This is the first post of a blog that will chart the greatest transformation of my work over the next part of 2012.
Today I received a phone call on my home phone from the R C Sherriff Trust. They have agreed to fund the lower half of my next project. I have called this project simply Unrecorded. It doesn’t need a name really because I do not know what will come of this exercise. It is an aim to make a piece of performance guided by an established performer who will also give me input on my practice as a whole. I do not know what the performance will be. I do not know where it will be performed or how, when or why for definate.
I have however put down these points:
– It will be repeatable and choreographed
– It will be at least 30-45 minutes long
– It will be held in a venue for theatre, not a gallery space
– One of these places is in Elmbridge in 2013
I have not done any of these things before. This is entirely new. It is also a big project. The first load of funding is in. It will pay for my fees, some transport and accommodation for one night in Bristol, where I am to visit my mentor and performance studios Residence. My mentor for this project as I have mentioned in my previous blog A London Pursuit… is Sylvia Rimat. Her work is very much theatre, but in the widest most dynamic sense. I have chosen a performer and not a Fine Artist because I want to be made uncomfortable. I come from a Fine Art background, but my work is not painting, it is not some form of new sculpture. It is about me, vulnerable and risking my work live in front of a group of people. This project is about me finding out who I want to be as an artist. It is about sharing that experience with people. And here, I will be giving readers of this blog a little more about the experience.
