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Rachel Lois Clapham
Rachel Lois Clapham is a curator and a writer, formerly of Live Art UK's Writing From Live Art, who now writes as part of Open Dialogues.
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Reviews
Temporary Art Show [20 April 2009]
"Wanted: artwork for unfunded exhibition. No funds available for travel, material or equipment expenses or artists' fees. Artists will supply all fittings, fixtures, furniture, provide their own publicity, handle their own sales (if any) and buy Read on…
Piece Hall, Halifax
6-27 March
Interspecies [29 January 2009]
Interspecies is a touring exhibition organised by the Arts Catalyst. It brings together a group of artists who actively question the sovereignty of the human species over animals. The show has recently been the subject of debate on the Live Art Read on…
Cornerhouse, Manchester
23 January - 22 March 2009
In Progress: Beggars Banquet [10 September 2008]
At the entrance to Beggars Banquet, visitors are greeted by two large (child sized) anthropomorphic figures. They are works from Cathy Hart and Esther Jervis’s individual sculptural practices. One, by Hart, is made from striped fabric and Read on…
House Gallery, London
1 - 13 September 2008
Get Lost: Claire Fontaine [22 July 2008]
The main gallery of the SLG is blacked out. Two monitors on opposite sides of the space flash intermittently with stills of tanned and glamorous fashion models with 1980’s hairdo’s - women on one screen and men on another. The two Read on…
South london Gallery, London
28 June 2008
East End Collaborations [1 June 2008]
East End Collaborations (EEC) is a collaboration between the Drama Department at Queen Mary, University of London, and the Live Art Development Agency. The one day programme offers a range of support structures for novice Live Art artists and Read on…
Queen Mary University, Arts Building, London
24 May 2008
ATM08 [7 May 2008]
That the ‘Asia Triennial Manchester 08’ (ATM08) – the UK’s first International Asian triennial featuring artists from India, Korea, Mainland China, Singapore and Taiwan – is in Manchester may come as a surprise for some. But Read on…
Various venues, Manchester
5 April –1 June
Best of Show: Jenna Watt at National Review of Live ARt (NRLA) 2008 [4 May 2008]
SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS AT NRLA. YOU’RE SHUTTLING FROM ONE PERFORMANCE TO ANOTHER, DIVING IN AND OUT OF QUEUES, NOT HAVING TIME TO EAT AND BEING CAUGHT UP IN THE MADNESS. THEN YOU STUMBLE ACROSS SOMETHING PERFECT, SOMETHING JUST FOR YOU AND JUST Read on…
Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
9 February - 9 May 2008
Performance: Kris Verdonck, IN [3 April 2008]
It’s the first day of the National Review of Live Art and the first work I’ve seen and I’m already challenged. NRLA Artist in Residence, Kris Verdonck, has put me in a difficult position. I am led into the darkness of Read on…
Tramway, Glasgow
6 February 2008
Performance: Claire, Auslander [3 April 2008]
The NRLA “One Year On” programme is a chance to see new work from NRLA Elevator artists who were the talking point of NRLA 2007. Claire was definitely one such talking point last year. Opinions about her 2007 durational piece Flagrante Read on…
Tramway, Glasgow
7 February 2008
Feeling Queer: Qasim Riza Shaheen in Queer Courtesan [3 April 2008]
As I stand in the waiting area for my one to one with Qasim Riza Shaheen, I watch a live relay of the person in front of me currently having his one to one inside the darkened performance space. He doesn’t know I can see him. He Read on…
Tramway, Glasgow
8 February 2008
Book Review. Yvonne Rainer: The Mind is a Muscle [21 February 2008]
The Mind is a Muscle is the latest in the One Work publication series by Afterall Books. Each book in the series is an in-depth look, by one author, at a single artwork that has shaped the landscape of contemporary art as we know it today. For Read on…
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2 October 2007 - 21 February 2008
Food for Thought [30 January 2008]
As the title suggests, Aaron Head’s solo show ‘What do I know About Bedford Anyway?’ takes an openly interrogative look at the once-thriving industrial and market town of Bedford. Bedford serves a dual function for Head. It is the Read on…
Aaron Head: What do I know About Bedford Anyway?
