What's Welsh for Performance? Beth yw >performance< yn Gymraeg?An Oral History of Performance Art in Wales 1968-2008 by: Heike Roms With: Shirley Cameron; Ivor Davies; Anthony Howell; John Chris Jones; Timothy Emlyn Jones; Andrew Knight; Roland Miller. For more than forty years artists have been creating performances, happenings and other time-based art in Wales, yet their work remains largely confined to half-remembered anecdotes, rumours and hearsay. >What's Welsh for Performance?< tries to uncover Wales's hidden history of performance in conversations with key artists who have shaped this history since 1968. Their memories, accompanied by extensive documentation, paint a vivid picture of the vibrancy and importance of performance art in Wales and elsewhere. This unique publication brings together the full transcripts from season 1 of >What's Welsh for Performance? Beth yw >performance< yn Gymraeg? - An Oral History of Performance Art in Wales< Illustrated with historic photographs and other performance documentation. Published in March 2008 by Samizdat Press, Cardiff. 200pp., In English with Welsh introduction. Yn Saesneg gyda chyflwyniad Cymraeg. ISBN 9 780955 392726 RRP: £10 available through amazon and other retailers. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Whats-Welsh-Performance-v-1/dp/0955392721/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207494530&sr=8-1 Includes: Ivor Davies: in conversation about his performance work in the 1960s, the Destruction in Art Symposium in 1966 and his involvement with the Wales-based Beca group. Shirley Cameron & Roland Miller: in conversation about performance at the legendary Barry Summer School, their joint performance work in Wales and the British performance scene of the 1970s. Timothy Emlyn Jones, John Chris Jones and Andrew Knight: in conversation about the international performance festival at the National Eisteddfod in 1977, featuring Joseph Beuys, Mario Merz, Jannis Kounellis and (unofficial) interventions by Welsh artist Paul Davies. Anthony Howell: in conversation about his performance work with Theatre of Mistakes, Cardiff's performance scene in the 1990s and his involvement in Grey Suit and Cardiff Art in Time. Heike Roms is lecturer in Performance Studies at Aberystwyth University. Samizdat Press c/o Trace Gallery 26 Moira Place Cardiff / Caerdydd CF24 0ET mail@performance-wales.org |
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