There’s quite alot of them here actually. Liat hasn’t included photos - but there are links. I have put them all in this one post as I thought that’d be less confusing then lots of separate posts but that can be changed i guess if it makes anything easier. Perhaps the first thing we need to do is to simplifiy either iliminate some of the works or extract small details from each of them, or something. I think we need solutions to present this info, maybe some sort of structure- Orion
1. Adam Morley
‘The everyday life of Elliot’ consists of both live and pre-recorded performances. I gather my inspriration from observing strangers in the many banal scenarios that I stumble upon each day. ‘The everyday life of Elliot’ focuses on one particular character who I encountered through serving (many beverages) at work. By taking on Elliots persona I aim to bring attention to this character’s vulnerability and weak mindedness.
2. Bruce LeCouteau bruce@seedrecords.co.uk 07976 629 163
http://www.myspace.com/lecouteaujaune
You want experimental? You got it. You want downright depraved humanity, humility and humor? You got it. You want the weirdest bunch of misfits to ever grace the walls let alone the floor? You got it.
We are Le Couteau Jaune, a 4-6 piece creative dynamo, plus the odd guest here and there, that incorporates everything from spoken word and poetry to noise, improv, theatre, burlesque, electronics, sci-fi, horror and cheap props into one almighty stage show.
Our objective is to entertain with no two performances ever the same. Everything is written with your night and only yours in mind. (We’ll even write it in your own native tongue!) We are 100% site specific and no one else out there operates, sounds or looks quite like us. We are completely unique.
A slew of gigs, radio pieces and arts journal entries already tucked neatly under the chain, in 2007 we want to expand our reach beyond the UK’s capital and the more mainstream festivals that we’ve performed at (from the Wormhole Saloon at the Whitechapel Gallery to Truck via The Spitz, Strange Attractor, glasShrimp and Howl! Playing alongside and confusing the hell out of Chicks on Speed, Trencher, Goodieparl, Cutting Pink With Knives and Andreas Tilliander amongst others) and take our creature deeper into the subterranean landscape we all subconsciously tread.
3. Barnaby www.barnabytree.com Here you will find info, pictures and stuff about my performance, The Formation of Clouds. There are recordings and a small film to…
The piece is 30 to 45mins depending on programming. Its me and my cello. Its a mixture of improvistation and structured songs for cello and voice, some with movement. Working in a live, direct and intimate way with an audience is what my work is made for.
4. Carali McCall
Draw circles continuously for as long as possible. In a standing stance with the arm fully extended, I will hold a piece of graphite in my hand, and against a white painted freestanding sign-board (acting as a wall) outside in the elements with a hanging large piece paper, I
will continue to draw large circles in the dimension of my extended arm in strong continuous movement for as long as possible. Repeating this action for a considerable amount of time, there will be moments of high-energy as well as moments of low-energy, with adrenaline and
fatigue. Above all, my arm will continue to become tired and my arm will eventually become less extended and weak, making smaller circles and variations of lighter marks on the paper. Until my arm is totally exhausted, my hand cramps, and the graphite stick falls out of my
hand, I will push my body to the end, with some pain, sweat and (has on occasion blood.) The result will be the experience of my determined physical exertion, mental concentration, adrenaline and fatigue and a completed drawing of many attempted circles.
I suggest to excuse about 30-60 minutes with the option to overlap performances if needed. I would be happy to do 1, or possibly numerous performances. As well, the completed drawings may be used anywhere in the show.
Artist Statement: My work for FWD:CULT is based on producing an action by enduring physical and mental energy strength. Like most of my work, it is about responding to an environment and undergoing strenuous movements for a long period of time, most of which are purposeless, playful, and sometimes spontaneous. The method is to pair a single physical action with a familiar setting, and to exercise the potential of their relationship. The awkwardness of the situation makes it humorous and light-hearted, and the physical exertion and straining action gives it
serious undertones. The visual performances have unpredictable endings, it will go on until the objects and/or my body are totally
fatigued. The practice is self-containing and self-controlling. Challenges are set that have specific limitations within a defined space, using minimal props and little direction to how long the project will develop for; there is a sense of progression. Despite the outcome of the possibilities, the works do finish with the achievement of enduring a laborious activity over a period of time. Its the combination of action, challenge, chance, and sometimes humour that offers a conduit of engagement for the potential viewer / public
5. Effie Wood
The provisional title for the piece is “All The Men Who Nursed Me”. Using changing light, sound, voices and storytelling, and a very large bed, the viewer is invited to share in a woman’s experience of being unwell and being nursed back to health by all the various men in her life. Time blurs, and we explore the experience of being female and being cared for by men in a time of sickness, how the role of carer is traditionally a female role, and how being cared for by men has changing significance over the course of a woman’s lifetime. www.myspace.com/sourfeast_theatre
6. Gaia
I intend to appear in the exhibition area every half an hour throughout the whole event (6 pm – 6.30 – 7.00 – 7.30 – 8.00 – 8.30 – 9.00 – 9.30 – 10.00 – 10.30) in my kickboxing gear (gloves, shorts and vest, shin pads, head guard etc.) and do a simple fighting combination (for example 2 kicks and a punch). I will always repeat exactly the same combination but each time my opponent will react differently so that the action will shift through various contexts and scenarios. The person who will be my opponent will play different roles; she/he will be a viewer, a fighter, a waiter, a tequila girl, an intellectual, a rabbit and so on. According to the specificities of the succession of scenarios, a narrative will develop and, for the nature of the act (fighting) some judgements emerge. The aim of this piece is to expose and explore the ridiculousness and inaccuracy necessary for the construction of meaning.
