Modern Panic III
Live Art
Nicola Canavan & Jon John
ORIGINS comes from a place which questions mortality and being, its subtlety in symbol and action invites audience to participate in a sacrificial ritual which transcends into the political.
Nicola Canavan & Jon John were awarded the Artist’s International Development Fund by the Arts Council and British Council in July 2012. Their collaboration seeks to develop new works based on common themes in their practice, such as transcendental ritual, love and magick, intertwined with poetic sensibilities. Both Canavan and John both utilise the body as site and material as a vehicle for expression, provoking a journey from tenderness to brutality via beauty and decay.
Born in North East England (UK), Nicola Canavan has been performing and showing work nationally and internationally since 2007, performing within programmes such as Momentum Festival (Brussels), ]performance s p a c e[ (London), Inbetween Time Festival (Bristol), City of Women (Ljubljana) and SPILL National Platform (Ipswitch). I have collaborated with Photographer Predrag Pajdic, Photographer & Film Maker Manuel Vason, artists Kris Canavan (Husband) and Ernst Fischer.
Jon John is a French artist who lives and works in Berlin and London, he has been working with video, installation and most notably performance nationally and internationally for over 10 years at such venues as The Horse Hospital, (London), Rise Berlin, (Berlin), La Flaq Gallerie, (Paris) and most recently at Folie Culture, (Quebec City, Canada) . He has worked performances provoke, enlighten and move the audience. Jon John is owner of AKA Berlin & London and has collaborated with artists such as Ron Athey, Kiril Bikov, Juana Diaz and Emmanuel Lacoste.
www.nicolacanavan.com | www.jonjohn.net
Nicola Canavan & Jon John were awarded the Artist’s International Development Fund by the Arts Council and British Council in July 2012. Their collaboration seeks to develop new works based on common themes in their practice, such as transcendental ritual, love and magick, intertwined with poetic sensibilities. Both Canavan and John both utilise the body as site and material as a vehicle for expression, provoking a journey from tenderness to brutality via beauty and decay.
Born in North East England (UK), Nicola Canavan has been performing and showing work nationally and internationally since 2007, performing within programmes such as Momentum Festival (Brussels), ]performance s p a c e[ (London), Inbetween Time Festival (Bristol), City of Women (Ljubljana) and SPILL National Platform (Ipswitch). I have collaborated with Photographer Predrag Pajdic, Photographer & Film Maker Manuel Vason, artists Kris Canavan (Husband) and Ernst Fischer.
Jon John is a French artist who lives and works in Berlin and London, he has been working with video, installation and most notably performance nationally and internationally for over 10 years at such venues as The Horse Hospital, (London), Rise Berlin, (Berlin), La Flaq Gallerie, (Paris) and most recently at Folie Culture, (Quebec City, Canada) . He has worked performances provoke, enlighten and move the audience. Jon John is owner of AKA Berlin & London and has collaborated with artists such as Ron Athey, Kiril Bikov, Juana Diaz and Emmanuel Lacoste.
www.nicolacanavan.com | www.jonjohn.net
Silvia Battista - 'Queering the Rosary'
"Queering the Rosary" is a live art piece devised by Silvia Battista, performed by Silvia Battista and Season Butler. The rosary bead is made by Giovanni Porfido.
Queering the Rosary’ is a live art/video piece consisting in one hour recitation of the rosary prayer to the Virgin Mary using the prayer bead string made by the artist Giovanni Porfido. This prayer bead string is entirely made of wool with each bead resembling human testicles. The object queers the recitation of the rosary in embodiment in connection to sexual energy. The two performers, all black dressed like in the tradition of South of Italy have the faces covered by a black transparent veil.
