Experimentica highlights:
Cathy Gordon, Moles Dancing, 2012. Courtesy the artists and Chapter, Cardiff
Cathy Gordon: Moles Dancing
Thu 22 Nov, 2-5pm & 7-9pm
Toronto based Cathy Gordon delves into topics of blindness and not knowing with her interactive sound art ‘Moles Dancing.’ Visitors are invited to engage in the art by
slipping on a pair of headphones, wearing a blindfold whilst stumbling into the mole hole for a clumsy encounter with a Bruce Springsteen backing track. www.cathygordon.com
Momus & Davida Hewlett
Wed 21 Nov, 8.30pm
Cardiff-based artist Davida Hewlett and Japan-based popstar and art critic Momus have collaborated over a two-week residency to explore their divergent approaches. The residency culminates in this unique, commissioned performance. www.imomus.com & www.davidahewlett.com
Anniversary – An Act of Memory: Monica Ross
Sat 24 Nov, 12 noon
The performance ‘Anniversary – An Act of Memory’ is broken up into 60 acts. The main focus of this play is the importance and relevance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The performance also includes voluntary performers from Cardiff, making up the entire Declaration along with artist Brighton-based Monica Ross. www.actsofmemory.net
A five-day Festival pass is £40/£25 or daily tickets are available for £12/£10/£8. For more information or to book tickets call Chapter’s Box Office on 029 2030 4400 or visit www.chapter.org
Chapter art centre celebrates its annual best of live art festival Experimentica: Unseen. The performance art returns on the 21 November with a five-day packed programme of different works, ranging from art to theatre. The programme takes place across Chapter’s gallery, theatre, cinemas, lightbox, studios and public spaces.
Chapter’s Head of Visual and Live Arts, Hannah Firth, explains, “This year we are presenting a range of exciting works that in some way consider the notion of ‘the unseen’ the challenging; the experimental; the genre defining.” Experimentica provides a platform for Welsh artists to produce or introduce their work.
“Experimentica is a fantastic opportunity to see a huge range of performance and interdisciplinary art, by practitioners from Wales and around the world, – it promises to be a thought-provoking and inspire exciting few days,” added Hannah.
Experimentica highlights:
Cathy Gordon, Moles Dancing, 2012. Courtesy the artists and Chapter, Cardiff
Cathy Gordon: Moles Dancing
Thu 22 Nov, 2-5pm & 7-9pm
Toronto based Cathy Gordon delves into topics of blindness and not knowing with her interactive sound art ‘Moles Dancing.’ Visitors are invited to engage in the art by
slipping on a pair of headphones, wearing a blindfold whilst stumbling into the mole hole for a clumsy encounter with a Bruce Springsteen backing track. www.cathygordon.com
Momus & Davida Hewlett
Wed 21 Nov, 8.30pm
Cardiff-based artist Davida Hewlett and Japan-based popstar and art critic Momus have collaborated over a two-week residency to explore their divergent approaches. The residency culminates in this unique, commissioned performance. www.imomus.com & www.davidahewlett.com
Anniversary – An Act of Memory: Monica Ross
Sat 24 Nov, 12 noon
The performance ‘Anniversary – An Act of Memory’ is broken up into 60 acts. The main focus of this play is the importance and relevance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The performance also includes voluntary performers from Cardiff, making up the entire Declaration along with artist Brighton-based Monica Ross. www.actsofmemory.net
A five-day Festival pass is £40/£25 or daily tickets are available for £12/£10/£8. For more information or to book tickets call Chapter’s Box Office on 029 2030 4400 or visit www.chapter.org