Storm Cloud

The Guild is delighted to be a supporting partner in a long-term multi-media project conceived by artist and performer Tom Payne, inspired by John Ruskin’s 1884 lecture ‘Storm-Cloud of the 19th Century’.

Storm-Cloud: Thrown into Form is a visually arresting immersive experience in a former steel factory. It has been created in response to the text of Victorian polymath John Ruskin’s 1884 lecture, ‘Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century’. Featuring the text from Ruskin’s lecture alongside found material, and accompanied by digital projection and a unique soundscape that together conjure a striking atmosphere of environmental dis-ease.

The performance will be held at SADACCA’s G-Mill, a former steel smelting pot in the heart of the Wicker, which has now been repurposed into the Sheffield and District African Caribbean Community Association serving the local community.

TICKETS ARE FREE - FULL DETAILS AND BOOKING HERE.

The STORM CLOUD team aim to instigate a programme of Ruskin inspired arts-led public engagement across Sheffield from summer 2024, opening pathways for more people today to access Ruskin’s work and ideas today as we present this contemporary iteration of the Storm-Cloud lecture and establish a platform for further collaboration in the UK and beyond. Project partners include Sheffield Museums, Sheffield Theatres, Space Hub Yorkshire, Invisible Dust, The Guild of St George, Sheffield and District African Caribbean Community Association (SADACCA), The Green Estate Community Interest Company, Sheffield Hallam University. Supported with mentoring from Tim Etchells (Forced Entertainment).

MORE ABOUT THE STORM CLOUD PROJECT HERE

Image above by Becky Payne