Silvia Battista is an artist and researcher interested in the ecological potentialities of meditative, contemplative and ecstatic technologies of the self staged as performative and epistemological processes. During the last ten years she has deepened her interest in religious practices exploring, experimenting and interpreting them through drawing, performance and video. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Drama and Theatre Department of the Royal Holloway University and her research focuses on the notion of the numinous experience in contemporary live art practices.
www.silviabattista.co.uk
Queering the Rosary’ is a live art/video piece consisting in one hour recitation of the rosary prayer to the Virgin Mary using the prayer bead string made by the artist Giovanni Porfido. This prayer bead string is entirely made of wool with each bead resembling human testicles. The object queers the recitation of the rosary in embodiment in connection to sexual energy. The two performers, all black dressed like in the tradition of South of Italy have the faces covered by a black transparent veil.
Silvia Battista is an artist and researcher interested in the ecological potentialities of meditative, contemplative and ecstatic technologies of the self staged as performative and epistemological processes. During the last ten years she has deepened her interest in religious practices exploring, experimenting and interpreting them through drawing, performance and video. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Drama and Theatre Department of the Royal Holloway University and her research focuses on the notion of the numinous experience in contemporary live art practices.
www.silviabattista.co.uk
Hellen Burrough
Body-based live art & performance maker, based in London, UK and performing since 2004.
Coming from a background of body modification, Burrough's work continues to explore rituals of pain and endurance and how these intense physical acts can entertain us, move us and change us. Themes of romance and memory, loving and fighting, the feminine body, fetishism and gender are explored through a mix of brutal and beautiful imagery in pieces that often involve some trauma to the body.
Over the years Burrough has worked alongside and collaborated with many other artists and performers, most recently with Marisa Carnesky as part of Carnesky’s Tarot Drome. She has been a long time collaborator with Polish art group Suka Off and have performed with them at many events including the Dublin Fringe Festival and the Intimacy season at Goldsmiths.
http://www.traumata.org/
Coming from a background of body modification, Burrough's work continues to explore rituals of pain and endurance and how these intense physical acts can entertain us, move us and change us. Themes of romance and memory, loving and fighting, the feminine body, fetishism and gender are explored through a mix of brutal and beautiful imagery in pieces that often involve some trauma to the body.
Over the years Burrough has worked alongside and collaborated with many other artists and performers, most recently with Marisa Carnesky as part of Carnesky’s Tarot Drome. She has been a long time collaborator with Polish art group Suka Off and have performed with them at many events including the Dublin Fringe Festival and the Intimacy season at Goldsmiths.
http://www.traumata.org/
Lydia Darling
Lydia Darling a London-based performer who works with the body in a variety of contexts, with recent work focussing more and more on the body as a site of artistic expression. Her work is influenced by ideas of the sublime and the grotesque, and also by circus, dance and sideshow, and theories of the Carnivalesque. Her practice is grounded in the exploration of the human body, and responses to that artistic exploration, be it horror, awe, amazement or disgust.
Her body-based work includes pieces performed as part of Skinphony, a collective of female artists who use piercing and suspension in their sonic art shows. The artists are connected to large 'harps' and 'cellos', which are in turn connected to soundboxes which amplify and reverberate the sounds produced by plucking the instrument's strings, which are attached to deep piercings through the back, chest and knees, contrasting ideas of feminine fragility and beauty with the visceral and the frightening.
www.lydiadarling.com
Her body-based work includes pieces performed as part of Skinphony, a collective of female artists who use piercing and suspension in their sonic art shows. The artists are connected to large 'harps' and 'cellos', which are in turn connected to soundboxes which amplify and reverberate the sounds produced by plucking the instrument's strings, which are attached to deep piercings through the back, chest and knees, contrasting ideas of feminine fragility and beauty with the visceral and the frightening.
www.lydiadarling.com
Nina Davies
Nina Davies is a Canadian performance artist, based in London. Her early training focused on the intellectual and artistic expression of dance.
Nina's work has been autobiographical, travelling abroad and working as a dancer.
Her current work explores the journey of a dancer, discovering a new form of artistic expression.
Nina is currently studying at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.
Nina's work has been autobiographical, travelling abroad and working as a dancer.
Her current work explores the journey of a dancer, discovering a new form of artistic expression.
