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Project: Dr Heike Roms
In collaboration with SHIFTwork Time Based Art Research Group,
Cardiff School of Art and Design.
Funded by: The Arts Council of Wales
With support from: University of Wales Aberystwyth/ Aberystwyth
University; University of Wales Institute, Cardiff; Chapter and
the Centre for Performance Research.

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What's Welsh for Performance? - An Oral History of Performance
Art in Wales (1968-2008)
A two-year series of events devoted to key artists
who have shaped the development of performance art in Wales since
1968. Public conversations with Ivor Davies, Shirley Cameron, Roland
Miller, John Chris Jones, Timothy Emlyn Jones, Andrew Knight, Anthony
Howell, Janek Alexander, Geoff Moore, Mike Pearson, Richard Gough,
Phil Babot, André Stitt and Simon Whitehead, accompanied
by extensive documentation, paint a vivid picture of the vibrancy
and importance of performance art in Wales and elsewhere.
[Concept]
Conversation 1: Ivor Davies (12 October 2006, Cardiff
School of Art and Design)
Photo:
Phil Babot
... in conversation about his performance work in
the 1960s, the Destruction in Art Symposium in 1966 and his
involvement with the Beca group
Conversation 2: Shirley Cameron & Roland Miller (23
November 2006, Cardiff School of Art and Design)
Photo:
Tim Freeman
...in conversation about performance at the legendary
Barry Summer School and their joint performance work in Wales
in the 1970s
Conversation 3: Timothy Emlyn Jones, John Chris Jones and Andrew
Knight (22 February 2007, Cardiff School of Art and
Design)
Photo:
Phil Babot
...in conversation about the international performance
programme at the National Eisteddfod 1977
Conversation 4: Anthony Howell (15 March 2007,
Cardiff School of Art and Design)
Photo:
Tim Freeman
...in conversation about his work, Cardiff's performance
scene in the 1990s and his involvement in Grey Suit and Cardiff
Art in Time
Conversation 5: Janek Alexander, Geoff Moore & Mike Pearson
(18 October 2007, Cardiff School of Art and Design)
Photo:
Tim Freeman
...in conversation about Cardiff's performance and
alternative theatre scene in the 1970s and their involvement in
Chapter Arts Centre
: transcript - full
: transcript summary
: video and audio
Conversation 6: Richard Gough (22 November 2007,
The Foundry Aberystwyth)
...in conversation about alternative approaches
to teaching, archiving and publishing performance and on the role
of internationalism for performance art in Wales.
: transcript - full
: transcript summary
: video and audio
Conversation 7: Phil Babot, André Stitt, Simon Whitehead
(24 January 2008, Cardiff School of Art and Design)
Photo:
Tim Freeman
...in conversation about the contemporary performance
art scene in Wales, the role of artist-run spaces and networks and
the significance of place in performance
: transcript - full
: transcript summary
: video and audio
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