NOTES, PLANS, DRAWINGS, TEXTS, INSTRUCTIONS AND MISTAKES
Performance Based-actions
Process and method are at times interchangeable. The process since September, working with Ash and Lise is not just about developing a performance work but also the development of a method of drawing and notating a visual performance score.
So with a series of instructions, devices, suggestions and prompts we have gradually developed something that has its own strength and integrity.
As well as the improvised choreography by Ash and Lise, I have had the help and advise from John Woolrich and at times the live flute playing of Paul Cheneour.
Since 2007, I have been working with musicians and composers, the first work was called Broken Voices. The work developed on tour with live performances in Liverpool at the A-Foundation, London at the Riverside Studios and in Venice at St George’s church in Dorsoduro.
In 2012 I worked for the first time with dancers from the Laban Centre and the Place for a large scale work Combine which had five huge video screens and live and recorded music.
I always record the workshops and rehearsals, they form a valuable resource to examine and develop the work. The next stage in the process is to select and edit the footage, isolating particular elements, movements and actions that will form the basis of what will become a finished work.
During the workshops I sometimes introduce recorded or live music but usually the performances are without sound. In the editing process I add different sounds and music to see how the work changes. One musical work in particular interests me is a 20 minute piece called Two6 by John Cage from the Four Walls Album. I have just been granted permission to use this music worldwide in live and recording settings. This has been facilitated by Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust in New York and the brilliant people at Brilliant Music the publishers of the album based in the Netherlands.
The outcomes of this project will be a series of multi-screen works and live performances, so the work can exist as both and exhibition or a live event or a combination of both.
Rehearsals
