Some documentation from residency at TAO Liverpool

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Liverpool day 2

First try-outs in the space, International Gallery today. Armed with thermal leggings and the spirit of being in a new place, we did some improvisation with a score of viewing the camera as a person we have a relation with in real life, making some simple movements repeated in different parts of the space. We were using a soundtrack Tamar had prepared in Brighton with our lovely musician friend Tristan Shorr (also does sound for our project with the Karavan ensemble).

We still have many ideas to try out, and these are only first sketches but we definitely had some beautiful moments and made some starting images. Tomorrow we will make better use of the natural light in the gallery and also try some ideas of mine out working with the live body, paper and movement.

Liverpool day 1

We arrived to TAO Liverpool tonight and it seem none of the darkish forecasts we had before coming here had much power - it feels great to be here, very welcoming, exciting and very abundant space, and several opportunities to show work as it seems :)

We all felt pretty content tonight after checking the spaces out, taking some heart time and pasta dinner.. ready to see what our first real day on this TAO residency, tomorrow, will birth!

Blackbird, pic and artificial grass

All of next week I will be at a residency at TAO (The Arts Organisation) Liverpool, as part of their S.Q.U.A.T programme (part of Liverpool Biennial). I'm going up there with friends Tamar Daly and Marina Tsartsara, both dance/performance artists (or whatever you may call us!) to mash our latest works together and come up with something new, collaborative and exciting for us. We'll be showing the fruits of our labour Sat 13th in the International Gallery.

Latest news are that things at TAO have become more unorganised than we first thought - including zero heating in the gallery space (International Gallery) and not great support from the Biennial - they were apparently keen on bringing TAO in as part of their programme .. but now are not even including them in their publicity?? So apparently numbers are not great but we will do our best! Generally there's a sense of going up there with an open mind and a pair of dungarees (with tools sticking out of the pockets) and thermals, and see where it'll take us. The main thing for me right now is to be working away from Brighton, in a focused mood, with friends and collaborators who I know well.