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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.

Video and Audio extracts


Conversation 1: Ivor Davies (12 October 2006, Cardiff School of Art and Design)

ivor davies in converstationPhoto: 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

: video and audio


Conversation 2: Shirley Cameron & Roland Miller (23 November 2006, Cardiff School of Art and Design)

cameron and milerPhoto: Tim Freeman

 

 

 

 

...in conversation about performance at the legendary Barry Summer School and their joint performance work in Wales in the 1970s

: video and audio


Conversation 3: Timothy Emlyn Jones, John Chris Jones and Andrew Knight (22 February 2007, Cardiff School of Art and Design)

wrexham converstationPhoto: Phil Babot

 

 

 

 

 

...in conversation about the international performance programme at the National Eisteddfod 1977

: video and audio


Conversation 4: Anthony Howell (15 March 2007, Cardiff School of Art and Design)

anthony howellPhoto: 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

: video and audio


Conversation 5: Janek Alexander, Geoff Moore & Mike Pearson (18 October 2007, Cardiff School of Art and Design)

anthony howellPhoto: Tim Freeman

 

 

 

 

 

...in conversation about Cardiff's performance and alternative theatre scene in the 1970s and their involvement in Chapter Arts Centre

: 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.

: video and audio


Conversation 7: Phil Babot, André Stitt, Simon Whitehead (24 January 2008, Cardiff School of Art and Design)

anthony howellPhoto: 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

: video and audio

 

A research project devoted to uncovering and archiving the history of Performance Art in Wales
Prosiect ymchwil i ddadorchuddio ac archifo hanes Celf Perfformio yng Nghymru
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