Available to tour - UK
Scream-Along. The Tour.
An immersive participatory installation. Free to present.
Content note — This exhibition contains depictions of fear and emotional distress. Not recommended for visitors under 16.
Scream-Along is a participatory art installation complemented by culturally specific community workshops.
Scream-Along takes place in a fabricated speakeasy-style karaoke bar. Visitors step into a dimly lit room with velvet-panelled walls and thick-pile carpet. A screen plays a montage of women screaming in films with the screams muted, leaving only the ambient noise or score.
Guests are invited to scream along with their favourite movie moments, or take a seat in the audience.
'The piece is fun... at first, but it's the contrast between the activity and the subject matter that I hope will make it memorable. I think it will spark lots of thoughts and discussions about sexism and its effects.' Saskia Takens-Milne
The work showcases the ubiquity of women's agony in film. It draws a direct line between our cultural obsession with on-screen violence against women and the epidemic of male violence against women in everyday life.
Scream-Along, The Bohemians, Deptford. March 2025
Scream-Along, Deptford X, Signware, Deptford. July 2025
Touring
Scream Along is available to tour to UK venues from 2026. There is no hire fee. The artist delivers and supervises all installation and deinstallation.
Requirements: Scream-Along Installation
- Minimum floor area: 16 m²
- Maximum floor area: 80 m²
- Minimum ceiling height: 2 m
- Fully enclosed space
- Capable of being darkened
- Standard van loading access
- 2 × standard 13A sockets
- One socket for spotlight
- One socket for PA system
- PA system: 2 speakers + amp (supplied)
- TV screen and bracket (supplied)
- All AV equipment supplied by artist
- Minimum two installation staff for install and deinstall days
- Trained invigilators — all public hours
- Space preparation before install
- Content warning signage (supplied by artist)
- Public liability insurance for the space
- Complete installation — all components
- Delivery and supervised installation and deinstallation
- Invigilation briefing and training document
- Marketing assets and brand guidelines
- Interpretation text
- Insurance for works in transit and on display
Adaptable to Small Spaces
The complete installation fits into a standard hired transit van and can be installed in a single day with technical assistance. The work has been shown in spaces as small as 16 m².
Requirements: Scream-Along Community Engagement
Workshops providing multicultural interpretations of the installation’s themes are available as part of the exhibition programme. Workshop leaders are recruited from the majority diasporic communities in the venue’s local area, bringing distinct cultural perspectives to the work. All workshop costs are covered by the artist - there is no additional fee to the venue. A minimum of two workshops is required per booking.
- Workshop leader recruited from local diasporic community
- All workshop leader fees and costs
- Workshop content, agreed with venue in advance of each session
- Minimum two workshops per booking
- Space for each workshop session
- Promotion of workshops to local audiences
- Distribution of workshop leader job advertisement
Dreamscapes of the Big Screen: Community workshop, Chinese cultural perspectives. Led by Joey Chin. Open access drop-in, Deptford, 2025
Senses of Her (她感) — Meet Me at the Albany: Closed workshop for older adults day care group, followed by film screening. Led by FJ. Deptford, 2025
Senses of Her (她感) — Meet Me at the Albany: Closed workshop for older adults day care group, followed by film screening. Led by FJ. Deptford, 2025
Senses of Her (她感): Community workshop, Chinese cultural perspectives. Led by FJ. Open access drop-in, Deptford, 2025
Previous and Upcoming Showings
Visitor Participation and Responses
‘Funny then horrifying’
Visitor feedback, 2025
‘I felt by removing the sound of women screaming it seemed to make their screams even louder, as though we are watching the act helplessly, yet in solidarity and confronting violence against women together. Really beautiful and unnerving at the same time.’
Visitor feedback, 2025
‘It was a thought-provoking concept, I went from trying to recognise the films to being sad at the way the male gaze portrays women's fear in film.’
Visitor feedback, 2025
‘Great idea. Very powerful piece.’
Visitor feedback, 2025
‘Interesting venue. It works well and love the installation. Hard to watch at times.’
Visitor feedback, 2025
‘Very clever, very moving’
Visitor feedback, 2025
‘I thought it was an incredibly immersive and well put together installation, in which you really felt comfortable and excited to engage. At first, I felt embarrassed and slow to engage fully, but once I did, it felt like a release. It made we think about trivialisation of violence toward women in media.’
Visitor feedback, 2025
‘I think it’s a cool exhibition and the set decoration really added. It highlighted how women are so often mere victims whilst also being sexualized.’
Visitor feedback, 2025
Press Coverage
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Christian Marclay’s ‘The Clock’ and Copyright Law - A Case Study Film Credits (in alphabetical order)
Saskia Takens-Milne
About the Artist
Saskia Takens-Milne is a British conceptual artist known for philosophical multidisciplinary work engaging with feminist theory, psychoanalysis and the politics of representation.
Born in Watford in 1977, she studied at the Glasgow School of Art and Chelsea School of Art. She lives and works in South London.
Scream Along was first shown at The Bohemians Space, London in March 2025, supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Scream Along was produced with support from Arts Council England's National Lottery Project Grants.
BOOK THE SHOW
Scream Along is available to UK venues from 2026. There is no hire fee. To discuss availability, suitability, and next steps, use the enquiry form or write directly.
Or email: saskia [at] saskiatakensmilne [dot] com