AFTERLIVE LAUNCH EVENT
Saturday 4th September: Free 1-4pm/£10 4-11pm (16+)
A programme of live art to launch the AFTERLIVE exhibition.
1-4pm OTHER/OTHER/OTHER: Now That’s What We Call Live Art…
Site-specific live work by members of the Norwich-based collective (Free entry)
Entry to the following is included in a £10 day ticket:
4.30-5.30pm PANEL DISCUSSION
A discussion about the role of documentation in live art, with:
Rachel Lois Clapham, Tom Marshman, and Clare Thornton, chaired by Lois Keidan (Live Art Development Agency).
5.30-7pm EXHIBITION LAUNCH
A chance to meet exhibiting artists.
7-11pm LIVE ART NIGHT
Including:
‘Re-’ Rachel Lois Clapham & Emma Cocker
Rachel Lois Clapham and Emma Cocker essay the relationship between performance/document, live/recording, writing/written. This collaborative reading presses on two writers – and two writing practices- coming together to explore process, product and performance (of text).
‘A Long Walk’ Esther Pilkington
A performance about the artist’s re-enactment of Richard Long’s ‘Crossing Stones’ (1987): a walk from Aberystwyth to Aldeburgh, using Long’s documentation as an instruction.
‘Approximating the Art of Stuart Sherman’ Robin Deacon
This performance is centred around a series of re-enacted performances based on the works of the late American artist Stuart Sherman (1945 – 2001), a seminal though underexposed figure in the history of performance art. Described as “the Buster Keaton of linguistics”, his performances involved complex manipulations of objects that explored time, place, language and meaning. This piece will explore the conundrum of Sherman’s methodology through Robin Deacon’s transcription and physical re-enactment of the artist’s performances based on the original documentation.
‘Sex Idiot’ Bryony Kimmings (pictured above)
‘The Total Theatre Award winner’ and ‘Brick Awards nominee’. ‘The most vital young artist at the Fringe’ Three Weeks.
Bryony Kimmings is a Sex Idiot. In 2009 Bryony found out she had a common sexual disease, and was faced with the arduous task of re-tracing her sexual footsteps to see where she may have contracted her little problem.
Plus Live Screen Printing: a chance to print your very own souvenir t-shirt!
