Plaster Shoots: here’s what went down at The Burrow

7 min read Photos: Jamal Springer-Lynch

‘It may be dark, so watch your step…’ After leaving much to the imagination, The Burrow presented its second exhibition last weekend. Photographer Jamal Springer-Lynch heads to the East End to get the lowdown

A blurry flash photograph of the performers as they stand shirtless looking towards eachother

The Burrow doesn’t give much away. The illusive collective launched its first exhibition ‘Playground’ in Glasgow earlier this year with the promise that ‘it’ll all make sense eventually’. For the second instalment of its mysterious invitation, Plaster sent Jamal Springer-Lynch down to the launch of ‘Memory’ to see what’s what. Set across a derelict industrial building in Haggerston that looks like the sort of building that houses Victorian ghosts, The Burrow invited guests to ‘revisit their own pasts’ and ‘offer a space for introspection and communal reflection’.

With a number of haunting performances, heightened in intensity by their ominously dark surroundings, ‘Memory’ seeks to ‘foster a collective understanding’ through a visual and auditory collection of works.

A bright flash photograph of a young man standing in front of a white transit van.
A bright flash photograph of a young man holding a sword and a beer can with graffiti behind him.
A flash photograph of people standing in the exhibition space
A black and white photograph of people inside the exhibition space taken from above
A blurry flash photograph of the performers as they stand shirtless looking towards eachother
A black and white photograph of a shirtless man leaning against a brick wall
A bright flash photograph of a young woman smiling as she holds two big takeaway bags
A flash photograph of two men stood with their arm over one another's shoulder
A flash photograph of a young woman stood facing the camera with her hands behind her back
A flash photograph of a man stood looking at the camera with his hood up
A flash photograph of a woman standing on a bollard, holding on to a man next to her
A flash photograph of two men looking at their phones with electronic wires below them
A black and white photograph of a piece of work in the exhibtion
A flash photograph from below of a of a man and a woman
A flash photograph of someone taking a photograph of a large wax candle in the shape of a house
A photograph of three sculptures featured in the exhibition
A photograph of two performers kneeling on the floor and holding onto one another
A flash photograph of a performer bent down on the floor
A flash photograph of a group of people sitting on the floor smiling at the camera
A black and white photograph of a group of people watching a performance
A flash photograph of people outside talking to one another
A photograph of people inside the exhibition talking to one another
A grainy, black and white photograph of a shirtless performer
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Photos:Jamal Springer-Lynch
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