s p i r i t e d n w y f u s
A four day (5 night) residential study lab
with Susan Schell
in the village and wooded valley of Abercych, South West Wales
4th - 7th December 2007 (arrival evening 3rd, depart morning 8th)
Cost: £250-£300 (inclusive of self-catering accommodation on a nearby farm)
More info/to book
stirling.steward@virgin.net
22 Nov 2007
6pm
The Foundry, Parry-Williams Building, Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3AJ
The Aberystwyth-based Centre for Performance Research (CPR) celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in 2005. At its roots a theatre organisation devoted to training and the reflection of practice, the CPR organises workshops, festivals and symposia, publishes performance books and runs a multi-cultural performance resource centre. It was the Centre's intercultural approach to theatre which from very early on brought it into contact with a more expansive notion of performance, and it has since brought international performance artists such as Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Rachel Rosenthal to Wales.
The CPR's Artistic Director, Richard Gough, is a Professor in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He has dedicated the past thirty years to developing and exploring interdisciplinary, experimental performance work. He has curated numerous international performance projects and is general editor of the journal Performance Research.
Richard Gough will be in conversation about alternative approaches to teaching, archiving and publishing performance and on the role of internationalism for performance art in Wales.
Project: Heike Roms
www.performance-wales.org
Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion: with Stuart Brisley, Ian Hinchliffe, Alastair MacLennan, Tatsumi Orimoto
Curated by André Stitt
Preview: Friday 16 November 2007
Exhibition: Saturday 17 November 2007 – Sunday 13 January 2008
‘Flashes From the Archives of Oblivion’ brings together four pioneers of the performance genre with established practices that date back to the 1960s. The exhibition will explore elements of each artist’s practice in relation to the discourse that surrounds the documentation of performance art.
Performances:
Each of the artists will give a performance at Chapter during the opening weekend of the exhibition.
Tatsumi Orimoto and Ian Hinchliffe, Friday 16 November / 6-9pm
Alastair MacLennan and Stuart Brisley, Saturday 17 November
www.chapter.org
DARK VICTORY…
Helps celebrate the Death of Humanity. Drawing tactile BOSCH's Addiction Project to a final conclusion with ‘through the lens media' LIVEart, words and sound. Facilitating the answers to the notion of ADDICTION with its connotation of live fast, die young but of course leaving a beautiful corpse.
Whether Macbeth or Blade Runner, Mango or Pear, DARK VICTORY visualises ‘heroic' struggles and remembered choices, Embracing personal stumbling or taking an indulgent stroll in the forbidden forest, each soul [survivor] embraces their individual taste & reasoning in terms of Addiction...As they say ‘whatever floats that inner boat'.
With: Filmmakers – Photographers - Architects - Writers & a plethora of LIVE Performances - caught through the lens [entrapment neatly priced]
Sun 11/11/07 – Sun 09/12/07 / Open: daily Wed – Sat [2-7pm]
www.tactilebosch.org
Framework Social - down the social
a space for artists to meet and socialise
Tuesday 6th November
7pm / £2 entry
St.James Social Club, St.James Crescent, Uplands, Swansea
with work from artists Alex Duncan, Jonathan Anderson, Neil and Anna Barratt.
The next Cafe Artistique will be taking place in the main bar at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Monday 5 November, starting at 7.30pm.
The event is free and there is no need to book.
Leading the discussion will be performance artist Lucienne Cole who will introduce her work and talk about art in and with the public; and art as entertainment. Entertainment as opposed to...?
After the discussion there will be a performance by artists-in-residence Miranda Whall, Ashley Wallington and Tom Payne, who all live and work in Aberystwyth.
Friday 2 November 2007
with Framework
as part of Swansea Fringe Festival
Elysium Contemporary Art Space, 41 High Street, Swansea
Swansea's newest contemporary art space, Elysium Gallery, (41 High St., Swansea), will be hosting a Dylan Thomas Fringe Event this Friday 2nd November at 7pm where Cardiff based artists 'Mr and Mrs Clark' will be doing a live performance work and members of (Swansea's own) 'Framework' will be showing experimental & innovative live work, installation, intervention and process-led investigative work.
