https://performancespace.org ]performance s p a c e[ Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:04:44 +0000 https://performancespace.org en https://performancespace.org/Landing-Page Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:56:40 +0000 ]performance s p a c e[ https://performancespace.org/Landing-Page ]performance s p a c e [London U.K. Image Slideshow: Anne Bean &amp; selina bonelli, Nicholas Tee, Ron Athey, Jade Montserrat, Keioui Keijaun Thomas, Vela Oma, Joseph Morgan Schofield,Martin O’Brien &amp; Alastair MacLennan, hancock&amp;kelly, Rubiane Maia, Poppy Jackson &amp; Nina Arsenault. https://performancespace.org/about-ps Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:53:57 +0000 ]performance s p a c e[ https://performancespace.org/about-ps ]performance s p a c e [ ]performance s p a c e [ was founded in 2011 with a singular mission: to facilitate the prime conditions for performance art(ists) in the U.K. We are commit­ted to supporting challenging and difficult practices that embrace performance art as an ever-evolving medium. - - - Performance art offers us fluid ways of understanding our environments and experiences, through the mediums of time, space and ones body. It is a way of living - a mode of communicating, knowing/learning, remembering and dreaming. It reminds us that we are always in relationship with that which surrounds us - the human and non-human aspects making up our world(s). - - - Founded in 2011 (in Hackney Wick, London by Bean and Benjamin Sebastian), ]ps[ remains an artist-led initiative drawing on anti-institutional lineages and DIY working practices. The organisation has always morphed in shape, size and location as a stratergy of continuity&nbsp;- mirroring the ephemerality and fluidity of our field. In 2022 ]ps[ returned to London (from Folkstone), entering a development phase of mobile programming, further exploring the potentials of ]ps[ as a conceptual space, finding temporary home(s) within the sites, programmes and buildings of partner organisations. ]performance s p a c e [ cultivates time-based work that critically pushes the boundaries of the body, time and space - while championing artists and practices that make the established genres and methodologies of the field more porous. We seek to be in community with those whom we may create new commons, to the side of mainstream art education and market structures. ]ps[ is committed to internationalism and the mobility of people and practices. We initiate and participate in local, national and international networks, co-created with myriad communities of artists, producers, curators, researchers and audiences - maintaining close working relationships with organisations including the Live Art Development Agency, Live Art UK, Ugly Duck, Home Live Art and Venice International Performance Art Week to mention but a few. - - - <img width="571" height="181" width_o="571" height_o="181" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/479ab24cb102beff83977eca4ec50eafd3fc1695bc18b2fdfffd8ba163902638/grant_png_white.png" data-mid="106104723" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/571/i/479ab24cb102beff83977eca4ec50eafd3fc1695bc18b2fdfffd8ba163902638/grant_png_white.png" /> Between 2012 - 2022 ]performance s p a c e [ recieved funding annually from from Arts Council England through their rolling grant schemes: Grants for the Arts - and later - Nation Lottery Project Grants. - - - https://performancespace.org/artist-list Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:04:44 +0000 ]performance s p a c e[ https://performancespace.org/artist-list Artists(previously exhibited at ]ps[) Alastair MacLennan Martin O'Brien Kira O'Reilly