First Thursdays
]performance s p a c e [ is passionate about the need for a place where work can unfold without restraints of duration or space. We are interested in work that critically and physically pushes the boundaries of body and space, simultaneous group action, durational performance, text and tech.
Please see the home page for each months activity or sign up to the mailing list for details.
This year the initial salon’s will be opened with a short presentation by a ]performance s p a c e [ Associate Artist and visiting artists followed by Q&A discussions.
]performance s a l o n [ is an opportunity to show documentation, research and critically discuss yours and others practice. A chance to get and give feedback; tackling where your practice is at, where its going and whats going on around you.
This is an open session for anyone to attend - you do not have to be a studio holder. We hope to develop a regular group of attendees and a supportive and critical environment.
BYO and a dish - share food and thoughts.
Wed 25th Jan - jamie lewis hadley (Associate Artist)
Wed 14th Feb - action dinner visiting artist Anya Liftig (USA)
Wed 7th March - Martin O’Brien (Artist in Residence)
Wed 28th March - Tim Bromage (Cardiff)
Wed 18th April - Benjamin Sebastian (Associate Artist)
Wed 16th May - Bean (Associate Artist)
Wed 30th May - Poppy Jackson (Associate Artist)
Wed 20th June - Stephanie Marie (Associate Artist)
Wed 4th July - Dani Ploeger (Studio Artist)
2012 Programme
In March students from Warsaw Academy of Fine Art are visiting ]performance s p a c e [.
Following a day of presentations & artists talks from our Studio & Associate Artists we will be holding an evening of performance, live and video art by emerging artists from Warsaw & the UK.
Details of artists TBC
MARTIN O'BRIEN - Call for Artists - 3 day workshop with Martin O’Brien
Wednesday 21st - Friday 23rd (to include 24 hour public event 23rd - 24th)
• Physical labour
• Intense physical activity
• Use of speed/exploitation of time
• Physical difficulty/ordeal
• Periods of fasting
• Periods of sleep deprivation
The third day will be a chance for participants to share work during a 24 hour durational event open to the public (6pm Friday 23rd March - 6pm Saturday 24th March).
Participants will be expected to sleep and eat (meals provided) at ]performance s p a c e [ for the duration of the workshop.
Dates, times and location:
21st - 24th March 2012
]performance s p a c e [
6 Hamlet Industrial Estate,
White Post Lane,
London E9 5EN
Work will start on Wednesday 21st at 10am and will finish on Saturday 24th at 6pm.
Application Procedure:
The call for applications is open to artists for whom endurance is a major part of their practice. To apply please write no more than 250 words describing your practice, particularly in relation to the themes of the workshop, a 50 word biography and weblinks. Email applications to info@performancespace.org by Friday 2nd March 2012.
The artist:
Martin O'Brien’s practice revolves around physical endurance and excess in relation to the fact he suffers from Cystic Fibrosis. He is currently artist in residence at ]performance s p a c e [ and his most recent performance,Mucus Factory, was commissioned by the Live Art Development Agency.Documentation of his work will be featured in a new publication on Live Art and disability and in a special edition of Contemporary Theatre Review on Live Art in the UK. He has performed in Britain, Poland, Spain and Germany. He is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Reading.
www.martinobrienperformance.weebly.com
TAKE IT LIKE A MAN - jamie lewis hadley & Joeseph Mercier
12-16 March - Open presentation (date TBC)
Following suport from the Jerwood foundations Associate Artist jamie lewis hadley will be developing new work in collaboration with choreographer Joeaspeth Mercier. The artists will install a professional wrestling ring in ]performance s p a c e [ for the week duration. jamie and Joeseph will host an informal disscusion about their project following this intensive research & development period.
Through their respective practices both jamie and Joseph have been investigating contemporary masculinities, questions around the queer body and issues of representation, the ‘real’ and the ‘theatrical’. They wish to open up a dialogue around these themes, exploring them theoretically and practically.
• ideas of machismo and masculinity in relation to wrestling, fighting, and other competitive interactions
between two male bodies, and the performance of gender (ie. straight acting) within these interactions.
• the performance of pain. • strength in relation to queer bodies.
• interaction of theatricality and ‘real’, choreography and liveness
Li-E Chen’s . .
26 May 2012 – 27 May 2013
1 year durational piece
12 independent monthly events in inventing a new concept of ‘Nothing’
Diverse participants, plus twelve selected guest artists working on their own, self organising, collaborating independently without limit of forms, disciplines, concept and techniques across the fine, performing, theatre and media arts.
-The event means we do not know what happened or what it is going to happen-
Additional information about the project please email Li-E Chen info@liechen.com.
The first Lab will take place on Saturday 26th May and continue on a monthly basis (the last Saturday of each month).
APRIL 1ST THURSDAY
This year we will be mentoring students from Wimbledon College of Art during their intrim show.
This is the first group show featuring nine artists studying MA Visual Language of Performance. Having worked previously on a collaborative project, Winter(2011), this is an opportunity to display their solo works.
Further details to follow
Coming up next at ]performance s p a c e [
September - Platform - Curated in collaboration with ]performance s p a c e [ - new work, by new artists.
October - 24 Hour Open - open for anyone to come and make actions in the same space and time; a 24-hour exploration into durational group action - open platform
November - Residency - open call TBA
Winter Workshop - with Jurgen Fritz, dates TBA
September (Ongoing) - In Conversation - A series of events working with artists across generations who are influenced or interested by each others practice. This will include short residencies, performance, lectures and exhibitions.
Other projects and Organisations we are supporting
INCA - The Dismantled Caberet - Somewhereto - Reboot the Roots - Hackney Wick CIG - British Wrestling Coalition - The Alternative Arts College
[MPA-B] - MONTH OF PERFORMANCE ART - BERLIN
May (date TBA)
]performance s p a c e [ is working in partnership with this years [MPA-B]. Details TBA - opportunities to be involved...artist call out to follow.
[MPA-B] has the objective of:
Facilitating connections and developing actions of cooperation amongst hosting venues, curators and other independent players working in the field of performance art;
Promoting, and drawing attention to a thriving but often overlooked community of artists and performance art practitioners whose work challenges, explores and embodies a multiplicity of artistic forms and languages;
Fostering innovative critical discourses and practice-based exchanges and interactions, between performance art makers and audiences;
Documenting, and thus tracing as well as enriching, the contemporary history of performance art practices existing in the city through the annual berlin performance art report.
