Performance Archive

Home live art at the Latitude Festival
17th – 20th July
Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk

Home brought ‘Me if You Lose’ by The Society of Wonders to the Latitude Festival.

‘Me If You Lose’: The Society of Wonders laid on some coffee-morning games laced with dubious spirits. ‘Dress-Me’, ‘Hook-The-Duck’, ‘Test-Your-Weakness’, ‘Stare-At-Margaret’ and other half-remembered activities. www.thesocietyof wonders.co.uk

Home co-director Mimi Banks also worked as a part of the team at Lavish, at this year's Festival, designing and project managing the build of the stunning sets in & around the six main arena tents at the Festival.

Lavish is an Independent creative production company who has worked with Festival Republic since Latitude's conception to create & build on the iconic visual identity of event.
www.wearelavish.com



 

The Alternative Village Fete
At the National Theatre Watch this Space Festival
National Theatre Square, South Bank, SE1
Saturday 5th July 08, 1pm – 7.30pm

Featured: Barby Asante, Bob & Roberta Smith, The Bollywood Brass Band, The Fete Encounter, Friends of the Earth, I Knit London, Rediscovered Urban Rituals, Shane Waltener, Vauxhall City Farm, Wild Hunt Bedlam Morris, The Society of Wonders, Pudding Mill River, The Disabled Avant-Garde plus; food & produce stalls and much, much more....

The concrete and urban setting of the National Theatre square was transformed into an alternative village green as artists and performers interpreted and played with the form of the traditional village fete, with a series of interactive arts and crafts, games, produce, food & environmental stalls, live music, dance and informal walkabout performances.

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Commissioned by the National Theatre Watch this Space Festival
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/wts

 
Pub Crawl
Camberwell Arts Festival
Saturday 14th June, 2008, 7pm – 2am

Pub Crawl took you on a tour of some of Camberwell’s best-loved pubs to experience specially commissioned performances and installations which articulated the great British social space of The Pub and the traditions of Pub Entertainment. From A Pub Quiz turned into playful social commentary by artist Yara El-Sherbini to a storming performance from South London’s own Ukulele Club of Dulwich. And including a mysterious installation by Lottie Leedham recreated the secret societies & clubs of the past, the night ended up at the infamous Duckie Club in Vauxhall featuring a special Camberwell Cabaret night of pub singers, cocktails and free Bar BQ.

Commissioned by Camberwell Arts Festival www.camberwellarts.org.uk


 

Plum Flower in the Snow by Greta Mendez at home
6, 9 and 10th June 2008
Created by: Greta Mendez
Designed by: Salvatore Forino
Performers: Nina Baden-Semper, Jacqui Chan and Inder Salim
 
Live artist and raconteur Greta Mendez fused her Trinidadian roots with Asian cultures. Plum Flower In The Snow was an artist residency and performance installation at HOME as part of China Now which traced her recent travels in China and India. Through image and recital, Greta deconstructed moments, rituals and encounters that left their mark.
 
Co-produced by London Artist Projects,
Funded by the Arts Council of England www.londonartistsprojects.com


 

Creative Camberwell Launch
Free Event
Friday 2nd May, 6pm – 1.30am
Venue: The Synergy Centre, 220 Farmers Road, Camberwell, SE5 0TW

Meet people - get involved - see what's going on in Camberwell - be inspired!

  • Introductory performance lecture by Mark McGowan & Marcia Farquhar, commissioned by home at 6.30pm
  • Performances, exhibitions, music, workshops, info stalls, cabaret & DJs till 1.30am, commissioned by the steering committee organisations (see below)

Creative Camberwell, seeks to involve local creative individuals and organisations to harness the potential of creative activity in Camberwell.

home is a member of the Creative Camberwell Steering group, which includes South London Gallery, Camberwell Arts College, Cooltan Arts, Blue Elephant Theatre, Creative Routes, Southwark Arts Forum, Neighbourhood Renewal Camberwell, Collective Artistes.

click here to view Creative Camberwell Launch pdf

http://www.creativecamberwell.net/






 

Harvest it!…a festival of autumn delights
Sunday 23 September, 2007
Myatt’s Fields Park, Knatchbull Road,
Camberwell, London SE5


Contemporary art met ancient rural traditions to transform and revitalise an under-used park in South London. Multi-sensory performances and interventions by leading artists and hundreds of local people celebrated the bounty of nature in the heart of the city.