Carlos Martiel Julie Tolentino Rubiane Maia Anne Bean Hollie Miller Jade de Montserrat Maria Jose Ajorna Keioui Keijaun Thomas Elvira Santamaria-Torres Amanda Coogan Rocío Boliver Sandra Johnston Yann Marussich Boris Nieslony Ron Athey Sheree Rose Vest And Page Nina Arsenault Jurgen Fritz Julia Bardsley Kelvin Atmadibrata Helen Spackman Ernst Fischer Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi Emilio Rojas Ryan Jordan Johannes Blomqvis Nathalie Anguezomo Mba Bikoro Victoria Gray Fabiola Paz Joana Cifre-Cerdà Mark Greenwood Helena Hamilton Htein Lin Scarlet Lassoff Maria dos Milagres Hugh O'Donnell Roberto Sanchez-Camus Nathan Walker Jenna Finch Jamie Lewis Hadley Kiki Taira Lyn Lu Stephanie Hurst Duncan Ward Beth Savage, Joseph Michael Patricio Anna Marya Tompa Rebecca Weeks Jeff Adrioni Arianna Ferrari Nusa Pavko Holly Keasey Nicola Canavan Richard Hancock Rachel Parry Otelo M. Fabião Owen Parry Elizabeth Short (performing as Nick Kilby) Holly Johnson Luci Fiction Liz Clarke Soriah Samantha Sweeting André Castro Mary Babcock Paul Hurley Michael Mayhew Noora Lobo Ewa Rybska Wladyslaw Kazmierczak Tine Voeks Maria Lucia Isik met Knutsdotter Liam Yeates Kimbal Bumbstead Marco Berardi Kris Canavan Nadia Salom Jordan McKenzie Sebastian Hau-Walker Yejin Lee Sandra Stanionyte Antonio Branco &amp; Riccardo T Monstera Deliciosa Chun Hua Catherine Dong Léann Herlihy Kate Stonestreet SERAPHINE1369 (Jamila Johnson-Small) Stosh/Pig Pen Fausto Gracia Traci Kelly Surya Tüchler Local Foreigner Rita Marhaug Lala Nomada Lena Chen Rhine Bernardino Émilie-Christine P. Newman Gemma Jones Gareth Cutter Gabriele Longega Ro Hardaker Helen Davison Eleanor Dalzell Jenyns Adriana Disman Catherine Hoffman Ria Righteous Sara Zaltash Kajoli Ilojak Uhuru Moor Tianna Nicole Jasmine Nyende Ayotunde Osareme Salome AsegaMaria Lucia Cruz Correia Bean Benjamin Sebastian Poppy Jackson Alicia Radage selina bonelli Joseph Morgan Schofield Liz Rosenfeld Dominic Thorpe Sinead O'Donnell Dani Ploeger Dani d’Emilia Ash McNaughton Anja Ibsch Jade Blackstock Frank Homeyer Nicholas Tee James Jordan Johnson Máiréad Delaney Diana J. Torres (pornoterrorismo) Amber Hawk-Swanson Zierle Carter Klara Schilliger Valerian Maly Leja Jurisic Esther Neff Kris Grey Florian Feigl, Jörn J. Burmester Vivian Chinasa Ezugha Vela Oma Sikarnt Skoolisariyaporn Theodoulos Polyviou Michalina Musielak Kimberley Emeny Dominika Faryno Ania Jochymek Karolina Kubik Paulina Penc Emma Dixon Lauren Brown Season Butler Ania Jochymek Noemi Lakmaier Barnaby Lambert Jess Rose Sergio Racanati Marta Frank Ian Whitford Sofia Misma Karolina Kubik Anne Quail Pauline Cummins Ann Maria Healy Chrissie Cadman Frances Mezzeti Áine O’Dwyer Áine Phillips Helena Walsh Michelle Browne Tim Bromage Jordan Wayne Long Lorena Lo Pena Ram Samocha Andre Verissimo Braga Evamaria Schaller Marita Bullmann Brian Patterson Brian Connolly Laura Graham Christobal Yanez Katrina Sheena Smyth Daniel Lackey Johanna Linsley AMAE Gerald Curtis Colm Clarke Leo Devlin Dominik Lipp Valentina Chirita Teja Reba Christopher Mollon Lindsay Tunkl Teena Lange Robin Bale Dolanbay Li E Chen Brian McCorkle Kaia Gilje Carlos Salazar-Lermont Aliza Shvarts Rory O'Connor Johanne M Hauge Alison Ballance Chelsea Coon Pablo Pakula Karlina Nieduza Gabi Bila (Lady Gaby) Mika Hockman Al Hurfi Brian Loughran Andreas Louca Killian Reimers Claudia Kappenberg Nicola Woodham Barbara Monteiro Jasmin Lee Anna Kosarewska Vaida Tamoseviciute Daina Pupkeviciute Eva Martino Geraldine McEwan Ximena Alarcon Justyna Scheuring Mel Donohoe Rebecca O'Brien Charlotte Law Vivian Druga Orinta Pranaityte Collette Patterson Matt Mahony-Page Giulia Matterajohnsmith (Eleanor Fogg)Pepe Dayaw https://performancespace.org/ps-manifesto Tue, 16 May 2023 09:25:32 +0000 ]performance s p a c e[ https://performancespace.org/ps-manifesto Manifesto - - - Originaly written in 2011. Lines 5 and 12 amended in 2020.