Announcement: talk in Bristol

PERFORMING THE ARCHIVE: Works Past to Present
Research Event at University of Bristol Department of Drama

This dialogue will launch the three-year Great Western
Research project, "Performing the Archive: the Future of the Past", which
is based in the University of Bristol Theatre Collection's Live Art
Archives and Arnolfini Live's archives, partnered with Exeter University
Department of Drama.

WORKS PAST TO PRESENT
THEATRE, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA
Cantock's Close
1st NOVEMBER, 5.15 - 7.00pm

Dr Heike Roms & Professor Mike Pearson,
Performance Studies, Dept Theatre, Film & TV Studies, Aberystwyth
University,
will present two ongoing research projects devoted to archiving performance:

"What's Welsh for Performance?" An Archive of Performance Art in Wales
and "The Brith Gof Archive Project".

All welcome, hope to see you there.

announcement: performance in Llanrwst

Golygfa Gwydyr yn cylflwyno cynhyrchiad Cynefin .
Golyfa Gwydyr presents a Cynefin production;
YSBRYDNOS

Hydref 25-31 October
Caerdroia,Coedwig Gwydir Forest, Llanrwst, Conwy
The clocks go back, as we go forward into the impending darkness.
The summer a faint memory as we venture into the castle of turns, that leads to a door. On the other side is the unknown and unknowable. Do you open it?

Announcement: Oral History of Performance Art in Wales - with J.Alexander, G.Moore and M.Pearson

Thu 18 October 2007
6pm Cardiff School of Art and Design
Janek Alexander, Geoff Moore, Mike Pearson

::in conversation about their work, Cardiff's performance scene in the 1970s and 1980s and their involvement in Chapter Arts Centre.

In English.Admission free.to reserve a place contact: mail@performance-wales.org
Space Workshop, Cardiff School of Art and Design, Howard Gardens, Cardiff CF24 0SP

http://www.performance-wales.org

Announcement: Marc Rees (Swansea, Cardiff)

Gloria Days
Marc Rees returns from his site specific/installation sojourn with a brand new theatrical work that promises to be his most flamboyant and ambitious project to date. With the support of a world class creative team including opera designer John MacFarlane and Berlin dance duo Rubato, Marc has created an imaginative, compelling and moving piece of dance theatre inspired by an extraordinary character, the 5th Marquis of Anglesey, Henry Cyril Paget.
Known as 'The Dancing Marquis', Paget challenged and subverted Edwardian notions of class, gender, decorum and theatrical propriety. His fantastical lifestyle and subsequent unglamorous downfall provides the focus for this unique multi-disciplinary solo work which premieres in Wales this autumn.
Taliesin Arts Centre-18 & 19 October Tickets: 01792 60 20 60
Wales Millennium Centre-24 - 27 October Tickets: 08700 40 20 00

Announcement: talk in Cardiff

CSCCI - DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA AND MUSIC RESEARCH SEMINAR

'What's Welsh for Performance?: Constructing an Archive of Performance Art in Wales'
DR. HEIKE ROMS

WEDNESDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2007
5PM
ROOM CA402
ATRiuM (Adam Street, near Queen Street Station)

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED
ALL WELCOME!

This presentation introduces What’s Welsh for Performance? (Beth yw yn Gymraeg?), a major research project devoted to uncovering and archiving the history of performance art in Wales. Performance art is now widely recognized as representing a vital part of the visual arts in this country, yet one currently searches in vain for any records or critical evaluations of its practices in accounts of Welsh art history. The project is an attempt to address this neglect. The presentation discusses some of the methodological implications of archiving performance work with reference to the first ten years of the art form after its initial appearance in Wales in 1968, before presenting the two main strands of the Welsh performance archive: an online searchable database (www.performance-wales.org ) and a publicly staged Oral History series.

Announcement: tactileBOSCH (Cardiff)

LAPSE
As part of Addiction and in conjunction with ‘ How Many Steps '
tactile BOSCH invites you to a night of performance.
Featuring both local and international talent, LAPSE presents an evening of live work that is obsessive, process dependent, and downright unpredictable.
With work from:
Beth Greenhalgh, Joost Nieuwenburg, Karl Price, Nezaket Ekici, Rufus Orsborne, Tim Bromage, Rachel Parry

Opening 19:00, 16/10/07 @ tactile BOSCH studios, Andrews Road, Cardiff
http://tactilebosch.org/

Announcement: Experimentica (Cardiff)

Experimentica 07 is a six day festival of live and time based art at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff.
16-21 October 2007
Box Office + 44 (0)29 2030 4400 www.chapter.org

Includes:
Goodcopbadcop
Submotion
Gareth Llyr and Louise Ritchie
Mr & Mrs Clark
John Rowley
What's Welsh for Performance
Traw + Emma Macey
Tom Marshman
Deborah Light
Beth Greenhalgh and Sam Hasler
Davida Hewlett and Paul Granjon
Karl Price
Patrick Jones and Dave Lordan
Jeong Geum- Hyung
Rosie Dennis
The Panacea Society
Chris Holtom
Joost Nieuwenburg
Atmen
Neil Davies
Planningtorock
Rowan O'Neill
S.A.A.B
Gwrando
Helena Hunter
Guy Mason and Ian Wiblin
Dave Marchant
Richard O'Sullivan
Silas Money
Suzy Roberts
www.chapter.org
experimentica07.blogspot.com