112 tonnes of rice

an excellent and extremely rare opportunity to see Stan's Cafe's Of All The People In All The World in its world version is coming up in a few weeks time. Using 112 tonnes of rice, there has only ever been one presentation of the world version before, a few years ago in Stuttgart, and the world's population has increased to 6.7 billion (approximately 8 tonnes rice more). The premise is very simple - each person on the planet is represented by a grain of rice and statistics across cultures, faiths, politics and countries are measured out into piles in an ever changing exhibit. It is extremely unlikely to appear in this version again in the UK for quite some time. It runs from 12 September to 5 October at A.E. Harris Factory, 110 Northwood Street, Birmingham B3 1SZ. Go and see it!
More information about the process is available via artistic director James Yarker's blog and there's a wee video below from a smaller performance a few years ago.