Artistic Director: Ali Zaidi.
Commissioned Artists: Barby Asante, Fergus Drennan, Eleanor Margolies, Jan Hendrickse, Myriam Ojeda Patiño with ArtLAT, Shane Waltener.

Co-produced by home and motiroti, Harvest it! transformed Myatt’s Fields Park into a bountiful village of delights where multiple cultures are woven together to reveal new expressions. A major participatory programme, involving artists working with city farms, allotment organisations, schools, choirs and other local groups, explored the theme of ‘harvest’, which is shared across cultures and generations.

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Funded by Arts Council England Grants for the Arts and the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Coutts Charitable Trust and the Local Network Fund.

 

The Art of Protest
19 April – 28 May 2007
May Day Festival & Procession
Bank Holiday Monday 7 May
2pm – 6pm


Pump House Gallery and Battersea Park
Battersea Park, London, SW11 4NJ

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David Aylard & Rediscovered Urban Rituals, Helena Bryant, Richard DeDomenici, Mat Fraser, Michele Griffiths, Platform: Remember Ken Saro-Wiwa, Resonance FM, Bob & Roberta Smith

The Art of Protest included some of the UK’s most politically active artists who came together to present a series of exhibitions, participatory live events, workshops, debates and broadcasts based around the history and forms of May Day, relating them to contemporary forms of artistic and cultural protest.
The project culminated in a spectacular May Day Festival and Procession, featuring FREE artist-led workshops, activities and live entertainment, followed by a mass procession around Battersea Park, and ending with the ritual burning of a giant Jack in the Green sculpture.

Funded by: Pump House Gallery, Wandsworth B. C.,
Arts Council, Sir Walter St. John's educational charity, The National Lottery, Platform and Joule.


 
Light it! … a festival of light
Friday 20 October 2006
A Free Event for All Ages
Myatt’s Fields Park, Knatchbull Road, Camberwell,
London SE5

Artists; The Barefoot Company, Poulomi Desai, Disinformation, In Toto Theatre, Sofie Layton, Mandinga Arts, Howard Matthew, Ali Zaidi.
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For the first time, a beautiful Victorian park in South London was transformed into a dynamic performance space to celebrate the start of Winter, with multi-sensory performances by a range of artists and hundreds of local people.

 

   
 
Funded by The Arts Council of England,
Lambeth Arts, The Paul Hamlyn Foundation

 
 
Singer and The Song: A Celebration of Vocal Performance
The Theatre Museum, Covent Garden,
1st & 2nd September, 2006
For more information click here.

A 2 day site specific live performance event exploring the use of the voice and the genre of song, with a diverse range of practitioners coming from theatre, music, live art, dance, interactive technology and cabaret backgrounds. Artists: Bob and Roberta Smith, Jessica Voorsanger, Christopher Green, The Shout, Davida Hewlett, Mat Fraser, Emmanuelle Waekerle, Plan B, Kazuko Hohki and Frank Chickens, The Showponies, The Falcons, Carlos Otera, Silvana Maimone, Ursula Martinez.
 
ASSEMBLE at home
Ann-Marie LeQuesne invited you to
home movies
at
home London

Friday 18th November 05.

On June 7th 2005 a large group gathered at IKEA Edmonton for family photographs. The group was a fake group who were, mostly, not related to each other. They had come to IKEA for ASSEMBLE, the 8th Annual Group Photograph. www.theannualgroupphotograph.com On November 18th the ASSEMBLE photographs were displayed at home in south London. They were nicely framed and hung throughout the house. A home movie was shot around the dining room table at 8pm and projected in the sitting room.
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St. Margaret's Church Ale Performance Festival
July 22 - 24, 2005

Based on the tradition of the Church Ale and set in the inspiring historical environment of a medieval church in Suffolk, this unique event was the first ever residential performance festival at home Suffolk, and resurrected the ancient practice of the Ale; celebrating the feast day of St Margaret (20 July) the Patron Saint of the church, with a weekend of contemporary performance, dance, film & video, communal meals and family workshops.

Funded by; Heritage Lottery Fund, Arts Council England, Suffolk County Council, Mid Suffolk District Council, East of England Development Agency, Suffolk Development Agency. Business Sponsor; Aspals Cider

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Art & Money
Presented by
home @ The V&A
Friday 26th August 05.

A fun packed and provocative night of artists interactive performances and games, talks and tours, film screenings and music, investigating the relationship between Art and Money.

