirit animals that guided my journey.
Tell Me a Story My painting journey was positioned around the edges of the teepee walls for my audience to view before sitting down to tell their own story of a time when they felt strong.	Tell Me a Story Bin Man stood strong at the back of the teepee waiting for participants to share a story with him.	Tell Me a Story Bin Man said " Welcome, feel free to have a look around, take a seat if you wish. My name is Bin Man, guardian of stories and sharer of strength. Please tell me of a time when you've been super strong. In return I grant you forever strength and magical war paint as you leave the teepee.

I like to create spaces for stories to unfold. Places for atmosphere and magic to surface, allowing the spirit of the work, space to breathe.

In the works below I was contemplating the idea of the Divine Feminine, the goddess and the sacredness of the female.

I was exploring movement and the traces and marks we leave in the world on our journey.

Tunnel	Tunnel	Tunnel
Tunnel

Ceremony	Ceremony	Ceremony
Ceremony	Ceremony A figure is appearing out of the light and white smokey traces	Ceremony In this series I wanted to create a feeling of a sacred journey for the female figure that appears out of the strands of red light in the dark woodland.
Ceremony	Ceremony The sacred journey of divine feminine, her spirit and energy that brings light and life from darkness

Ritual	Ritual	Ritual
Ritual	Ritual

Wondering	Wondering	Wondering
Wondering	Wondering