- - -&nbsp; I AM AN OPEN COMMUNITY I AM SENSITIVE NOT CENSORED I TAKE RISKS I CHALLENGE I DO NOT SEEK PERMISSION, I WILL NEGOTIATE CONSENT I AM A PLACE OF DISCUSSION &amp; DISSEMINATION I QUESTION &amp; WANT TO BE QUESTIONED I CULTIVATE LIVE WORK THAT CRITICALLY &amp; PHYSICALLY PUSHES THE BOUNDARIES OF TIME, BODY &amp; SPACE I AM A SPACE FOR PROCESS, A PLACE FOR DIFFICULT, UNRESOLVED &amp; EVOLVING WORK I EMBRACE PERFORMANCE ART AS AN EVER EVOLVING MEDIUM I WILL COLLABORATE BUT NOT ALWAYS CO-OPERATE I AM OF NO DESCRIPT ABILITY, RACE, AGE, GENDER, CLASS, SEXUALITY OR FAITH I AM YOU I DO NOT BELIEVE IN FREE LABOUR I PAY ARTISTS I BELIEVE IN MOBILITY I AM A PLACE OF ACTION I MAKE SPACE I OCCUPY I AM EMOTIONAL I AM IN FLUX THIS MANIFESTO WILL CHANGE, I WILL CHANGE https://performancespace.org/team-and-jobs Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:30:28 +0000 ]performance s p a c e[ https://performancespace.org/team-and-jobs Team Benjamin Sebastian:Co-founding Director &amp; Curator(2011-current) <img width="2400" height="1600" width_o="2400" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b395f66024b51280b4defce6629e76e47378d7474b8985fd5f52784be6d8ddb9/D-R-A-W-N.jpg" data-mid="170498713" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b395f66024b51280b4defce6629e76e47378d7474b8985fd5f52784be6d8ddb9/D-R-A-W-N.jpg" /> Benjamin Sebastian, 2022. Video still from film by Baiba Sprance &amp; Marco Berardi. Benjamin Sebastian (b. Cairns*, AU. 1980) is a trans-disciplinary artist-curator based in London, whose practice spans: curating, installation, writing, image making, sculpture, new media &amp; performance. Some of their most recent projects have included; speaking on the panel ‘Queer Art; Past, Present &amp; Future’ at London city hall for LGBTQIA* History Month - taking part in the symposium; ‘Art, Memory &amp; Place’ at Turner Contemporary - curating ‘PSX: A Decade of Performance Art in the U.K.’ on behalf of ]performance s p a c e [ - exhibition of their solo show; ‘Working With Entities//Setting Intent’ at VSSL Studio - activating their live installation; ‘3 Reflections²’ as part of FUTURERITUAL at the Institute of Contemporary Art - as well as collaborating with the Live Art Development Agency as guest curator on the ‘INTERSECT’ series (platforming embodied practices that reflect intersectional ways of being through contemporary performance &amp; live art).&nbsp; *The Gimuy Walubara Yidinji and the Yirrganydji peoples are the traditional custodians of Cairns and surrounding district. Gimuy is the traditional place name for the area Cairns City now occupies. Sebastian&nbsp;wishes to pay respect to the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji and Yirrganydji&nbsp;Elders, both past and present, and extend that respect to all Indigenous Australians. Benjamin is co-founding director &amp; curator at ]performan s p a c e [. They lead on all aspects of ]ps[ in dialogue with the associate director (Ash McNaughton). benjamin@performancespace.org benjamin-sebastian.com - - - Ash McNaughton:Associate Director&nbsp;(2023-current) <img width="2160" height="1440" width_o="2160" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a656bc5cd9a2cc9939700176cee818bf983403c38a827690168371291bbe156d/Untitled-design-19.png" data-mid="194899543" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a656bc5cd9a2cc9939700176cee818bf983403c38a827690168371291bbe156d/Untitled-design-19.png" /> Ash McNaughton. Image curtesy of the artist. Ash McNaughton (UK 1990) is a Folkestone based contemporary artist &amp; facilitator. They are an active member of the international performance collective; Anam Cara and regularly lead workshops centring performance art methodologies at institutions such as: TATE, Whitechapel Gallery, and Middlesex University.