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what’s welsh for performance? – An Oral History of Performance Art in Wales |
Shirley Cameron and Roland Miller ............23 November 2006 6pm ::in conversation about performance at the legendary Barry Summer School and their joint performance work in Wales in the 1970s. Location: Time-Based Art Department, Cardiff School of Art and Design, Howard Gardens, Cardiff CF24 0SP Admission free - to book contact mail@performance-wales.org . 07980-981355. [PLACES ARE LIMITED SO PLEASE RESERVE IN ADVANCE] “My (our) work is in performance art. … In terms of the materials used, it starts with the artist’s own body as the basic source. … My own interest is in sculptural formalism… and additionally a humanistic and autobiographical theme. My work has always been an expression of dualities, formal, physical and emotional. It is because of this, I believe, that I have been able to work with another person: the concretizing of the theme of self and other.” [Shirley Cameron, 1979] “In my performance I use constructed objects, altered or coloured clothing; and occasional language for exposition or narrative: I try to re-establish the importance of our relationship as individuals with others… I try to project through my body’s actions our physical domination of one another, our postures of servitude, our ludicrousness, or physical presence in the world.” [Roland Miller, 1979] Shirley Cameron, a trained sculptor, and Roland Miller, who had been a core member of the influential People Show, first worked together in 1970 in the context of the famous Barry Summer School, one of the finest examples of experimental art education in Britain. Throughout the seventies they created a substantial body of work together from their base in Swansea, making simple ritual event-pieces, working with colour, perspective and found objects in a visually striking manner. Whilst continuing to create solo work and collaborate with a number of other performance artists, Cameron and Miller are best known for their joint practice as a couple, often exploring their mutual roles in this partnership, and later frequently involving their two daughters in the work. ::Shirley Cameron and Roland Miller will be in conversation about performance at the legendary Barry Summer School and their performance work in Wales in the 1970s. “What’s Welsh for Performance?” – An Oral History of Performance Art in Wales 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, Roland Miller, Shirley Cameron, Anthony Howell and others will introduce the audience to a previously neglected but crucial part of Welsh art history. Extensive documentary material (videos, slides, drawings etc) will be screened as part of each event. A publication accompanying the series is planned for 2007. Season 1 (2006-7): Ivor Davies .......... 12 October 2006 6pm Shirley Cameron & Roland Miller .......... 23 November 2006 6pm Timothy Emlyn Jones & John Chris Jones ...22 February 2007 6pm Anthony Howell .......... 15 March 2007 6pm 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; University of Wales Institute, Cardiff; and Chapter. |
| An Oral History of Performance Art in Wales web site: www.performance-wales.org |
| Heike Roms e-mail: mail@performance-wales.org |
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