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EXPERIMENTICA15
04.11.15—08.11.15 #Experimentica
THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL TIM ETCHELLS: SOME IMPERATIVES
CAFFI BAR, 10am–10pm Some Imperatives is a durational performance and intervention. It comprises a sequence of short texts painted by a lone performer. PEOPLE SHOULD CLOSE THEIR EYES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED JUST TO SEE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE PEOPLE SHOULD ASK THEMSELVES ONCE AND FOR ALL WHICH SIDE THEY ARE ACTUALLY ON Some Imperatives presents a series of contradictory and poetic slogans, demands for change, absurd action and protest, philosophical reflection and political re-thinking. Each text — a declaration chosen by the performer from a long list provided by the artist — is painted on a wall and then later painted out, only to be replaced by a new text. Through this ongoing and somewhat circular process the location for the work accumulates a residue or trace of previous writings as well as displaying the most recent addition of text. Typically the graffiti slogan is a statement (and act) of certainty and conviction — a singular demand, a bold if impromptu statement — in Some Imperatives it is revealed as part of an inconstant, wavering process — a speaking and unspeaking, a writing, erasing and rewriting that reflects the city, its contradictory dreams and its shifting possibilities. www.timetchells.com
DRWY GYDOL YR ŴYL GEORGE BARBER: AKULA DREAM
GALLERY George Barber rose to prominence in the 1980s as a pioneer of the Scratch Video movement which sampled clips from Hollywood films, using the untried sampling technology of the day to create an unprecedented orchestration of sound, vision, repeat edits and rhythm. Since then, Barber has developed a large and varied body of work, incorporating found footage, performative monologues and narrative films. Chapter is delighted to present a solo exhibition entitled ‘George Barber: Akula Dream’. The centrepiece is a new work — of the same name — that features an old Russian submarine, armed with ballistic nuclear missiles, and a new captain; yet Captain Pavel seems to care very little for practical matters or protocol. In fact, he dresses in a cassock, grows a long beard, and practices shamanic drumming. On this strange, unspecified mission, Captain Pavel and the crew begin to project out into the world to see their future and everything above the waves in sharp clarity. Fences Make Senses (2014), The Freestone Drone (2013) and Shouting Match (2004–2011) also feature in the exhibition. Barber’s works have been shown at many international festivals, competitions, galleries, have been broadcast on television throughout the world and awarded major prizes. Recently, he has had work shown at Kate MacGarry, Whitechapel Gallery, Split Film Festival (Croatia), Royal Academy, Tate Britain, and Victoria & Albert Museum. He has had retrospectives at the ICA, and Dundee Contemporary Arts. In autumn 2015 he has solo exhibitions at Waterside Contemporary, London and at Young Projects, Los Angeles. Barber is Professor of Art & Media at the University for the Creative Arts and is represented by Waterside Contemporary (waterside-contemporary.com). www.georgebarber.net Gallery Open: 04, 07 & 08, 12–6pm 05 & 06, 12–8pm
Cover/Clawr: Anna Natt, Uro. Photo / Llun: Roger Rossell Below / Isod: Tim Etchells, Some Imperatives ©Tim Etchells
Gallery Open Tues, Weds, Sat & Sun 12-6pm Thurs & Fri 12-8pm Closed Monday
TIM ETCHELLS: SOME IMPERATIVES
CAFFI BAR, 10am–10pm Mae Some Imperatives yn berfformiad ac ymyrraeth gyfnodol. Mae’n cynnwys dilyniant o destunau byr a baentiwyd gan berfformiwr unigol. PEOPLE SHOULD CLOSE THEIR EYES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED JUST TO SEE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE PEOPLE SHOULD ASK THEMSELVES ONCE AND FOR ALL WHICH SIDE THEY ARE ACTUALLY ON Mae Some Imperatives yn cyflwyno cyfres o sloganau anghyson a barddonol, galwadau am newid, i weithredu’n afresymol, i brotestio, i fyfyrio’n athronyddol ac i ailystyried gwleidyddiaeth. Mae pob testun — datganiad a ddewisir gan y perfformiwr o restr hir a