&nbsp;In addition, Ash is a trustee of Folkestone Pride, co-director of SITE, and co-founding organiser of Last Fridays Folkestone.&nbsp;They obtained their BA(Hons) in Sculpture from Gray’s School of Art (2013) and an MA in Performance (Contemporary Art Practice) from the Royal College of Art (2018).&nbsp;Ash has performed extensively in the UK and Europe including: The Aberdeen Art Gallery (Aberdeen, Scotland, UK), Haddo House Arts Festival (Ellon, Scotland, UK), Tramway (Glasgow, UK), Venice International Performance Art Week (Venice, Italy), Electrocamp Festival (Mestre, Italy), Revolve Festival (Uppsala, Sweden), Whitechapel Gallery (London, UK), Tempting Failure (Croydon, England, UK), Salvage Festival (Folkestone, England, UK), and Performance Platform (London, UK). Ash is Associate Director at ]performance s p a c e [ and co-leads on all aspects of ]ps[ in dialogue with the director (Benjamin Sebastian). ash@performancespace.org&nbsp; ashmcnaughton.com - - - Previous Team Members Bean:Co-founding Co-director (2011-2020) <img width="4800" height="3200" width_o="4800" height_o="3200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/912cb67fbc4bd4cd56e749198d58cf5c8639adae2ffd545f595f9e6a670a945b/D-R-A-W-N.png" data-mid="172858006" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/912cb67fbc4bd4cd56e749198d58cf5c8639adae2ffd545f595f9e6a670a945b/D-R-A-W-N.png" /> Bean: ‘A Body’. Performed at Profound Sound Festival and Steakhouse Live Festival. Image by Manuel Vason. “I am an interdisciplinary artist, working across performance &amp; time-based media, writing, curating &amp; design. These seemingly disparate areas of my practice are connected through a fascination of making &amp; creating spaces, demolition &amp; undoing of structures, both psychologically, socially &amp; physically. I am interested in the synthesis and friction between gender constructs, capitalist power structures, ecology &amp; permaculture. My practice explores the interconnections of these through a fiercely political body &amp; heart, rooted in the land and deep listening to people &amp; communities.” - Bean&nbsp; Bean co-founded ]ps[ &amp; was co-director from 2011 - 2020. Bean curated &amp; co-curated major ]ps[ programmes including; Regimes of Hardship (Martin O’Brien), ]performance e c o n o m i e s [, Performance Art Faction, DRAWN, WAKE and PAUSE&amp;AFFECT. Bean remains a member of ]performance s p a c e [’s informal advisory board.&nbsp; www.beaninthearchive.com - - - Joseph Morgan Schofield:Associate director&nbsp; (2020-2022) <img width="2400" height="1600" width_o="2400" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed80bc6c0fe8bbc9386fad74d6467b661f98f0979a6518b5e658aa14a4a6edfe/D-R-A-W-N.jpg" data-mid="170499092" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed80bc6c0fe8bbc9386fad74d6467b661f98f0979a6518b5e658aa14a4a6edfe/D-R-A-W-N.jpg" /> Joseph Morgan Schofield, 2020. Photo by Fenia Kotspoulou. Joseph Morgan Schofield (UK 1993) is a performance artist. Understanding acts of gathering and communing as central to their practice, Joseph’s work incorporates curating, producing, facilitating, mentoring and teaching. Joseph organises FUTURERITUAL, a performance and research project considering ritual and queer futurity. They co-produce move close and Live Art Club [London], and are a co-founder of The Sunday Skool for Misfits, Exprimenters and