Internationally acclaimed artist Hardy Gru will be running two free workshops in Norwich on March 27 and 28 as part of a collaborative project with Norwich Cathedral and St Martins.
Site, Body, Object is a site-specific arts/theatre two-day workshop led by visual artist and scenographer Hardy Gru, inviting participants to deepen their performance practice through attentive engagement with place, physical presence, and material.
Workshop participants, who must be aged over 18, will consider the sensory world of a site and discover how performance can grow directly from an environment. Instead of beginning with a script or fixed idea, participants will learn to work with the textures, sounds, histories, and atmosphere of a location.
Hardy will share methods from his global practice in performance, installation, and scenography. His work has taken place globally in theatres, galleries, public spaces, and non-traditional sites. The Site, Body, Object workshops are offered free of charge, with donations to St Martins welcomed. Participants are able to book onto one or both of the days.
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About the Artist
Hardy Gru is a visual artist and scenographer whose work spans performance, installation, and spatial design. His practice is internationally informed and deeply rooted in site-responsive approaches, often engaging with architecture, found environments, and material processes to create immersive, sensorial experiences. Working across disciplines and cultural contexts, Hardy’s methodology foregrounds collaboration, experimentation, and sustained attention to place, context, and atmosphere. His teaching and workshop practice is shaped by years of working with performers, artists, designers, and institutions worldwide.
About the project
The workshop is part of an art project commissioned by Norwich Cathedral drawing on the Benedictine history of the church, inspired by the priorities of worship, hospitality and learning.
The project will culminate in a temporary installation in the Cathedral Close this from May 16 – October 4 in partnership with three local charities, including Norwich-based homelessness charity St Martins. The installation on Almary Green in Cathedral Close will depict the Cloak of St Martin and link to the Benedictine theme of wholeness and healing