ddarperir gan yr artist — yn cael ei baentio ar wal ac yna, wedi hynny, yn cael ei ddisodli gan destun newydd. Drwy gyfrwng y broses barhaus a chylchol hon, mae lleoliad y gwaith yn casglu gwaddod neu olion y braeddegau blaenorol yn ogystal ag arddangos y testun mwyaf diweddar. Fel arfer, ystyrir slogan graffiti yn ddatganiad (a gweithred) o sicrwydd ac argyhoeddiad — galwad unigolyddol a beiddgar, os byrfyfyr hefyd. Yn Some Imperatives, caiff anwadalwch ac ansicrwydd y cyfrwng ei ddatgelu — mae’n datgan ac yna’n tewi, yn ysgrifennu, yn dileu ac yn ailysgrifennu a hynny’n adlewyrchiad o ddinas, ei breuddwydion anghyson a’i phosibiliadau cyfnewidiol. www.timetchells.com
GEORGE BARBER: AKULA DREAM
ORIEL Daeth George Barber i amlygrwydd yn y 1980au fel arloeswr gyda mudiad ‘Scratch Video’ a oedd yn cynnwys samplu o ffilmiau Hollywood. Defnyddiodd dechnolegau samplo datblygol y cyfnod i greu trefniannau cerddorfaol digynsail o sain, deunydd gweledol, golygiadau ailadroddus a rhythm. Ers hynny, datblygodd Barber gorff sylweddol ac amrywiol o waith, sydd yn ymgorffori deunydd ffilm hapgael, ymsonau perfformiadol a ffilmiau naratif. Mae Chapter yn falch iawn o gyflwyno arddangosfa unigol o’r enw ‘George Barber: Akula Dream’. Mae darn newydd, â’r un enw, yn ganolbwynt i’r arddangosfa. Yn Akula Dream, mae capten newydd, o’r enw Pavel, yn cymryd cyfrifoldeb dros hen long danfor Akula Rwsiaidd — ond nid yw Capten Pavel fel petai’n poeni’r ormodol am ystyriaethau ymarferol neu brotocol. Mae e’n gwisgo casog ac yn tyfu barf hir, a’i hoff ddifyrrwch yw drymio siamanaidd. Yn ystod cwest amhenodol a rhyfedd, mae Capten Pavel a’r criw yn dechrau gweld eu dyfodol a phob peth uwchlaw’r tonnau mewn cryn fanylder. Bydd yna gyfle hefyd i weld Fences Make Senses (2014), The Freestone Drone (2013) a Shouting Match (2004–2011). Dangoswyd gweithiau Barber mewn nifer o wyliau, cystadlaethau ac orielau rhyngwladol ac fe’u darlledwyd ar sianeli teledu ledled y byd gan ennill iddo wobrau o bwys. Yn ddiweddar, dangosodd waith yn Kate MacGarry, Oriel Whitechapel, Gŵyl Ffilm Split (Croatia), yr Academi Frenhinol, Tate Britain ac Amgueddfa Victoria ac Albert. Cynhaliwyd dau arolwg o bwys o’i waith, yn yr ICA ac yn Nghanolfan Celfyddydau Cyfoes Dundee. Yn ystod hydref 2015, bydd yn cyflwyno arddangosfeydd unigol yn Waterside Contemporary, Llundain ac yn Young Projects, Los Angeles. Mae Barber yn Athro Celfyddyd a’r Cyfryngau ym Mhrifysgol y Celfyddydau Creadigol ac fe’i cynrychiolir gan Waterside Contemporary (waterside-contemporary.com). www.georgebarber.net Oriel ar agor: 04, 07 & 08, 12–6pm 05 & 06, 12–8pm
WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER MIKE PEARSON, JOHN ROWLEY & IAN WATSON TESTIMONY: THE UNITED STATES (1885-1915)
STIWDIO, 12–8PM A live durational reading of American author Charles Reznikoff’s extraordinary poetic text Testimony: The United States (1880-1915). In the early 1930s, Reznikoff began to search through thousands of pages of court transcripts, condensing the details of crimes and misdemeanours into short poems — glimpses of terrible assaults, careless accidents, desolate scenes, unresolved events. In unadorned narratives, without commentary or interpretation or judgement, Reznikoff evokes moods and people and places — a witness to the banality of evil, creating perfect pictures in the mind’s eye. And as they pile up, the poems create a vivid documentary of the underbelly of a troubled nation still coming into being.
DUNCAN BETT & KARIN DIAMOND: YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT TO US
COMMON ROOM, 5PM Duncan Bett and Karin Diamond have had the honour of being enslaved in telephone call centres as ‘customer care’ representatives (a term as troubling and misleading as ‘military intelligence’). Taking calls from the rudest and kindest people in the UK they have fielded conversations about everything from the wrong bird sound used on The Archers to negotiating compulsory excess on a multi-vehicle premium — whilst being recorded and monitored for quality and control purposes. To save their souls they have begun the therapeutic process of preparing a performative meditation on the dehumanising effects of sticking to the script.