BCA Gallery, Bedford
8 December – 2 February
Dance Review: Joe Moran's 'My Father's Grace' [16 January 2008]
My Father’s Grace was devised and performed by Joe Moran and represented the finale of Dance Art, a short season of dance co-produced by Intimate Contenders and Falling Wide in London gallery spaces from October 07 – January 08. The Read on…
Wilkinson Gallery, London
8-9 January 2008
CLAIRE 'Flagrante Delicto' [14 December 2007]
For Flagrante Delicto the artist Claire refuses to use her surname and by this employs a deliberate strategy of anonymity. Claire’s anonymity is re-enforced in various texts accompanying the performance- in booklets, business cards and Read on…
Tramway, Glasgow
9 February 2007
The Long March (China) [7 December 2007]
Long March projects for Performa 2007 included; Nov 7-10: Long March- Xu Zhen, In Just a Blink of an Eye (2007), Nov 10 - Qiu Zhijie, The Thunderstorm Is Slowly Approaching (2007), Nov 11: Long March- Avant-Garde (2007), Nov 14: Long March- Zhao Read on…
Performa 07 (Various Venues), New York
7-14 November 2007
Micheal O'Connell's 'There is a Failing Man' [2 December 2007]
'There is a Failing Man' is a digital print on aluminium made specifically by artist Micheál O'Connell to sell to an anonymous collector. The image itself is taken from a computer simulated animation of an upside-down Read on…
C-Type Digital Print, 1 x 2 metres
11 September 2007 - 11 September 2008
A Chinese Frequency [22 November 2007]
Vital 07 – The Essence of Performance Chinese Arts Centre Manchester 20 and 21 November China. Chinese. Chinese Live Art. Chinese Artists. Where to begin when critiquing the work at Vital, the Manchester based International Chinese Read on…
Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
20-23 November 2007
'The Non-Event Event or A Curated Nothing' [21 November 2007]
Pablo Bronstein Ballet Park Avenue Presented by PERFORMA and Curated by Catherine Wood Last night I was one of the three people to be invited to a private patron's Park Avenue apartment to witness Pablo Bronstein's Ballet Park Avenue. We Read on…
a private upper east side residence., New York
16 November 2007
A Chinatown Remedy [13 November 2007]
Christian Jankowski Rooftop RoutinePresented By PERFORMA It’s 10am on November 3rd and a small, tired looking crowd stand on the rooftop of Ming Tower on Division Street, Chinatown. We have been invited here, to the roof of the artist Read on…
The Artist's House, New York
3 November 2007
A Hair Massacre [13 November 2007]
‘Haircuts by Children’ by Darren O’DonnellProduced with children studying at MS131, Dr. Sun Yat-sen Middle School in Chinatown by Art In General for PERFORMA07 Hair is not as external, shallow or simple as it may seem. Since Read on…
2 in 1 Hair Salon, New York
3 November 2007
Mahjong, 2007 [13 November 2007]
Mahjong, 2007 by artist He Yun Chang Presented by Chambers Fine Art for PERFORMA07. I went to Judson Church on Washington South yesterday to meet He Yun Chang whilst he prepared for his performance of Mahjong, 2007. Mahjong is a traditional Read on…
Washington Square Park, New York
9 November 2007
Please Note: This is Not a Traditional Ikebana Workshop' [13 November 2007]
BYOF (Bring Your Own Flowers) by Ei Arakawa and Amy Sillman Ikebana is the ancient Japanese art of flower arranging, or Kadō (the ‘way of flowers’), the traditional practise of which involves great skill and accomplished Read on…
Japan Society Lobby , New York
2 November 2007
'Will Things End Before They Start?' [12 November 2007]
TM Sisters Things Will End Before They Start at Artists Space Two women in matching retro dresses fly through the air. They soar through a pale blue sky, arms straight out in front of them, their gaze fixed intently elsewhere: somewhere Read on…
Artists Space, New York
2 November 2007
Stapelung (Stack) 2007 [4 November 2007]
‘Stapelung (Stack)’ 2007 A Five Channel Video Sculpture by John Bock P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre 28 October – 19 November 2007 Thursday thru Monday, 12 – 6pm FREE with museum admission Best known for his 1990’s Read on…
PS1 Moma, New York
28 October - 19 November 2007
Desperately Seeking Dave [2 November 2007]
November 1st 3-6 pm. Artist Dave McKenzie ‘I’ll Be There (2007)’ at Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building Plaza. On Thursday 1st November from 1-3 a black man in a leather jacket sits on a bench in Adam Clayton Powell Read on…
