writer – artist – teacher
Some images from my performance of ‘cream of the crop’ at SOAK Live Art in Leadworks, Plymouth on January 25th. The night was very successful, with a large attentive and supportive audience. Thanks to Tamas Kovacs for the photos, and to Kerry Priest and Nuria Bonet Filella for coordinating the evening.
On January 25th I will present a new performance peice as part of the SOAK Live Art event at Leadworks in Plymouth. Organised by Sarah Blissett and Kerry Priest, SOAK is a bi-monthly live art series with a number of performers each time, bringing together live art, experimental performance, film, spoken word and music. For SOAK I will perform ‘cream of the crop’, a development of the research and testing I did on residency at Live Art Ireland in October 2023. Looking at grass and plant life, at rural life, at the impact of the dairy industry, the piece considers interaction of human and other-than-human systems. Simple actions with props and tasks are structured into a sequence, threaded through with spoken text. There are bin liners, a bucket, gloves, knee pads, a body, and words that slip between contexts of climate, sport, and agriculture.
Tickets etc via Eventbrite HERE
My review of Briony Hughes’ recent publication Rhizomes, from Broken Sleep Books is now live on the Stride Magazine website. https://stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2023/12/awkwardly-negotiating-terrains.html
best wishes for the solstice / yule / christmas / midwinter season; the turning of the year and the shifting of light and energy; and hoping for good things in the year to come!
My review of Radio Art Zone, edited by Sarah Washington (Hatje Cantz, 2023) is now published on Leonardo Reviews. It is a beautiful book, bringing together on its varied pages a wide range of radio responses to the 100 Days of Radio project that was presented as part of the Esch Capital of Culture programme in summer 2022.