Dydd Mercher 4 Tachwedd OFF THE PAGE: CURATED BY SAMUEL HASLER
MEDIA POINT, 6PM Off The Page is a regular Chapter event where artists and writers exhibit, perform or discuss new work. At these events we try to create an atmosphere of openness and encouragement. We try to work lo-fi with a DIY ethos. The works are usually focused on the use of text within the visual arts. Often this is readings or printed matter, but it has included all sorts of other activity. As part of Experimentica, we are hoping to bring a bit of the ‘unknown’ and ‘unplanned’. Three artists will be presenting their works. It could be calm, it could be chaos, we’ll just have to wait and see. www.samuelhasler.co.uk
PME-ART: THE DJ WHO GAVE TOO MUCH INFORMATION
THEATRE, 7–10PM The Listening Party takes place at Spillers Records at 1pm on Thursday 5 November. The DJ Who Gave Too Much Information (HOSPITALITY 5) explores the way music — and the stories that surround it — infiltrate our personal and social lives, affecting our ongoing understanding of love, work and how we think society should operate. This ongoing performance allows the audience to come and go freely, have a drink at the bar leave to see a performance and come back again. The day after the performance, the public is also invited to a special encounter called Bring your own Record/Listening Party, where anyone can bring their own record and tell a story of their own in a casual atmosphere, raising every kind of question. Created by Caroline Dubois, Claudia Fancello and Jacob Wren Continued by Karine Denault, Marie Claire Forté and Adam Kinner Performed by Caroline Dubois, Claudia Fancello and Jacob Wren
@EverySongIveEve www.everysongiveeverwritten.com/en A PME-ART production, in co-production with FFT (Düsseldorf), in collaboration with Studio 303 (Montréal) and Noorderzon Festival (Groningen), with the support of The Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, The Conseil des arts de Montréal, and The Kunststiftung NRW (Arts Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
Left to right / O’r chwith i’r dde: Duncan Bett & Karin Diamond, Your Call Is Important To Us, 2015; PME-ART, The DJ Who Gave Too Much Information, 2015
MIKE PEARSON, JOHN ROWLEY & IAN WATSON TESTIMONY: THE UNITED STATES (1885-1915)
STIWDIO, 12–8PM Darlleniad byw o Testimony: The United States (1880-1915), gwaith barddonol hynod yr awdur Americanaidd, Charles Reznikoff. Yn y 1930au cynnar, dechreuodd Reznikoff archwilio miloedd o dudalennau o drawsgrifiadau achosion llys, a chrynhoi manylion troseddau er mwyn eu troi yn gerddi byrion — cipolygon ar ymosodiadau ofnadwy, damweiniau esgeulus, golygfeydd truenus, digwyddiadau heb eu datrys. Mewn naratifau diaddurn ac heb sylwebaeth neu ddehongliad o unrhyw fath, mae Reznikoff yn galw i gof deimladau a phobl a lleoedd — tystion i gyffredinedd anfadwaith, sydd yn creu delweddau perffaith yn llygad y meddwl. Wrth i’r cerddi bentyrru, maent yn creu dogfen fyw o is-fyd cenedl gythryblus ddatblygol.
DUNCAN BETT & KARIN DIAMOND: YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT TO US
YSTAFELL GYFFREDIN, 5PM Yn gymharol ddiweddar, cafodd Duncan Bett a Karin Diamond y ‘fraint’ o fod yn gaeth mewn canolfannau galw, yn gweithio fel ‘cynrychiolwyr gofal cwsmeriaid’ (term sydd mor broblematig a chamarweiniol â ‘gwybodaeth filwrol’). Fe dderbynion nhw alwadau gan bobl fwyaf anfoesgar a phobl garedicaf y Deyrnas Gyfunol, a chofnodi cwynion am yr adar anghywir yn canu ar The Archers a cheisiadau i ychwanegu gyrwyr arall at bolisïau yswiriant — a’r cyfan wrth iddyn nhw gael eu monitro at bwrpasau ansawdd a rheolaeth. Er mwyn achub eu heneidiau, maen nhw wedi dechrau ar y broses therapiwtig o baratoi myfyrdod perfformiadol ar effeithiau dadddyneiddiol dilyn y sgript.
OFF THE PAGE: WEDI’I GURADU GAN SAMUEL HASLER
PWYNT CYFRYNGOL, 6PM Mae Off The Page yn ddigwyddiad rheolaidd sy’n caniatáu i artistiaid ac awduron arddangos, perfformio neu drafod gwaith newydd. Yn y digwyddiadau hyn, rydym yn ceisio creu awyrgylch agored ac anogol. Rydym yn ceisio mynd ati ag ethos ‘lo-fi’, DIY. Mae’r gweithiau yn canolbwyntio fel arfer ar y defnydd o destun yn y celfyddydau gweledol. Yn aml, mae hyn yn golygu darlleniadau neu ddefnydd o ddeunydd print, ond gall gynnwys hefyd bob math o weithgareddau eraill. Yn rhan o Experimentica, rydym yn gobeithio cyflwyno elfen ‘anhysbys’ a rhywfaint o anhrefn i bethau. Bydd tri artist yn cyflwyno eu gwaith. Fe allai’r sesiwn fod yn dawel neu fe allai pethau fod yn anhrefn llwyr — bydd yn rhaid i ni aros i gael gweld. www.samuelhasler.co.uk
PME–ART: The DJ Who Gave Too Much Information
THEATR, 7PM–10PM Cynhelir Y Parti Gwrando yn siop recordiau Spillers am 1pm ar ddydd Iau 5 Tachwedd. Mae The DJ Who Gave Too Much Information (HOSPITALITY 5) yn edrych ar y modd y mae cerddoriaeth — a’r straeon sy’n gysylltiedig â hi — yn mynd i mewn i’n bywydau personol a chymdeithasol, gan effeithio ar ein dealltwriaeth o gariad, gwaith a’r ffordd y dylai cymdeithas weithio. Mae’r perfformiad parhaus hwn yn caniatáu i’r gynulleidfa i fynd a dod fel y mynnont, i gael diod yn y bar, mynd i weld perfformiad a dychwelyd. Y diwrnod ar ôl y perfformiad, gwahoddir y cyhoedd hefyd i ‘Barti Gwrando / Dewch â’ch record eich hun’. Y syniad yw eich bod yn dod â record a stori ac yn codi cwestiynau o bob math mewn awyrgylch anffurfiol. Crëwyd gan Caroline Dubois, Claudia Fancello a Jacob Wren Parhad y prosiect gan Karine Denault, Marie Claire Forté ac Adam Kinner Perfformiwyd gan Caroline Dubois, Claudia Fancello a Jacob Wren
@EverySongIveEve www.everysongiveeverwritten.com/en Cynhyrchiad gan PME-ART ar y cyd â FFT (Düsseldorf), gyda chydweithrediad Studio 303 (Montréal) a Gŵyl Noorderzon (Groningen), a chefnogaeth y Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, y Conseil des arts de Montréal a’r Kunststiftung NRW (Sefydliad Celfyddydol Gogledd y Rhein-Westffalia, Yr Almaen).
THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER PME-ART: BRING YOUR OWN RECORD/ LISTENING PARTY
SPILLERS RECORDS, MORGAN ARCADE, 1PM See Wednesday for details.
RICHARD BOWERS: AN ESSAY ON MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI’S 1966 FILM, ‘BLOW-UP’
CINEMA 2, 2.30PM Antonioni’s film, Blow Up, portrays a photographer who uses his medium to seek the truth but fails to find it when a group of his blown up photos reveal the body of a murder victim. Flitting disdainfully between social encounters and situations, he is left in a story without resolution. But the basic premise of the film is a lie: enlarging and cropping a photograph progressively reduces the interpretability of the image. However, a degraded image, pushed well beyond its ability to represent a likeness, can still evoke an essence. Richard Bowers interrogates the details in the film to yield textures of beauty and perplexity — sonic and visual blow ups. www.richardbowers.co.uk
From left to right / O’r chwith i’r dde: Sarah Duffy, Enjoy The Silence. Photo / Llun: Alice Jacobs; Doppelgangster, TITANIC. Photo / Llun: Jorge Lizalde; Sleepdogs, The Bullet and the Bass Trombone. Photo / Llun: Paul Blakemore; Gareth Clark & Agnieska Blonska (F.E.A.R.)
DOPPELGANSTER: TITANIC
CHAPTER, 5PM Doppelgangster’s TITANIC has drawn from the screenplay for James Cameron’s 1997 epic Hollywood tear-jerker and a maelstrom of other sources including the Titanic DVD Special Features Disk and eye witness statements of people who actually saw the film at the movies. Cameron’s narrative is subverted by competing historical, fictionalised and completely fantastic accounts, as early 20th Century political spin, media confusion and public anxiety are given voice, amplification and a flare gun. TITANIC is about ‘educated guesses’, ‘operational matters’ and the impossible pursuit of ‘truth’. This most grand spectacle is staged entirely from a shipping container and stars Titanic Director, Cameron; Korean karaoke star Ms Celine Dion; Rose (an actual rose) and reallife, handsome (though slightly aged) Leonardo DiCaprio. www.doppelgangster.com
SARAH DUFFY: ENJOY THE SILENCE
MEDIA POINT, 6.15PM Sarah Duffy is concerned with the practice of belly speaking, or speaking without movement of the lips, which extends far back throughout various religions and spiritual practices, chronicling the complex relationship humans have had with the voice. Women were particularly associated with the practice at its beginnings. Like The Pythia (The Oracle of Delphi) many women who were engaged in spiritual and necromantic practices utilised illusion, cunning and trickery alongside the practice of belly speaking. Fascinated by the history of these lauded and yet often vilified female figures, Duffy set out to learn this discipline for herself. For Experimentica, she will be performing a live ventriloquist version of Depeche Mode’s ‘Enjoy The Silence’; a song that, despite its lyrical eloquence, attempts to persuade the listener of the violence and uselessness of words. www.sarahcduffy.co.uk
GARETH CLARK & AGNIESZKA BLONSKA: (F.E.A.R.)
STIWDIO, 7PM This performance is looking at what we as human beings are afraid of. Our human instinct of fear was developed to keep us safe, aware of predators but our sense of fear has now moved beyond that to irrational and self-made demons that are less about coming face-toface with danger and harm and more to do with losing face. By exploring fear as a concept Clark seeks to address an idea that these so called fears are part of his cultural identity.
Devised in collaboration with Agnieszka Blonska and developed through research from an Arts Council of Wales Creative Wales Award, (F.E.A.R.) explores the life of a middle aged man who has a story.
