Hello!
Kings of England did prettty well at Battersea Arts Centre last week. Dad and I performed a 10-15 minute version of an earlier lecture I had given at greenroom in Manchester. 'Recent Falls' is a response to a photograph I found of my father jumping into the sea in the south of France, 1958. In our vintage swimwear, I narrated and Dad performed a jump, a fall and a recovery, with some help from my mum who held cue-cards and ribbons for us.
We got good feedback from audience- and producerfolk, and Dad seemed to enjoy himself thoroughly.
The next morning I got up and travelled to Leeds Met Studo theatre where we (Hauser) are currently putting finishing touches to 'I Made You a Submarine' a new show directed by Swen Steinhauser.
We have all been ill and it has been hard going, but the structure is down and we are growing more confident. I'll write somethig more on this after our showing for students on Thursday.
Wednesday 24 September 2008
Tuesday 16 September 2008
Residency at the Institute for the Art and Practice of Dissent at Home
I have just completed a whistle-stop residency at the Institute for the Art and Practice of Dissent at Home, run by TwoAddThree (Lena Simic and Gary Anderson) from their Everton Address in Liverpool.
The premise for my residency was to explore the streets that my relatives grew up on: Gredington Street (Grandma), Aigburth Vale (Grandad) and Fernwood Road (Auntie May). I also visited the street of the sheltered accomodation where Grandma lived with Grandad until she died and the street of the Care Home where Grandad was looked after nearly five years before being admitted to Whiston Hospital on 25.12.07. He died on the 12 January this year, and upon his death I began to understand just how little I could learn of his youth. Anyway, the walks I made in Aigburth and Huyton were dedicated to the memories of Rene, Ollie and May.
There is something of psychogeography, something of family history on this project, and I am unclear as to possible outcomes, but I think I will end up writing extensively on this at some point.
I am tired and tomorrow I am off to London for the BAC gig with Dad on Thursday. For now I want to extend a warm thanks to Lena, Gary, Neal, Gabby and Sid, and to Ania Bas, another artist in residence at the Institute. Please click on the link and read up on her work.
More soon.
The premise for my residency was to explore the streets that my relatives grew up on: Gredington Street (Grandma), Aigburth Vale (Grandad) and Fernwood Road (Auntie May). I also visited the street of the sheltered accomodation where Grandma lived with Grandad until she died and the street of the Care Home where Grandad was looked after nearly five years before being admitted to Whiston Hospital on 25.12.07. He died on the 12 January this year, and upon his death I began to understand just how little I could learn of his youth. Anyway, the walks I made in Aigburth and Huyton were dedicated to the memories of Rene, Ollie and May.
There is something of psychogeography, something of family history on this project, and I am unclear as to possible outcomes, but I think I will end up writing extensively on this at some point.
I am tired and tomorrow I am off to London for the BAC gig with Dad on Thursday. For now I want to extend a warm thanks to Lena, Gary, Neal, Gabby and Sid, and to Ania Bas, another artist in residence at the Institute. Please click on the link and read up on her work.
More soon.
Friday 12 September 2008
Kings of England Accepted to BAC Freshly Scratched AND You And Your Work 5, Bristol
Good News!
Kings of England, have been accepted for two gigs.
The first is at Battersea Arts Centre in London on the 18th September, as part of their Freshly Scratched Festival. The event starts at 7PM and is a pay-what-you-can event. We will be presenting a reworking of 'Recent Falls', a performance lecture concerning a jump, a fall, and a recovery made by my Dad in 1958, 2001 and 2008 respective.
The second is at Easton Community Centre in Bristol, as part of You and Your Work 5, on the 3rd of October (times and costs TBC). The platform is curated by Birgit Binder and Sylvia Rimat. We will be presenting 'Where We Live & What We Live For', a series of interchangeable short talks and performances which look at place, belonging and identity through the lens of our relationship at father and son.
I am blogging our doings at bowesandson.blogspot.com.
Kings of England, have been accepted for two gigs.
The first is at Battersea Arts Centre in London on the 18th September, as part of their Freshly Scratched Festival. The event starts at 7PM and is a pay-what-you-can event. We will be presenting a reworking of 'Recent Falls', a performance lecture concerning a jump, a fall, and a recovery made by my Dad in 1958, 2001 and 2008 respective.
The second is at Easton Community Centre in Bristol, as part of You and Your Work 5, on the 3rd of October (times and costs TBC). The platform is curated by Birgit Binder and Sylvia Rimat. We will be presenting 'Where We Live & What We Live For', a series of interchangeable short talks and performances which look at place, belonging and identity through the lens of our relationship at father and son.
I am blogging our doings at bowesandson.blogspot.com.
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