Friday 25 May 2007

What's Welsh for Performance? - A performance archive

Presentation at the 'First Symposium on Archive, Memory and Performance', hosted by the Centre for Performance Research, Aberystwyth 25-27 May 2007

"Richard Gough, Judie Christie, Adrian Kear, Michal Kobialka, Mike Pearson, Heike Roms, Rebecca Schneider and Diana Taylor met at the first research and development meeting for a major project on Archive, Memory and Performance." (CPR)

Announcement: Blaengar (Ceredigion)

An art event by Blaengar artist led organisation
Llywernog Silver-Lead Mine 25 - 28 June 2007.
Carwyn Evans, Ffion Rhys, Alice Briggs and performance group White Rope will create new artworks including video projections, art installations and performance using found objects.
Event opening: Friday 25th May at 7.00pm
For more information visit http://www.blaengar.org/

Wednesday 23 May 2007

Announcement: Real Institute (Wrexham)


Real Institute presents in association with LUX
SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT: Expanded Cinema
Wrexham Arts Centre, 23 May 2007, doors open 7pm
Programme includes Castle Two (Malcolm Le Grice, 1968), Play (Sally Potter, 1971), Diagonal
(William Raban, 1973), Hand Grenade (Gill Eatherley, 1971), Light Music (Lis Rhodes,
1975-77), Line Describing a Cone (Anthony McCall, 1973).
Curated by Mark Webber.
For more information visit: http://www.realinstitute.org/pages/events/Shoot%20Shoot%20Shoot/Shoot_Shoot_Shoot.html

Monday 14 May 2007

40 events in 40 years: 1972


1972
Timothy Emlyn Jones (aka Tim Jones):
Equation = Equation
Cardiff: Chapter Arts Centre

For more information visit: http://www.performance-wales.org/40events40years/1970s/1972.html.

Thursday 10 May 2007

Announcement: I Sing of a Maiden


I Sing of a Maiden
A multi-media performance that brings together alt.folk singer Charlotte Greig; writer Rachel Trezise (winner of the EDS Dylan Thomas prize for literature); experimental film-maker Rachel Calder; and featuring actor Carys Eleri.
Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre, Thu 10 - Sat 12th May, 8pm £10/£8/£6
http://www.chapter.org/9347.html

Tuesday 8 May 2007

Announcement: Framework Social (Swansea)

Framework Social- Down The Social - Creative Exchange
Including performance work 'Bath Time Nightmares' by Joan Jones and a spoken word / visual performance organised by Tom O'Sullivan.
8 May 2007, 7pm - St. James Social Club, Uplands, Swansea
frameworkcontact@yahoo.co.uk

Saturday 5 May 2007

40 events in 40 years: 1971



19/03/1971
Shirley Cameron and Roland Miller (et al):
Cyclamen Cyclists
Swansea

For more information visit: http://www.performance-wales.org/40events40years/1970s/1971.html.

Announcement: Rivers and Mirrors: Part 1

Rivers and Mirrors: Part I
Monologue for un-classic piano, perhaps in six parts, with two impromptus – like lakes of intuition – and an invitation to female voice, computer and film.
Oscar Edelstein (Buenos Aires) Composer / Pianist
Deborah Claire Procter (Cardiff) Singer / Film director
Sandra Grinberg (New York) Filmed Dancer
Cardiff School of Music, 5th May, 7.30pm £9 (£6)
BBC Call NOW Line 08700 13 18 12
http://www.riversandmirrors.com/

Announcement: Jacuzzi Junta (Cardiff)


Including: Mr & Mrs Clark; Paul Hurley & Yoko; Andy Taylor; Beth Greenhalgh; Neil Jeffries; Fay Crispin
5 May 2007, 8pm, tactileBOSCH, Cardiff.
Presented by Jacuzzi Junta.
http://www.jacuzzi-junta.org/

Wednesday 2 May 2007

Lecture in Aberystwyth (2 May 2007)


I have been invited to give a lecture on my project as part of the Lunchtime Lecture Series at Aberystwyth School of Art. Here the announcement:

Wednesday 2nd May 2007
1.00pm – 2.00pm
Small Lecture Theatre 206

The Lunchtime Lecture Series is open to the public and all students and staff of the School of Art. Throughout the semester internationally acknowledged artists have been invited to give a lecture on their practice and current, past and future projects. The eighth in this semesters series will be Dr Heike Roms.

Heike Roms
What’s Welsh for performance? Uncovering and archiving 40 years of Performance Art in Wales
Heike Roms is Lecturer in Performance Studies at the UWA. She has published widely on contemporary performance practice, in particular on work originating from Wales. Future plans include a history of Welsh performance art and a book on the relationship between performance and ecology in a Welsh context. Performance Art is widely recognized as a vital part of the history of art in Wales The contemporary Performance Art scene in this country is one of the most vibrant anywhere in the UK. And yet one currently searches in vain for any accounts or critical evaluations of its practices in the official annals of Welsh art history. What's Welsh for Performance? presents a five-year research project (2006-2010) devoted to uncovering and archiving the history of Performance Art in Wales from 1968 to 2008. What's Welsh for Performance? presents a case study on how an artistic field is formed within a particular cultural, social and environment context; and how the ephemeral art of performance can be documented and archived.
www.performance-wales.org

[Postscript: A review has appeared on the Rwdls Nwdls blog]