SLEEPDOGS: THE BULLET AND THE BASS TROMBONE
THEATRE, 8.30PM There’s a concert orchestra trapped in a city during a military coup. As violence erupts, with pitched battles breaking out around them, the orchestra becomes separated — lost — hoping and trying to find their way back to each other. The composer is left to tell the story. With an intricate, fractured narrative and haunting soundtrack, The Bullet and the Bass Trombone is a modern hymn to people and places now lost. The story comes together from the smallest of pieces, like a mosaic: a whistling bird in the jungle; a gunfight on an airport runway; a murder in a forest of music stands. It’s a fugue of voices, memories and sounds, played by a lone performer trying to make sense of the chaos. Sleepdogs is a collaboration between writer/composer Timothy X Atack and producer/director Tanuja Amarasuriya. Words and music by Timothy X Atack/Directed by Tanuja Amarasuriya A Bristol Old Vic Ferment commission. Produced by MAYK. Developed with support from Parabola Arts Centre, Live Theatre, The Empty Space and Forest Fringe. Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
www.sleepdogs.org
Dydd Iau 5 Tachwedd PME-ART: BRING YOUR OWN RECORD/ LISTENING PARTY SPILLERS RECORDS, MORGAN ARCADE, 1PM Gweler manylion ar dudalen dydd Mercher.
RICHARD BOWERS: AN ESSAY ON MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI’S 1966 FILM, ‘BLOW-UP’
SINEMA 2, 2.30PM Mae ffilm Antonioni, Blow Up, yn bortread o ffotograffydd sy’n defnyddio’i gyfrwng i geisio’r gwirionedd ond yn methu ei ddarganfod. Mae craffu’n fanwl ar gyfres o luniau yn datgelu corff person a lofruddiwyd. Wrth iddo wibio rhwng sefyllfaoedd a chyfarfyddiadau cymdeithasol, caiff ei adael mewn stori heb ddiweddglo. Ond mae cynsail y ffilm ei hun hefyd yn gelwydd: mae ehangu a chropio llun yn lleihau’r dehongliadau posib o ddelwedd. Fodd bynnag, gall delwedd wedi’i diraddio, wedi ei gwthio ymhell y tu hwnt i’w gallu i gyfleu tebygrwydd, gyfleu hanfod o hyd. Bydd Richard Bowers yn cyflwyno fersiwn newydd o’r ffilm ac yn defnyddio manylion i gynhyrchu gweadau yn llawn harddwch a dryswch — ‘blow ups’ sonig a gweledol. www.richardbowers.co.uk
DOPPELGANGSTER: TITANIC
CHAPTER, 5PM Mae TITANIC gan Doppelgangster yn tynnu ar sgript ffilm epig James Cameron ym 1997 a llond lle o ffynonellau eraill, gan gynnwys DVD Deunydd Ychwanegol Titanic a datganiadau gan lygad-dystion a welodd y ffilm yn y sinema. Caiff naratif Cameron ei wyrdroi gan adroddiadau hanesyddol a datganiadau ffuglennol cyferbyniol a ffantastig wrth i ‘spin’ gwleidyddol a dryswch cyfryngol blynyddoedd cyntaf yr 20fed ganrif gael eu cyfleu, eu mynegi a’u fflamio fel petai â ffagl. Mae TITANIC yn ymwneud â ‘dyfalu gwybodus’, ‘materion gweithredol’ a’r cwest seithug i gael at y ‘gwirionedd’. Caiff y sioe fawreddog ei llwyfannu oddi mewn i gynhwysydd morwrol yn gyfan-gwbl ac mae’n cynnwys cyfarwyddwr Titanic, Cameron; y seren karaoke o Corea, Ms Celine Dion; Rose (rhosyn go iawn) a’r Leonardo DiCaprio golygus go iawn (er ei fod yntau ychydig yn hŷn erbyn hyn). www.doppelgangster.com
SARAH DUFFY: ENJOY THE SILENCE
PWYNT CYFRYNGOL, 6.15PM Mae Duffy yn ymwneud â’r arfer o ‘siarad bol’, neu siarad heb symudiad y gwefusau, sydd yn estyn yn ôl drwy hanesion gwahanol grefyddau ac arferion ysbrydol. Mae’r cyflwyniad hwn yn croniclo’r berthynas gymhleth rhwng pobl a’u lleisiau dros y blynyddoedd. Roedd merched yn arbennig yn gysylltiedig â’r arfer ar y dechrau. Fel y Pythia (Yr Oracl Yn Delffi) roedd llawer o fenywod a oedd yn ymwneud ag arferion ysbrydol a necromantig yn defnyddio rhith, cyfrwystra ac ystrywiau ar y cyd â’r arfer o ‘siarad bol’. Wedi’i swyno gan hanes y ffigurau benywaidd hyn — a dderbyniodd ganmoliaeth a chollfarn fel ei gilydd — aeth Duffy ati i ddysgu’r ddisgyblaeth ei hun. Yn Experimentica, bydd hi’n perfformio fersiwn wedi’i thafleisio o gân Depeche Mode, ‘Enjoy the Silence’ — cân sydd, er gwaethaf ei huodledd telynegol, yn ceisio perswadio’r gwrandäwr bod geiriau yn bethau treisgar a diwerth. www.sarahcduffy.co.uk
GARETH CLARK & AGNIESZKA BLONSKA: (F.E.A.R.) STIWDIO, 7PM Mae’r perfformiad hwn yn archwilio’r hyn sy’n codi ofn arnom fel bodau dynol. Datblygodd ein greddf i deimlo ofn er mwyn ein cadw ni’n ddiogel ac er mwyn i ni fod yn ymwybodol o ymosodiadau. Bellach, mae ein hofn wedi esblygu i gynnwys cythreuliaid afresymol o’n gwneuthuriad ein hunain — a’r rheiny’n ymwneud nid yn gymaint â pherygl a niwed corfforol ond â cholli wyneb. Drwy archwilio ofn fel cysyniad, mae Clark yn ceisio mynd i’r afael â’r syniad bod yr ofnau honedig hyn yn rhan o’i hunaniaeth ddiwylliannol.