7. Helen – Sound Artists…. Will try to locate blurb for you asap…
8. Holly Pester
Holly Pester has reclaimed poetry. By deconstructing the genre in playful performance strategy she probes the conditions of language, abandoning expression and all traces of the human. Pilfering from performance art and alternative comedy her live text-works investigate the authenticity, the convincingness and the ridiculousness of the poet’s voice.
9. Kate Brehm www.imnotlost.net / www.katebrehm.com
Puppet Powerpoint is a lecture with toy theater puppetry that discusses the theoretical nature of puppets and how they resemble and don’t resemble a ‘puppet’ government. It runs 10 minutes and is not a powerpoint lecture. It uses toy theater puppet techniques, hand puppets, and shadow puppetry. No pictures available.
10. Stella & Max
The piece I want to show is a dance/music duo performed by a London Improviser musician (Matt Davis) and a Butoh dancer (Azzurra Stella Squadroni). Davis and me share together space and time, performing an original and mesmerizing live act, at the edge of conventional dance and music and the way they relate to each other. This is an improvised event, which although follows an overall structure, always changes and resonates with the space in which it is performed and the people who are observing. The performers, the audience and the space become interdependent. We want the audience to witness and experience, rather than simply watching, what is happening at the instant. Almost creating a different level of space and time, provoking a different perception of reality. The piece (Föhn) has been created in 2007 and performed for the first time in Middlesex University’s Lakeview Theatre in February.It was originally created and performed for theatre stage but it can be easily adapted to a smaller space without losing its quality. The piece is about 15 mins long. However, it could be repeated several times during the gallery event or performed in loop.
To see some sections of the piece, please visit this link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Ot1mTwfL0
11. Iwen Tang
My works focus on photography and digital images.
Here are my website and you will more be clear about my works:
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/iwentang
http://swallowthenoise.spaces.live.com/photos/
12. Ulf
Synopsis ?The Art Reception? 2006. (11:30)
A black machinima comedy about artistic failure. A figurative painter holds an art reception. The critics and the audience are less than impressed by his art project (depiting male pornstars)and they tell him so. He does not take the critisism well. He looses his mind completely and starts hallucinating before passing out. In his dreams he gets his revenge. But dreams are short-lived.
Click the link to see movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1jyVL2ToOI
The Doctrine of Hell, machinima animation video, 13 min., 2006
Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further. — Soren Kierkegaard
Every religion believes there is one ultimate God; but each insists that its own God is supreme. The Protestant Church is no exception.
The Doctrine of Hell is a sermon about the suffering of non-believers after death. The preacher, the focus of the film, is glowingly engaged in his task. He wants to save non-believers from Hell. In Hell, poverty, flames, crying and eternal suffering await the doomed. The preacher is believable and sincere. There is only one way out of the suffering, and that is through faith in Jesus Christ.
Click the link to see excerpts from the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMsL3aVD-lM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OZ-KMMlCeI
13. MY OH MY
We are a group of artists who have formed a collective creating explorative and experimental sound/music pieces. We are called “My, oh my!”, and are based in London. I thought your art event sounds interesting and it would be interesting to work with you.
Or music is mostly based around improvisation, and cut and paste mentality. You can have a listen at myspace; www.myspace.com/aerst
14. Robert & Tim
we are ournameisgoodinovertencountries find attached the proposal for your festival hope you enjoy it and hopefully we will see in liverpool for more informations + videos pleas see our webpage
ournameisgoodinovertencountries.org & Robert
15. William
if you would like someone to recite a je-ne-sais-quoi of poetry, i know that myself and some other people would be eagerly up for it.