V&A Currency; Audience members paid £1 to enter each of the artist led games, competitions and activities occurring throughout the museum spaces. Their participation was rewarded with a V&A lottery ticket for each £1 spent. V&A lottery tickets were also hidden throughout the accessible museum spaces. Treasure hunt clues/maps hinting at locations were freely available.
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commissioned by the V&A Museum
www.vam.ac.uk

 
My Party this Way
four alternative artists tours of London

Architecture Week 2005
18 & 19 June, 2005 @home London

Shop * Drink * Ride * Barge your way around London
Four artists invited you on a personal tour of the city, aboard their own coach for a three-hour treat. Entertaining, informative, political and challenging, this series explored the real and imaginary life of the city experienced through its architectural delights and misdemeanours.
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Commissioned by the Arts Council of England for Architecture Week
 
Back to School at the Pool
Presented by home and Camberwell Arts
@ Camberwell Baths, 10 June 2005, 8.30pm – 11pm.

With a nostalgic look at our local public baths, home explored the highs and lows of compulsory swimming education.

Expect sinister undercurrents to fill the shallow pool as a ‘headmistressy’ Marcia Farquhar leads dark nursery rhyme games, with live accompaniment by band Marseille Figs. more

Commissioned by Camberwell Arts Festival www.camberwellarts.org.uk

 
Looking Good
Giovanna Maria Casetta
home London 15 April 2005

Looking Good was a new work by the Artist Giovanna Maria Casetta, specially commissioned by home London and Kettle’s Yard Cambridge. Filmed on location in the house at Kettles Yard, the work explores the issues surrounding the condition of depression, through the medium of 8mm film and performance. It looks at the taboos which still exist surrounding the condition and through the artists’ own experience, explores the way in which this suffering is often kept hidden or met with a refusal to be acknowledged. more

Funded by the Arts Council of England, East
 
The Performing Kitchen
Robin Deacon, Marcia Farquhar, Ursula Martinez, Gary Stevens
July 9th, 10th, 1th 2004


The Contemporary kitchen became the site for performance in this explosion of the current obsessions and taboos of cooking and eating. ‘The Performing Kitchen’ is an ensemble performance production which included some of Britains leading performance artists, in
a highly entertaining, incisive and humours exploration of the private and public life of the kitchen. more


Funded by the Arts Council of England
 
home in association with Camberwell Arts presented;
Ten things about ME...
Friday 18 June 2004 @ 8.30pm to 12 Midnight

A night of confession, strip tease, anarchy and some water aerobics, based around the number '10' and taking place in the swimming pool at Camberwell Leisure Centre, Artichoke Place SE5, as part of Camberwell Arts Week's 10th Anniversary Festival. more
 
Namesake
Joshua Sofaer
14 May 2004

‘…the proper name is only ever supposed to refer and not to mean.’

Julian Wolfreys,
The Derrida Reader:
Writing Performances Edinburgh University Press 1998 P17.

namesake is a rich multi-layered audio piece which tracks the journey of an artist – Joshua Sofaer – to discover the  roots and reverberations of his name. more

funded by the Arts Council of England
 
Home and the V & A presents:
Art & Food: Foodie Friday Late View
Friday 25 April 2003
 

‘home,’ in collaboration with the V&A’s contemporary team, explored the relationship between art and food through art performance, music, film, panel discussion
and tours of the museum’s collections, at the V&A. Visitors were invited to view or participate in the novel food events created specially for the V&A’s galleries and restaurants by a group of British and International artists.
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Commissioned by the V&A Museum
www.vam.ac.uk

 
Marcia Farquhar in Kitchen Front
@ The Habitat, Kings Road store, London.
Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 October 2002
free event.

As part of a weekend of events to re-launch the Habitat Kings Road store, former Chelsea girl Marcia Farquhar presented two performances made specially for the newkitchen department.
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Commissioned by Habitat www.habitat.co.uk
 
"cleanliness is next to godliness...but dirtiness
is next to heaven"

A Promenade Performance
Concept and Direction: Helena Goldwater

New Sound Design: Joseph Hyde
Performers: Sef Nakedborn, Adura Onashile, Jenni Potter, and Nicole Robinson
At Dulwich Pools, 45 East Dulwich Road, London SE22
October/November 2001
In association with home. more
 
Home2
July 9 - 10, 1999
Bobby Baker, Helena Bryant, Michelle Griffiths, Janet
Hand &Tessa Speak, Hayley Newman, Clare Roberts,
Joshua Sofaer, Gary Stevens, work-seth/tallentire, Julian Woropay.
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