Dyfeisiwyd y gwaith ar y cyd ag Agnieszka Blonska ac fe’i datblygwyd gyda chymorth Dyfarniad Cymru Greadigol gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru. Mae (F.E.A.R.) yn archwiliad o fywyd dyn canol oed a chanddo stori i’w hadrodd.
SLEEPDOGS: THE BULLET AND THE BASS TROMBONE
THEATR, 8.30PM Mae aelodau o gerddorfa yn gaeth mewn dinas yn ystod coup milwrol. Wrth i’r brwydro ddwysau, mae aelodau’r gerddorfa yn cael eu gwahanu a chaiff y cyfansoddwr ei adael ar ôl i adrodd y stori. Â naratif cymhleth a thrac sain swynol, mae The Bullet and the Bass Trombone yn emyn fodern o fawl i bobl a lleoedd sydd bellach wedi’u colli. Daw’r stori at ei gilydd ar sail y dernyn lleiaf, fel mosaig: aderyn sy’n chwibanu yn y jyngl; brwydr mewn maes awyr; llofruddiaeth mewn coedwig o standiau cerddoriaeth. Mae’n ffiwg o leisiau, atgofion a seiniau, wedi’i chwarae a’i pherfformio gan berfformiwr unigol sy’n ceisio gwneud synnwyr o’r anhrefn. Mae Sleepdogs yn gydweithrediad rhwng yr awdur / cyfansoddwr, Timothy X Atack, a’r cynhyrchydd / cyfarwyddwr, Tanuja Amarasuriya. Geirau a cherddoriaeth gan Timothy X Atack / Cyfarwyddwyd gan Tanuja Amarasuriya. Comisiynwyd gan gynllun ‘Ferment’ y Bristol Old Vic. Cynhyrchwyd gan MAYK. Datblygwyd â chefnogaeth Canolfan Gelfyddydau Parabola, Live Theatre, The Empty Space a Forest Fringe. Cefnogwyd gan y Loteri Genedlaethol drwy gyfrwng Gyngor Celfyddydau Lloegr.
www.sleepdogs.org
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FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER Sian Robinson Davies & Rebecca Green: Alternate
COMMON ROOM, 2PM Two performers talk, speaking alternate words. They use this method to see what happens to meaning when they can only plan one step at a time. Attempting to ‘listen ahead’ to one another, they often find their way to surprising places; places they doubt either one of them would have got to on their own. www.sianrobinsondavies.com
THOMAS GODDARD: AN INTERVIEW WITH…
MEDIA POINT, 4pm Artists have always used interviews to shape the public’s view of them and their work. Within this are the extremes of silence and confessing everything — glossing over sources, complicating influences, self-aggrandising claims to arcane knowledge, kinship or torture. In an evolving series of artist interviews, Thomas Goddard will interview Thomas Goddard to see if it gets us any closer to the truth. www.thomas-goddard.com
DOPPELGANGSTER: TITANIC CHAPTER, 5PM See Thursday for details.
KATHRYN ASHILL: POSTER BOY
CAFFI BAR, 6.15PM ‘Poster Boy’ is a new body of performance and installation work by Kathryn Ashill that centres on the brooding hero Heathcliff from Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights. The idea focuses on the multiple international representations of this famous male lead in television and film productions. Through the performance Ashill specifically focuses on Cliff Richard’s portrayal of the character. In 1997, at the age of 56, he was critically slammed for taking on a musical version of the role. He then famously refused critics to attend early performances and only at the end of the production’s run did he allow critique.