Dissenters. They are the co-founder (along with Benjmain Sebastian) of VSSL studio (London, UK) and work for The Place (London, UK) as Programme Producer. Joseph was associate director of ]ps[ from 2020 - 2022. Joseph supported strategic, governance &amp; financial matters at ]performance s p a c e [ and co-curated PSX: A Decade of Performance Art in the U.K. (2021) and TIDING (2022).www.josephmorganschofield.com- - -Mine Kaplangi:Associate Arts Producer (freelance)(2023-2024) <img width="2160" height="1440" width_o="2160" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a4207f7e343700030a94ba75a8bfe8d7501ab341e572d608899cc29419d5499/Untitled-design-22.png" data-mid="194904067" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a4207f7e343700030a94ba75a8bfe8d7501ab341e572d608899cc29419d5499/Untitled-design-22.png" />Mine Kaplangı (and friend) - Original image by Eda Sancakdar (dino courtesy of the ]ps[ team). Mine Kaplangı is an independent curator and art mediator based in London. They are the co-founder of the curatorial collective Collective Çukurcuma (2015) and KUTULU (2021). Together with Collective Cukurcuma, they have been curating public programmes of exhibitions and running their reading group events as an ongoing transdisciplinary project since 2016. Mine received their bachelor's degree in Philosophy at Istanbul University and (Certificate Programme) in Philosophy of Arts &amp; Aesthetics at Bologna University/ DAMS Faculty. Currently working as a project manager at VSSL Studio, and co-curating the online gallery of Queer Art Projects, qap.digital. Mine was Associate Arts Producer (freelance) at ]performance s p a c e [ working closely with the the director &amp; associate director on various aspects of ]ps[. minekaplangi.com https://performancespace.org/contact Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:37:28 +0000 ]performance s p a c e[ https://performancespace.org/contact Contact︎︎︎ benjamin@performancespace.org ︎︎︎ ash@performancespace.org ︎︎︎ instagram: @performance_space ︎︎︎ mailing list https://performancespace.org/ps-offerings-home Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:56:47 +0000 ]performance s p a c e[ https://performancespace.org/ps-offerings-home Upcoming <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9048ca240b9202075ee51d89e2313caa93cbacdd0a82f07ca01ae18d65fb454/Va-BeneFiatsi_ouTcasT_2018.JPG" data-mid="108829390" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9048ca240b9202075ee51d89e2313caa93cbacdd0a82f07ca01ae18d65fb454/Va-BeneFiatsi_ouTcasT_2018.JPG" /> Save the dates: programmes curated by ]ps[. Writing <img width="611" height="918" width_o="611" height_o="918" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f94d09822c34eb9aa0e3822ec5aa748d1cf0694c04deee27fc56c1dd0441eea0/Screenshot-2023-03-04-at-17.07.09.png" data-mid="170520357" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/611/i/f94d09822c34eb9aa0e3822ec5aa748d1cf0694c04deee27fc56c1dd0441eea0/Screenshot-2023-03-04-at-17.07.09.png" /> ]ps[ has always worked to foster&nbsp; critical and poetic contexts for performance art. We are slowly making our collection of commissioned writings available online. ]ps[ Collaborates <img width="1581" height="1055" width_o="1581" height_o="1055" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e0bc628ff43d39efc122a7aec6c353eb248f19a08d26227d0e49f7ecae93afa/rocio.png" data-mid="170520437" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e0bc628ff43d39efc122a7aec6c353eb248f19a08d26227d0e49f7ecae93afa/rocio.png" />Guest curating, hosting &amp; partnerships. Background image: Kira O’Reilly, WAKE, 2017. Photo by Luke Jones. https://performancespace.org/ps-collaborates Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:57:00 +0000 ]performance s p a c e[ https://performancespace.org/ps-collaborates ]ps[ Collaborates Guest curating, hosting &amp; partnership.