Performature : Performateur #1 and #2
Articulate project space and Tempe Jets 2019
Laura Altman, Melanie Herbert, Peter Farrar at the bus stop opposite Articulate project space in Parramatta Road, Leichardt
Conceived and Led by WeiZen Ho
Performature : Performateur #1
A collective of installation, sound and performing artists will explore ways of extending their visual and performance boundaries spatially and conceptually.
In this process they will consider reformulating the language/vocabulary that has been built up around their practices over time. The provocation is to identify and play with the concept of “performature and performateur”, investigating how those terms can shift their approach towards performance-devising. The exploration is also to consider aspects of each artist’s practice that expands the notion of what is ‘performative’.
The collective consists of: installation artists: Sue Callanan, Margaret Roberts, Kirtika Kain; performance artists: Stella Chen, Ryuichi Fujimura, Nicola Heywood, WeiZen Ho, Alan Schacher, Phillip Mills; Musicians: Laura Altman, Romy Caen, Phillipa Murphy-Haste, Melanie Herbert, Peter Farrar, Melanie Eden, Luiz Gabriel Gubeissi, Rhys Mottley; film artist: Hina Mir; product design student: Oliver Damian. Assisted by Madeline Menca and Sarah Keighery.
More details will be posted on http://articulate497.blogspot.com as the project evolves.
The collective mix changes, expanding and contracting over the course of the whole week. Articulate will be open for:
Research days : Tuesday -Thursday 26-28/3 11am-5pm
Actions & Performances #1 Friday 29/3 6-8pm
Actions & Performances #2 Saturday 30/3 3-5pm
Actions & Performances #3 Sunday 31/3 12-2pm
Performature : Performateur #2
The second iteration of Performature: Performateur took place in Tempe Jets a few months later as part of Splinter Orchestra’s Winter event. The collective for this site included: installation artists: Sue Callanan, Margaret Roberts; performance artists: Oliver Damian, Ryuichi Fujimura, WeiZen Ho, Phillip Mills, Kristina Tito; Musician/ Sound Artist: Stephen Adams.