Dydd Gwener 6 Tachwedd GABRIEL DHARMOO: ANTHROPOLOGIES IMAGINAIRES
THEATRE, 7PM Anthropologies Imaginaires is a solo vocal performance, which interacts with a video mockumentary. The featured ‘experts’ comment on invented vocal traditions demonstrated by the singer-performer. The music is inspired by various odd and/or isolated vocal expressions found across the world, but revisited through imaginary folklore and experimental extended voice techniques. In a reversal of academic lecture conventions, the subject of analysis and scrutiny is physically present on stage, as opposed to the speakers. Anthropologies Imaginaires showcases the virtuosity, versatility and strangeness of the human voice. This wide range of vocal techniques questions the concept of normality by reminding audiences how people across the world use the voice differently to convey their cultural identities and artistic sensibilities. www.soundcloud.com/gabrieldharmoo
ANNA NATT: URO
STIWDIO, 8PM Uro is what remains when the pomp is extracted from a bullfight, its parts deconstructed and examined as individual postures and movements. Reduced to its elements, the bullfight becomes a spectacle imbued with calculated bravado, performed machismo and the unabashed animal body. By stepping into the bodies of both bull and bullfighter, the lines between human and animal are blurred. Underscoring the importance of the relation between our most raw emotions and their connection to tradition, Uro transmits what might be perceived during a bullfight on a physical and visceral level. The contradictory nature of something that can be both gruesome and beautiful is communicated in a manner which opens a dialogue about what the senses perceive and how the body reacts. A study of man vs. nature, masculinity vs. meat, taut flesh vs. trembling flesh. www.annanatt.com
www.kathrynashill.com
From left to right / O’r chwith i’r dde: Kathryn Ashill, Poster Boy, 2015; Mike Pearson, John Rowley & Ian Watson, Testimony: The United States (1885–1915); Thomas Goddard, Brando Facepalm, 2015; Aaron Williamson, Demonstrating The World. Photo / Llun: Manuel Vason; Rosa Nussbaum, Becoming Kanye, 2015; Duvet Brothers, Blue Monday, 1984. Courtesy the artists and LUX / drwy garedigrwydd yr artist a LUX.
SIAN ROBINSON DAVIES & Rebecca Green: Alternate
YSTAFELL GYFFREDIN, 2PM Mae dau berfformwyr yn siarad gan lefaru geiriau am yn ail. Maent yn defnyddio’r dull hwn i weld beth sy’n digwydd i ystyr pan osodir arni gyfyngiad penodol, sef ‘cynllunio’ neu weithredu’r ystyr honno fesul cam. Wrth i’r ddau lefarwr geisio ‘gwrando ymlaen llaw’ ar ei gilydd, fe gyrhaeddant fannau annisgwyl; mannau y mae hi’n amheus y byddai’r un ohonynt wedi eu cyrraedd heb y llall. www.sianrobinsondavies.com
THOMAS GODDARD: AN INTERVIEW WITH…
PWYNT CYFRYNGOL, 4PM Ers cyn cof, mae artistiaid wedi defnyddio cyfweliadau i lunio barn y cyhoedd amdanyn nhw a’u gwaith. Rhwng yr eithafion — dweud dim yw dim neu gyffesu popeth — mae yna fyd o gynildeb: methu â chydnabod ffynonellau, cymhlethu dylanwadau, honiadau hunanddyrchafol ac yn y blaen. Mewn cyfres esblygol o gyfweliadau, bydd Thomas Goddard yn cyf-weld â Thomas Goddard i weld a all ef ein tywys ni’n nes at — neu’n bellach oddi wrth — y gwir. www.thomas-goddard.com
DOPPELGANGSTER: TITANIC
CHAPTER, 5PM Gweler manylion ar dudalen dydd Iau
KATHRYN ASHILL: POSTER BOY
CAFFI BAR, 6.15PM Mae ‘Poster Boy’ yn gorff newydd o berfformiadau a gosodweithiau gan Kathryn Ashill sy’n canolbwyntio ar Heathcliff, arwr eiconig nofel Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights. Mae’r syniad yn canolbwyntio ar y dehongliadau niferus, mewn amrywiol gynyrchiadau teledu a ffilm ac ym mhedwar ban byd, o’r cymeriad enwog. Yn y perfformiad, mae Ashill yn canolbwyntio’n benodol ar bortread Cliff Richard o Heathcliff. Cafodd Richard ei feirniadu’n hallt am dderbyn y rôl, yn 56 oed, mewn fersiwn sioe gerdd ym 1997. Gwrthododd adael i feirniaid fynychu’r perfformiadau cynnar a dim ond ar ddiwedd y cynhyrchiad y rhoddodd ei ganiatâd i adolygiadau gael eu cyhoeddi. www.kathrynashill.com
GABRIEL DHARMOO: ANTHROPOLOGIES IMAGINAIRES