Nina is currently studying at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.
Helena Eflerová
Born 1978 in Teplice, Czech Republic. Lives and works in Winchester, United Kingdom.
Helena Eflerová’s practice encompasses live art and performance, site-specific installation, video, photography and digital media. Her work focuses on promoting a direct dialogue between artist and viewer through physical engagement and non-verbal language.
Eflerová explores the fusion of five disciplines: Live Art, Butoh (Japanese dance), Prenatal/Peri-natal Psychology, Bio-science and Apnea (Free diving).
www.helenaeflerova.com
Helena Eflerová’s practice encompasses live art and performance, site-specific installation, video, photography and digital media. Her work focuses on promoting a direct dialogue between artist and viewer through physical engagement and non-verbal language.
Eflerová explores the fusion of five disciplines: Live Art, Butoh (Japanese dance), Prenatal/Peri-natal Psychology, Bio-science and Apnea (Free diving).
www.helenaeflerova.com
Petrusco's Eye
Brighton based visual artist
Petrusco is name after the planet he descends from. Since arriving on planet Earth he has committed himself to the making of the `Subversive Arts.`
His art consists of photography, street and indoor performances, film making, riots, arrests, bails, stencils, screen-printing and sculpture.
http://www.petruscoseye.com
Petrusco is name after the planet he descends from. Since arriving on planet Earth he has committed himself to the making of the `Subversive Arts.`
His art consists of photography, street and indoor performances, film making, riots, arrests, bails, stencils, screen-printing and sculpture.
http://www.petruscoseye.com
Philip Levine
London born artist Philip Levine started using his head as a canvas for creativity back in 2006 when he began to go bald. He did not want to conform to shaving his head like everyone else so started using it as an art form to express. Philip’s head designs have now become iconic around the world which culminated in his debut exhibition ‘Headism’ in summer 2011, sponsored by Gillette. As a tastemaker, he has gained recognition with sites including Trend Hunter and NotCot with such terms as ‘Baldazzling’. Philip’s designs inspire many men, women and children who are affected by balding or something negative in their life, to embrace it and use in a positive way through art.
Philip teams up with professional body painter Kat Sinclair, continuously creating a wealth of designs that have ranged from his 1000-Swarovski crystal headpiece, to homages of such artists as Roy Lichtenstein and Hokusai painted on his head.
Philip showcased his best head designs in his exhibition ‘Headism’ in London through photography by Daniel Regan, documentary by Viviane Castillo and sculpture supported by Lifecast. The show was at the NL Gallery, 40/42 Riding House Street, London, W1W 7ET. During April 2011 in build up to the show there were over 10 posters of Philip’s head designs displayed in various London underground stations and a digital projection film at Liverpool Street Station supported by Art Below.
Philip has regularly been ask to be a living art/sculpture exhibit in known establishments including the V&A and Somerset House. Have a look here. Philip’s work is now being displayed at Somerset House for 18 months since January 2012 alongside such artists as Gabriel Dawe, Damien Hirst, Thomas Allen, Hugo Dalton and Georgia Russell.
Philip Levine is a cultural entrepreneur and co-founder of the collective Lazy Gramophone, a couture arts and design label that supports developing artists by running a Dylan Thomas Prize nominated publishing label, gallery and events. He works in the fashion, art and design industries for business clients including Art Below, Ada Zanditon and was sourced to work as a Cultural Attaché for The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Philip has also lectured at The Tate Modern and the University of Arts London’s Enterprise Centre for the Creative Arts (ECCA) on ‘Creative networking and Collaboration’, to help graduates learn about how to self-start creative business ideas. He was part of The Observer Future 500 yet still manages to create head designs!
www.philsays.com
Philip teams up with professional body painter Kat Sinclair, continuously creating a wealth of designs that have ranged from his 1000-Swarovski crystal headpiece, to homages of such artists as Roy Lichtenstein and Hokusai painted on his head.
