DRAW TO PERFORM3 - A Two Day International Symposium of Drawing Performance
Saturday & Sunday, 30-31 July 10am-10pm at the Crows Nest Gallery near Portobello Market, London.
DRAW TO PERFORM3 - a two day international festival of live drawing performance features artists from the UK and around the world at Draw to Perform’s third annual symposium on Saturday & Sunday, 30-31 July 10am-10pm at the Crows Nest Gallery, near Portobello Market, London.
Draw to Perform is an international community for drawing performance, which is a stream of performance art in which artists create their artwork in front of a live audience. This stirring art form combines drawing, theatre, dance, and music into a vibrant and dynamic act.
The symposium is an exciting opportunity for the public to experience and celebrate the unique discipline of live drawing performance. Artist and curator Ram Samocha has gathered a stimulating selection of drawing performance artists from the UK and abroad to perform over two exciting days of live performances, video screening, discussion panel and workshops. The diversity of performances and activities throughout the day and proximity to the popular colorful Portobello Market, make this event a fabulous choice for a weekend of fun and inspiration.
Day One (Sat, 30 July 10am-10pm) features multiple short and long live performances, running simultaneously over 12 hours in four spaces of the gallery. This time the focus will be on COLLABORATIONS (between two or more artists, between artists and the viewers or between different art disciplines). The audience will be free to drop in throughout the day, walk around the different acts, observe and participate in some. Throughout the day there will also be lectures, video screening, and a discussion panel with participating artists.
Day Two (Sun, 31 July 10am-10pm) includes bookable workshops provided by international and local artists. The workshops provide the opportunity to experience the art form first hand, work with and be tutored by some of the leading artists in their field. There's no experience required to join the workshops and all abilities are welcomed.
Participants will draw live, share and discuss their outcomes and ideas. The workshops will explore drawing as performance and strategies for forming a dialog between drawing, process and performance. Drawing materials will be provided for all workshops.
The Draw to Perform Symposium is curated by artist Ram Samocha. Samocha also heads Draw to Perform, an international community for drawing performance, which has held previous international symposiums, collaborative events and educational workshops. The first and second Draw to Perform Symposiums were held in London in 2013 and 2015. Following the success of these events, recognition of Draw to Perform and its events has grown steadily and the community has showcased performance symposiums and workshops at Central Saint Martins (2013), Goldsmiths University (2015), and OCAD University, Toronto (2016).
Schedule:
DAY1 - Live Performances: Saturday, 30th July 2016, 10am-10pm.
Live drawing performances by Jonathan Polkest (UK), Ludo Pujol (France/UK), Kimvi Nguyen (Vietnam/UK), Jemma Dicken (UK), Hanna ten Doornkaat (Germany/UK), Nava Massas Waxman (Israel/Canada), Marcus Crandon (UK), Bruno Casanova (Portugal/UK), Ram Samocha (Israel/UK), Vera Martin (Brazil), Robert Luzar (Slovenia/Canada), Bettina Fung (Hong Kong/UK), Saranjit Birdi (UK), Francisco Fernando Granados (Guatemala /Canada), Greig Burgoyne (UK), Lezli Rubin-Kunda (Canada/Israel), Emma Vilina Fält (Finland), Cinzia Delnevo (Italy/UK),Brooke Carlson (Australia), Hitomi Kammai (Japan/UK), Jaanika Peerna (Estonia/USA), Marega Palser (UK), Agnieszka Karasch (Poland), and more.
DAY2 - Day of workshops: Sunday, 31th July 2016, 10am-10pm.
Drawing performance workshops by Ram Samocha (Israel/UK), Vera Martin (Brazil), Saranjit Birdi (UK), Lezli Rubin-Kunda (Canada/Israel), Greig Burgoyne (UK), Emma Vilina Fält (Finland), and more.
Video screening by Elma Riza, Karina Smigla-Bobinski, Neil Curtis, Kimbal Bumstead, Nicole Collins, Gerald Royston Curtis & Ram Samocha, Jonathan Van Dyke, Ilya Noe & Vanessa Enriquez, Jasmin Schaitl, Sheila Ivey, Jeroen Uyttendaele & Dewi de Vree, Giuliano Guatta, Elena Cologni, and more.
Tickets:
The event is open to the public and tickets can be bought from www.drawtoperform.com
Venue:
Crows Nest Gallery: 3-5 Crowthorne Road, London, W10 6RP
http://thekrah.wix.com/crowsnest
Contact:
For more information about Draw to Perform, please contact us:
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Workshops - schedule & information:
Workshop 1 (Sun 31/7 10:00-12:00) with Ram Samocha (Israel/UK)
Draw to Perform curator Ram Samocha will be focusing, in this workshop, on the process of drawing from white to black and from black to color; from abstraction to figurative, and from scribble to writing.
Workshop 2 (Sun 31/7 13:00-14:30) with Saranjit Birdi (UK)
Trained as an architect and dancer, Saranjit Birdi’s drawing practice explores the instrumentation of the whole body as an unfolding. This workshop will focus on physical limitations and boundaries: drawing with different parts of our anatomy, such as feet and elbow.
Workshop 3 (Sun 31/7 15:00-17:00) with Vera Martins (Brazil)
Brazilian artist Vera Martins has developed a unique drawing technique where she draws on large surfaces with a brush-whip made out of canvas strings. Her workshops allow interactive participation and are usually energetic and appeal to all ages.
Workshop 4 (Sun 31/7 16:00-18:00) with Lezli Rubin-Kunda (Canada/Israel)
Urban Drawing Interventions - How can we use drawing and marking to interact with the urban environment? In this workshop, we will discuss the possibilities for engaging with our immediate surroundings and the uses of drawing, beyond or apart from graffiti, in creating site-specific works.
We will explore the neighborhood of Crows Nest Gallery, finding marking materials and surfaces to work with, and gathering ideas. We will then create temporary site-specific drawing works, individually or in collaboration with each other or in participation with locals.
Workshop 5 (Sun 31/7 17:30-19:00) with Greig Burgoyne (UK)
Space, Limits, Body, Markmaking, Rules Play - Through accumulation, duration & endurance our gestures make spaces. In this workshop we will explore the role of markmaking as a means to both generate and test the limits of what 'our space' may be. Combining a logic verging on absurd, the making of our activated space maybe at odds with others who will be seeking to do the same. Can we negotiate or will we compete?
Workshop 6 (Sun 31/7 19:30-21:30) with Emma Fält (Finland)
The workshop is a journey through loneliness. Group will create collaborative drawing by using Ink, brushes and sticks, leaving traces of their movement and sounds on paper.
These acts of drawing propose ways to study contact with other and self. The workshop ponders the limits of ones physical body. It explores the space between energy and emotion, where the words have disappeared or not yet born.
Supported by Artcore [International]
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