&nbsp; <img width="1581" height="1055" width_o="1581" height_o="1055" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e0bc628ff43d39efc122a7aec6c353eb248f19a08d26227d0e49f7ecae93afa/rocio.png" data-mid="152796814" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e0bc628ff43d39efc122a7aec6c353eb248f19a08d26227d0e49f7ecae93afa/rocio.png" />Rocio Boliver. Promotional image courtesy of the artist for Decrupting Performance Art 2022 recent ︎︎︎ invited guests: Pretty Doomed at Ugly Duck&nbsp;2023 A co-production between Queer Art Projects and Ugly Duck, inviting ]ps[ to exhibited live &amp; documented work, and participatein the symposium, ‘How Do We Archive Performance Art?’. ︎︎︎ guest curating: Intersect: Kelvin Atmadibrata + in conversation with selina bonelli 2023 A co-production between the Live Art Developement Agency &amp; ]ps[ for L.A.D.A’s Intersect Series at The Garret Centre in Bethnal Green. ︎︎︎ guest curating: Intersect: SERAFINE1369 &amp; Daniella Valz Gen: an oracular sharing 2023 A co-production between the Live Art Developement Agency &amp; ]ps[ for L.A.D.A’s Intersect Series at The Garret Centre in Bethnal Green. ︎︎︎ seminar:&nbsp;Rocio Boliver - Decrypting Performance Art 2022A one day seminar convened by the legendary performance artist Rocío Boliver reflecting on themes of&nbsp; pain, excretions, sex, old-age &amp; politics. Sunday 9th October, VSSL studio, London. ︎︎︎ workshop: FUTURERITUAL - Mythic Time, September 2021 This residential workshop, hosted by VestAndPage and Joseph Morgan Schofield, explores the (re-)invention of spiritual practices, the sacred, rites and rituals through performance art. ︎︎︎ ]open s p a c e[: Eleanor Dalzell Jenyns and kate stonestreet, May 2021Eleanor Dalzell Jenyns and kate stonestreet are recipients of ]open s p a c e[ and will undertake a shared residency towards the realisation of their project collective attentions, anarchist actions. ︎︎︎ screening: Ekdysis II - Niya B&nbsp;2021 Ekdysis is an ongoing project, which is displayed through live actions, moving image and installations. In this iteration, Ekdysis manifests as a single-channel video following an autoethnographic journey in the land that holds the mythological events of metamorphosis. https://performancespace.org/upcoming-at-ps Tue, 18 May 2021 15:46:03 +0000 ]performance s p a c e[ https://performancespace.org/upcoming-at-ps Coming Up: ]ps[ is in a development phase. Continuing throughout 2024 we will be maintaing an administraive home out of VSSL Stuido in Deptford, while nurturing longstanding relationships - and development new ones - that support our current mobile organistaion structure.&nbsp; ︎︎︎ full statement on organisational developments In the meantime, check out documentation of our most recent curatiorial projects: ︎︎︎ 2023 - Pretty Doomed at Ugly Duck&nbsp; ︎︎︎ 2023 - Intersect Series: Kelvin Atmadibrata + in conversation with selina bonelli ︎︎︎ 2023 - Intersect Series: An oracular practice sharing by SERAFINE1369 and Daniella Valz Gen ︎︎︎ 2022 - RocíoBoliver: Decrypting Performance Art ︎︎︎ 2022 - Tiding&nbsp; ︎︎︎ 2021 - PSX: A Decade of Performace Art in the U.K. https://performancespace.org/online-at-ps Tue, 18 May 2021 16:54:54 +0000 ]performance s p a c e[ https://performancespace.org/online-at-ps online Our online offerings are currently closed, although we invite you to look back through documentation of our most recent programme:&nbsp;PSX: a decade of performance art in the UK. Image: Ash McNaughton, Salvage, 2019. Photo by Manuel Vason.