Dear friends,

Please join myself and 27 invited artists, academics and runners from 16 organisations who will share their artwork, books and experiences at the RUN! RUN! RUN! Biennale 2016. The events are: November 21 Discussion/Leeds, November 23 Screening/London, November 24 Performance / Cardiff. This year’s programme explores running as a methodology and metaphor to think about how we connect with people around us, with a special spotlight on work by female artists, and new, live performances inside a stadium in Cardiff. Details (including how to get your free tickets) below.

Best wishes
Kai

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Curatorial framework: http://kaisyngtan.com/r3fest/2016-curatorial-statement/
Curatorial team: Dr Kai Syng Tan, Annie Grove-White, Dr Carali McCall
Website, complete programmes, bios: www.kaisyngtan.com/r3fest
Follow discussions on the day: #r3fest

‘Other conferences could take a leaf out of #r3fest’s book’ − Dr Alex Lockwood, Guardian 2014. Of the pioneering first biennale (RUN! RUN! RUN! International Festival of Running) exploring running as an arts and humanities discourse.

Join 3 female artist-researcher-runners Dr Kai Syng Tan, Annie Grove-White and Dr Carali McCall in 3 energising events in 3 cities. The RUN! RUN! RUN! Biennale 2016 #r3fest draws on the success of the inaugural RUN! RUN! RUN! International Festival of Running which took place at the Slade Research Centre in 2014. At the second run, now re-named RUN! RUN! RUN! Biennale 2016, we will explore running as a metaphor and methodology for us to think about the body, gender, ageing, the city and borders:

- How does running (dis)connect people across borders? November 21 / Leeds: Discussion. 2-4pm. MA Creative Studio. Leeds College of Art Blenheim Walk, LS2 9AQ. Participants include a Dean of School of Arts from Leeds Beckett (Dr Lisa Stansbie), a Reader in International Relations from Queens University Belfast (Dr Debbie Lisle), and a 74 year old retired academic who founded a network investigating the link between sport and art (Dr Doug Sandle). http://r3fest2016_leeds.eventbrite.co.uk

- How does running (dis)connect people with the city? November 23 / London: Screening. 6-8pm. Exhibition Room. Pearson Building (Department of Geography). UCL Gower Street, WC1E 6BT Representatives from two charitable organisations will join us: A Mile in her Shoes is a volunteer-led registered charity that helps women find their feet through running. Headway East London is a charity for people affected by brain injury. They will be responding to films that will be screened that evening made by artists including Annie Grove-White and Joe King (Royal College of Art). http://r3fest2016_london.eventbrite.co.uk

- How does running (dis)connect people with their body? November 24 / Cardiff: Performance. 6-9pm. National Indoors Athletics Centre. Cardiff Metropolitan University CF23 6XD. New live art will be premiered at the stunning National Athletics Indoor Stadium by international performance maker Eddie Ladd, artist Dr Carali McCall and Anna Brazier (who had retired from 30 years of practice as a psychologist). BBC writer and BAFTA winner Catrin Kean will also be presenting. http://r3fest2016_cardiff.eventbrite.co.uk

RUN! RUN! RUN! Biennale 2016 is sponsored by Leeds College of Art and run by the RUN! RUN! RUN! International Body for Research.

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