What's Welsh for performance? - An Oral History of Performance Art in Wales

Over 40 years artists have created performance and live art in Wales - and yet their work remains largely confined to half-remembered anecdotes, rumours and hearsay. An Oral History of Performance Art in Wales uses the primarily anecdotal nature of much of the current engagement with the art form as the starting point for the development of a more reflective and comprehensive history of performance art in Wales.

Phase 1: An Oral History of Performance Art in Wales - Public Conversations (2006-2008)

A two-year series of publicly staged conversations devoted to key artists who have shaped the development of performance art in Wales since 1968.

Heike Roms in conversation with J.C.Jones, T.E.Jones and A. Knight. Photo: Phil Babot

Publication:

What's Welsh for Performance? Beth yw 'performance' yn Gymraeg?
An Oral History of Performance Art in Wales 1968-2008

by: Heike Roms with: Shirley Cameron; Ivor Davies; Anthony Howell; John Chris Jones; Timothy Emlyn Jones; Andrew Knight; Roland Miller

200pp., In English with Welsh introduction. Yn Saesneg gyda chyflwyniad Cymraeg.
ISBN 9 780955 392726
RRP: £10

available through amazon and other retailers or mail@performance-wales.org

Phase 2: An Oral History of Performance Art in Wales - Interviews (2008-11)

Information to follow.