That Old Chestnut is an art collective from Leeds that is concerned with people’s attitudes to the world around them. We are elly robinson and chris kubiszewski.
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We work in two ways: one being community work and the other being creative artwork.
That Old Chestnut also works in ways that we hope bring the community together. On 1st May, That Old Chestnut were involved in the Hyde and Seek art event, which took place in the Hyde Park area of Leeds. We set up a stall on Woodhouse Moor, where we layed on a generous spread of vegan delights ranging from, chocolate torte to pizza, and chocolate and ginger flapjack to bread, all homemade with our fair hands. Our location was encircled in large trees, which we decorated with banners and flags all linking to the central point, a picnic bench, which was covered with tarpaulin surrounded by balloons.
At the moment our work is mainly concerned with making the connection between the animal on the farm and the product on the supermarket shelf. The product on the supermarket shelf has gone through a list of processes that has disconnected it from its original form. Our most successful works have been film based productions: 'This Little Piggy' and '43 Minutes'.