STORY + INTERACTIVE THEATRE + DOCUMENTARY + SCIENCE + AUDIO VISUAL TECHNOLOGY
Experience what it is to be an astronaut, a politician, or a dominatrix; a paramedic, a murderer or an activist… step into their shoes, hear their thoughts, touch, taste and see the world from their perspective.
In My Shoes
In My Shoes is a collection of first-person, documentary style interactive performances, which guide participants through the beautiful, the challenging, the mundane and the surreal aspects of being human, it is a fusion of documentary, education and theatre. An ever expanding library of over 100 interactive audio and audio visual experiences that use story, touch, taste and smell to create documentary experiences.
Founded in 2009, it is an internationally recognised empathy project - yielding a library of 100 interactive audio and audio visual experiences seen by over 32,000 audience members in Europe, the US, Australia & Asia (Sheffield DocFest, Edinburgh Fringe, Barbican, Watershed, Raindance, Brighton Basement, Roundhouse, Battersea Arts Centre, Tom Thumb Theatre, London Design Festival), Europe (Cannes Lions Festival), America (Aspen Ideas Festival, Future of Storytelling, Festival of Wonder, New York Academy of Medicine), South America (DocFest & British Council Tour), Canada (Nouveau Cinema Festival), Australia (Experimenta Make Sense, Melbourne International Festival) & Asia (Jakarta Film Festival, Jogyakarta Festival, British Council Licensed tour of Asia).
The Backstory. In My Shoes began as a personal project:
In 2007 I was mugged, I suffered a traumatic brain injury, I lost the ability to communicate as I had previously. In 2008 I started making work using interactive audio experiences as an alternative method of communication. These pieces were initially designed for friends, family and medical consultants.
In 2009 I started to use alternative platforms to share my experiences:
“I discovered video goggles …My plan was to share the world as I see it through my eyes. I had a pair of old school video goggles & a budget of £50. I had a Canon camera and a Dictaphone. My plan was to share the experience of an epileptic seizure that I had on the train. I titled it In My Shoes, waking in slough”. Artshub
in 2010 I started to collaborate with other people to share their stories. they featured relationships, social boundaries, human rights & the kindness of strangers,
Early in my shoes pieces:
