Last Saturday we successfully hosted an informal platform event at Norwich Arts Centre. It was an opportunity for some of our collective to try out performances to a small audience, and then discuss the outcomes afterwards.
Rebecca Wigmore opened, with a spoken piece about cellulite, followed by Michael Ridge experimenting with pressing his face against contact-miked glass, and then Dot and I did a new version of our piece. It's now called 'Species of Spaces' due to the slightly creature-like properties the objects acquire. For this version we explored the space under the NAC stage, crawling through girders and emerging, dust covered, in front of the audience.
We had a good audience (at least 20, which was brilliant considering we hadn't advertised it as a public event), and 5 stayed for the feedback discussion afterwards. I think all the artists found this a very useful exercise, and it is one we will be repeating in the near future.
In the meantime, Dot and I are performing at The Late Shift at Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, on Wednesday 17th December 5-8pm, so come along if you are in Norwich.