Philip showcased his best head designs in his exhibition ‘Headism’ in London through photography by Daniel Regan, documentary by Viviane Castillo and sculpture supported by Lifecast. The show was at the NL Gallery, 40/42 Riding House Street, London, W1W 7ET. During April 2011 in build up to the show there were over 10 posters of Philip’s head designs displayed in various London underground stations and a digital projection film at Liverpool Street Station supported by Art Below.
Philip has regularly been ask to be a living art/sculpture exhibit in known establishments including the V&A and Somerset House. Have a look here. Philip’s work is now being displayed at Somerset House for 18 months since January 2012 alongside such artists as Gabriel Dawe, Damien Hirst, Thomas Allen, Hugo Dalton and Georgia Russell.
Philip Levine is a cultural entrepreneur and co-founder of the collective Lazy Gramophone, a couture arts and design label that supports developing artists by running a Dylan Thomas Prize nominated publishing label, gallery and events. He works in the fashion, art and design industries for business clients including Art Below, Ada Zanditon and was sourced to work as a Cultural Attaché for The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Philip has also lectured at The Tate Modern and the University of Arts London’s Enterprise Centre for the Creative Arts (ECCA) on ‘Creative networking and Collaboration’, to help graduates learn about how to self-start creative business ideas. He was part of The Observer Future 500 yet still manages to create head designs!
www.philsays.com
H Plewis
H Plewis is an artist, entertainer, choreographer and performance-maker who originally trained as a dancer in New York and Chichester. Mixing showbiz with performance art she works in both established venues (Barbican) and late night clubs (The Box). She is an associate artist of Duckie and helped create Lullaby – the world’s first theatrical sleepover.
www.hplewis.co.uk
Art Spectaculo
Art Spectaculo aka Magnus Mellgren
A few years ago he changed his life completely. Having been a plumber for twenty years he decided to quit his job and start painting.
Shortly after Mellgren got interested in performance art. Painting is still important although he focuses more on performance now.
As Art Spectaculo he's alterego, he impersonate the animal inside. This often takes various shapes and different characters. He has performed solo or sometimes collaborated with other artists such as Alexandra Unger and Slack Bladdath. He has an ongoing collaboration with Soulmerge, a progressive metal band, doing live performances together.
A few years ago he changed his life completely. Having been a plumber for twenty years he decided to quit his job and start painting.
Shortly after Mellgren got interested in performance art. Painting is still important although he focuses more on performance now.
As Art Spectaculo he's alterego, he impersonate the animal inside. This often takes various shapes and different characters. He has performed solo or sometimes collaborated with other artists such as Alexandra Unger and Slack Bladdath. He has an ongoing collaboration with Soulmerge, a progressive metal band, doing live performances together.
Simulacrum
An audiovisual interactive performance which uses contemporary mediums as gnostic tools in the exploration of ancient shamanic rituals. The body's movement interacts with the visuals, using cutting edge projection mapping techniques in real time. A Kinetic sensor is used to generate the images that are mapped onto the performer's body and the other-worldly scenery the artists have created.
The use of hyper-real technology combined with primitive ritual and dance induce a hypnotic, consuming state of psychedelic consciousness, engaging darkness and light, confusion and lucidity, fear and fascination. The perpetual undulation of evolution takes the viewer on an intensely powerful trip through fire, primordial archetypes, metamorphosis and eventual purification.
SIMULACRUM European première was at “STOFF 2012 (Stockholm Fringe Fest)” where it has been selected between 1200 other shows.
Watch a teaser in Kimatica's Vimeo Channel: http://vimeo.com/kimatica/simulacrum
Check Kimatica's multi- awarded website: http://kimatica.net/
The use of hyper-real technology combined with primitive ritual and dance induce a hypnotic, consuming state of psychedelic consciousness, engaging darkness and light, confusion and lucidity, fear and fascination. The perpetual undulation of evolution takes the viewer on an intensely powerful trip through fire, primordial archetypes, metamorphosis and eventual purification.