On a Bench, in New York
1 November 2007
'It Has Truly Been a Great Success...' [31 October 2007]
Francesco Vezzolli Right You Are ( If You Think you Are) by Luigi Pirandello, 1917 is a Performa 07 Commission produced by the Gagosian Gallery in collaboration with Performa and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation ‘It has truly been a Read on…
Guggenheim Museum, New York
27 October 2007
A One Night Stand With Heartbeat Drawing Sasaki' [18 October 2007]
Last Thursday I had a one-night stand with Japanese artist Heartbeat Drawing Sasaki. It was a wonderfully slow and strange physical encounter that lasted for several hours, throughout which I could hear - and feel - the pounding of Heartbeat Read on…
VINEspace , London
11 October 2007
Look What They Done To My Song [27 September 2007]
'Three songs - The Devil is Afraid of Music, What have they done to my song, Ma and How does it Feel to Feel? - were performed and filmed in the exhibition space of Matt’s Gallery, creating an open recording session and film set for three Read on…
Matts Gallery, London
19 September - 18 November 2007
Yara El-Sherbini 'Pub Quiz' [23 July 2007]
Part of Artsadmin Summer Season Question: why is a pub quiz Art? Answer: Because the quiz mistress says it is, and the quiz mistress is always right. This is how sometime stand-up comedienne and live art artist Yara El-Sherbini holds fort in Read on…
Artsdadmin, Toynbee studios, Arts Bar and Caf',
6 June 2007 to 6 June 2007
6 Hour Durational Performance: La Ribot 'Laughing Hole' [23 July 2007]
Durational Performance as part of the Artsadmin summer Season Written and directed by La RibotPerformed by Marie-Caroline Hominal, La Ribot, Delphine RosaySound Design and Performance Clive Jenkins For more info see Read on…
Toynbee studios, Artsadmin
6 June 2007 to 6 June 2007
Ellen Duckenfield 'The Ideal Recipe' [17 June 2007]
Shown as part of Brunel University's MA Contemporary Performance Making Showcase Festival Like millions of women across the UK, Ellen Duckenfield has an unhealthy obsession with food. However, her obsession does not stem from a modern concern Read on…
Battersea Arts Centre
6 June 2007 to 6 June 2007
Artsadmin Summer Season: Monitors Programme 1 and Screeenings 1 [16 June 2007]
The Artsadmin summer season launched on the 5th June with Screenings 1 and Monitors Programme 1. The two programmes were presented in different areas of Toynbee Studios with Screenings 1 in the Steve Whitson Studio and Monitors Programme 1 in Read on…
Artsadmin
6 June 2007 to 6 June 2007
Spill Festival presents 'Exquisite Pain' by Forced Entertainment [15 April 2007]
Forced Entertainment: after last nights' performance at Soho Theatre this experimental theatre groups name has never made more sense. Twin the name with the title of the show, 'Exquisite Pain', and you have some idea of what is at stake Read on…
Soho Theatre
4 April 2007 to 4 April 2007
Sheila Ghelani's 'Covet Me, Care for Me', A SPILL Commission [13 April 2007]
'Covet Me, Care For Me' is Sheila Ghelani's two room live installation situated inside the underground maze of Shunt Vaults. In comparison to the dirty industrial installation or performance spaces that surround it, Sheila's space Read on…
Shunt Vaults, Under London Bridge station
4 April 2007 to 4 April 2007
SPILL 'Feast' in collaboration with New Work Network and Artsadmin [13 April 2007]
I'm happy to report I had a great time at last nights Feast and, contrary to my initial worry, there were no irregular or performative interventions hidden amongst unsuspecting diners' food. It was simply good old fashioned eating and Read on…
Toynbee Studios
4 April 2007 to 4 April 2007
Kira O Reilly's 'Untitled (Syncope)' a SPILL Commisison [13 April 2007]
From the far end of a row of old railway arches underneath London Bridge station a white shape looms slowly out of the darkness. It slowly moves towards us. We strain to see more clearly but the shape is only glimpsed occasionally when shafts of Read on…
Shunt Vaults, Under London Bridge station
4 April 2007 to 4 April 2007
Eve Bonneau 'Body is the First Word I Say' [13 April 2007]
*I: a singular character. I is bold and sticks out between the lines on the page. A long stem with a blob on top-or a curve- as I write it. The smallest word there is for the most complex thing. I is theories, reflection, thought itself reduced to a Read on…
