My Dog Sighs - We Shelter Here Sometimes + Intro and Q&A
Thu, 20 Mar
|Cultplex
An abandoned building. A creative dream. Can dogged determination defy the odds?
Time & Location
20 Mar 2025, 19:00
Cultplex, 50 Red Bank, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M4 4HF, UK
About the Event
UrbanArtistry Presents... My Dog Sighs: We Shelter Here Sometimes +Artist Intro and Q&A
In this up close and personal documentary, we follow the internationally acclaimed British street artist known only under the moniker ‘My Dog Sighs’ as he takes on his most ambitious project ever - ‘Inside’ - a vast immersive installation.
With an initial objective to spend six months and a tiny budget to create it, his plans are put in peril by Covid lockdowns, break-ins, a cash crisis, and even a fire, as he battles to transform a treacherous derelict building.
Moving into sculpture for the first time, his goal is to create a utopian society of Quiet Little Voices, each representing a different aspect of the human condition, amongst the decay of a vast abandoned ballroom.
But will he even be able to open the doors to the public? Will anyone discover the beauty of this forgotten…