American artist Sharon Hayes’ project with The Common Guild is a suite of three films, shown together for the first time in Glasgow in October - November 2021. It is the continuation of Hayes’ on-going ‘Ricerche’ project, including a new commission. ‘Ricerche’ (meaning ‘research’) is comprised of several video works that use the 1964 film ‘Comizi d’Amore’ (Love Meetings) by Italian director, Pier Paolo Pasolini, as a guidepost and framework for an examination of gender, sexuality and contemporary collective identifications.
Sharon Hayes' 3 'Ricerche' films were brought together in a specially conceived installation in a disused school building in Glasgow, including the creation of caption films.