TOPPING-OUT ACT 1, 2 & 3, Arts Council England, Manchester (2009, 2010-11)

The ACE commissioned this event in 3 acts, ‘Topping Out’ to celebrate the migration into the new ACE  building: The Hive, Lever Street, Manchester .

Act 1: used the unfinished, new building to celebrate the move to the site. It brought together live music, wild dancing, fabulous choral chanting and brief talks on dowsing, the architecture of the building and the social history of the Northern Quarter.

Act 2: The Portrait, consisted of a series of portraits of performing employees merged seamless into one panoramic image

Act 3: The Feast, a visual, vibrant, edible, audible feast in their new work environment