SIMULACRUM European première was at “STOFF 2012 (Stockholm Fringe Fest)” where it has been selected between 1200 other shows.
Watch a teaser in Kimatica's Vimeo Channel: http://vimeo.com/kimatica/simulacrum
Check Kimatica's multi- awarded website: http://kimatica.net/
Venus Raven
Multidisciplinary artist Venus Raven holds a BA degree in Theatre Arts from the American College of Greece and an MA in Theatre Writing, Directing and Performance from the University of York. She has been working in a broad spectrum of theatre fields, lately focusing on lighting design, performing and directing.
She has also explored working in film, music, sculpture, and mixed media painting.
She is a relentless poetry lover, reading by day and composing by night pieces of an unending story, parts of which are doomed to stay in obscurity, acting as a cathartic mouth sucking out the poison straight from the sometimes self-inflicted open wound.
Her work in self-portraiture photography, featured in various magazines across Europe, is a record of rituals wherein she exercises and exorcises the daemons within, exploring the self and its myriad forces, ranging from the empowering to the self-annihilating.
With an eye towards sodomising her fears, insecurities, and complexes she exploits herself until the marrow, through a sadomasochistic procedure that, by allowing and calling for openness and potential hurt, leads to the short-lived catharsis of an addict.
www.venusraven.com
She has also explored working in film, music, sculpture, and mixed media painting.
She is a relentless poetry lover, reading by day and composing by night pieces of an unending story, parts of which are doomed to stay in obscurity, acting as a cathartic mouth sucking out the poison straight from the sometimes self-inflicted open wound.
Her work in self-portraiture photography, featured in various magazines across Europe, is a record of rituals wherein she exercises and exorcises the daemons within, exploring the self and its myriad forces, ranging from the empowering to the self-annihilating.
With an eye towards sodomising her fears, insecurities, and complexes she exploits herself until the marrow, through a sadomasochistic procedure that, by allowing and calling for openness and potential hurt, leads to the short-lived catharsis of an addict.
www.venusraven.com
Alexandra Unger
Alexandra Unger, (b. 1978, Sweden) lives and works in London. Unger’s work investigates humanity’s relationship to, and experience of the body on both physical, social and psychological levels.
She is interested in the way the body is perceived in different belief-systems. Religion’s main ceremonies intrinsically consisting of celebrations of the body’s different phases through life, such as birth, puberty, kinship and death – marking rites of passage within social hierarchies. Mediums include Performance, Sculpture, video, painting and drawing.
Exhibitions include: Trinity ∴, London (2012), Deptford X 2012, Trinity ∴, London (2012), New York Hall of Science, New York, U.S.A (2012), Parlour Arts, London (2012), Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath, UK (2011), The Swedish Church, London (2011), Galleria 291 Est, Rome, (2010 & 2012), Vanishing Point Contemporary, Newtown, Australia (2010), Spazio Calisti, Perugia, Italy (2010), Kinetica Art Fair, London (2010), Future shorts, Rivington Place, London (2010), Studio DR Arte Contemporanea, Rome (2009).
www.alexandraunger.com/art
She is interested in the way the body is perceived in different belief-systems. Religion’s main ceremonies intrinsically consisting of celebrations of the body’s different phases through life, such as birth, puberty, kinship and death – marking rites of passage within social hierarchies. Mediums include Performance, Sculpture, video, painting and drawing.
Exhibitions include: Trinity ∴, London (2012), Deptford X 2012, Trinity ∴, London (2012), New York Hall of Science, New York, U.S.A (2012), Parlour Arts, London (2012), Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath, UK (2011), The Swedish Church, London (2011), Galleria 291 Est, Rome, (2010 & 2012), Vanishing Point Contemporary, Newtown, Australia (2010), Spazio Calisti, Perugia, Italy (2010), Kinetica Art Fair, London (2010), Future shorts, Rivington Place, London (2010), Studio DR Arte Contemporanea, Rome (2009).
www.alexandraunger.com/art
Mad Alan
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