Shunt Vaults, Under London Bridge Station
4 April 2007 to 4 April 2007
'GAME' by Ben Zuhlcke [29 March 2007]
At first glance there is something odd about Ben Zuhlckes' photographs. His images depict ordinary people in and around Liverpool whose presence and gestures are extra-ordinarily out of synch with their everyday surroundings. The exhibition Read on…
International Gallery
3 March 2007 to 3 March 2007
Ginny Reed, 'Until my Pencil Runs Out' [15 March 2007]
‘Until My Pencil Runs Out' is a highly self-reflexive durational performance piece in which the artist Ginny Reed holds a pencil and walks around four walls of a studio whilst drawing a continuous line. The performance ends only when the Read on…
Tramway
2 February 2007 to 2 February 2007
Curious (Be) Longing. 10.02.07 [26 February 2007]
Written and performed by Leslie Hill and Helen Paris. The lights go up on Lesley playing electric guitar. It is an excellent rendition of a well-known blues classic. After a few bars she stops playing, moves closer to the microphone and begins her Read on…
Tramway,
2 February 2007 to 2 February 2007
Francesca Steele. ?ulse' A one to one Performance for The National Review of Live Art [25 February 2007]
Written during The National Review of Live Art. I put my name down on the list and got a date with you. As simple as that. You and I one to one from 2.50 to 3pm. At 2.48 I was asked to leave my bags outside, take my scarf off. Evidently there was Read on…
Tramway.
2 February 2007 to 2 February 2007
'Time Bank' by Kim Coleman and Jenny Hogarth [14 January 2007]
Inside a blacked out Associates, Gallery Manager Rebecca May Marston bends over backwards into a sharp crab shape, her hands and feet awkwardly face the same direction on the floor. A slide projector balances precariously on top of her stomach. She Read on…
Associates
12 December 2006 to 1 January 2007
Performative Action ?acific Avenue?by Marcus Young [1 December 2006]
Fresh off the train at Liverpool I'm looking for Marcus Young's performative action 'Pacific Avenue' on Church Street. It's wet, its windy, I've got very un-sensible shoes on, no brolly and I'm trying hard not to look too Read on…
the street.
10 October 2006 to 10 October 2006
Silent Sound [21 November 2006]
In 1865, Victorian spiritualists the Davenport Brothers performed a public séance in Liverpool’s spectacular St George’s Hall in front of an audience eager to commune with the dead. Fast-forward 141 years and artists Iain Forsyth and Read on…
St. George’s Hall, Liverpool
14 September
Greenland St, Liverpool
16 September – 26 November
Talking and Working with Jimmie Durham [31 October 2006]
Imagine an 'open studio' event. The artist has generously opened the doors to his private workspace to let you peek inside at him and the various unfinished works in progress. But once inside the studio you are forced to sit down and be quiet. Read on…
Matt's Gallery
10 October 2006 to 10 October 2006
Destricted: Art and Sex [26 October 2006]
Tickets for ‘Destricted: Art and Sex’ were sold out to an eager over 18’s audience weeks ago. Its popularity was no doubt due to the warnings of ‘real sex’ and ‘highly explicit’ pornographic content. The Read on…
Tate modern
9 September 2005 to 9 September 2006
The Disabled Avant Garde Today [23 October 2006]
For a start Gasworks was shut when I arrived. 15 minutes later the gallery staff turned up to unlock the building weighed down with newly bought crates of booze. OK, not too bad. But I had been standing outside, freezing, on the day of the Ovals Read on…
Gasworks
9 September 2006 to 10 October 2006
'Great Expectations' by Annalivia Lowendahl Atomic [13 August 2006]
Inside the empty Konsthall C I search for any visible signs of artwork by Swedish artist Annalivia Lowendahl Atomic. However, the only items I can find are twenty-one copies of the same paper press release stuck to the wall. Thoughts that this Read on…
Centrifug, Konsthall C, Sweden
10 October 2005 to 12 December 2005
Liverpool Live: A Festival of Urban Apparition [14 January 2006]
Liverpool Live was commissioned by Bluecoat Arts Centre and The Live Art Development Agency as part of the Liverpool Biennial 2006 and took the context of the city of Liverpool as its focus. The festivals specific subject matter of Liverpool's Read on…
Liverpool City Centre
10 October 2006 to 10 October 2006
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