THEATR, 7PM Mae Anthropologies Imaginaires yn berfformiad solo lleisiol sydd yn rhyngweithio â fideo ffug-ddogfennol. Mae’r ‘arbenigwyr’ yn trafod traddodiadau lleisiol dychmygol a berfformir gan y canwr/perfformiwr. Ysbrydolwyd y gerddoriaeth gan amrywiaeth o draddodiadau lleisiol od neu unigryw ledled y byd ond cânt eu hail-ddychmygu yng nghyd-destun llên gwerin ddychmygol a thechnegau lleisiol estynedig ac arbrofol. Mae testun y dadansoddi a’r craffu — yn hytrach na’r darlithydd — yn gorfforol bresennol ar y llwyfan, a hynny’n gwrthdroi confensiynau’r ddarlith academaidd. Mae Anthropologies Imaginaires yn archwilio meistrolaeth, hyblygrwydd a dieithrwch y llais dynol. Mae’r ystod eang o dechnegau lleisiol yn cwestiynu’r cysyniad o normalrwydd drwy atgoffa cynulleidfaoedd o’r gwahanol ffyrdd y mae pobl ledled y byd yn defnyddio’u lleisiau i gyfleu eu hunaniaethau diwylliannol a’u synwyrusrwydd artistig. www.soundcloud.com/gabrieldharmoo
ANNA NATT: URO
STIWDIO, 8PM ‘Uro’ yw’r hyn sy’n weddill wedi i chi dynnu’r holl seremoni a’r rhwysg o ymladdfa deirw — datgymalu ei rhannau a’u harchwilio fel cyfres o symudiadau ac ystumiau unigol. Mae’r ymladdfa wedi’i thrwytho ag ymffrost gofalus, machismo perfformiadol a chorff anifeilaidd diedifar. Trwy gamu i mewn i gyrff y tarw a’r ymladdwr fel ei gilydd, caiff y llinellau rhwng pobl ac anifeiliaid eu pylu. Trwy dynnu sylw at bwysigrwydd y cysylltiadau rhwng ein hemosiynau mwyaf amrwd a thraddodiad, mae ‘Uro’ yn cyfleu yr hyn y gellid ei weld yn ystod ymladdfa deirw ar lefel gorfforol ac angerddol. Caiff natur groesebol sbectacl a all fod yn erchyll ac yn hardd ei chyfleu mewn ffordd sy’n cymell deialog am yr hyn y gall y synhwyrau eu profi a’r modd y mae’r corff yn ymateb. Astudiaeth o ddyn a natur, gwrywdod a chig, cnawd tyn a chnawd crynedig. www.annanatt.com
SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER AARON WILLIAMSON: DEMONSTRATING THE WORLD
CARDIFF CITY CENTRE, 11AM — 5PM In Demonstrating the World, Aaron Williamson explores the ‘alien’ or ‘other’ through an absurdly elaborate, live reinterpretation of YouTube ‘How-To’ videos. He enacts everyday tasks such as opening a cupboard, removing a jacket, or sitting on a chair, with detailed stepby-step instructions — both reinforcing and destabilising their apparent familiarity. Demonstrating the World is presented on a purpose-built mobile performance platform that houses a radically displaced domestic interior. Designed in collaboration with architect Ida Martin and built by Studio LW, this unique series of household objects provides an opportunity to demonstrate the sculptural qualities of ergonomic design. www.aaronwilliamson.org Supported by Unlimited; celebrating the work of disabled artists, using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, Arts Council of Wales, Creative Scotland and Spirit of 2012.
HOME TAPING: WITH GEORGE BARBER & RIK LANDER
CINEMA 2, 12PM In the early 1980s, the mainstream media was treated like a giant library to be plundered for provocative play and subversion. Whether by filming their television screens with a Super 8 camera or deftly copying tape-to-tape, artists appropriated and spliced together disparate material to disrupt the dominant ideologies of the age and produce new visual music. The programme features notable examples from the highly influential Scratch Video movement, including the seminal works Tilt and Branson by George Barber, plus films by the Duvet Brothers and Gorilla Tapes. ‘Home Taping’ is one of seven curated film programmes from the major new touring project THIS IS NOW: FILM AND VIDEO AFTER PUNK. Presented by LUX in partnership with the BFI National Archive. More information is available at www.lux.org.uk The screening will be introduced by George Barber and will be followed by a conversation with Rik Lander (Duvet Brothers). Free but ticketed
HOLLY DAVEY
The brilliant crowd, The talented company, the highly trained stud of beautiful horses and fairy ponies, The most beautiful interior, The most elegant and comfortable boxes, The most respectable pit, The most extensive promenade and lounge, The most orderly and spacious gallery, Pleasure and admiration at the brilliancy of the costumes, The troupe of merry musical and laughable clowns, all combined to form a tour ensemble not easily forgotten. Approbation shown in plaudits, loud and long, testifying the great fact that this is — THE STAR COMPANY OF GREAT BRITAIN. www.hollydavey.com
BEN TINNISWOOD & TRACY HARRIS: SHH
STIWDIO, 5PM Shh is a work-in-progress performance. Sparked by an experiment in telling true stories, Shh explores the effects of secrecy and silence on survivors of childhood abuse. Why do survivors carry guilt and shame? Keep abuse secret, sometimes for a lifetime, when the only person to gain from that secrecy is the abuser? Shh is about one man’s journey from silence to speaking out. Initial R&D on this project supported by National Theatre Wales Waleslab.
DOPPELGANGSTER: TITANIC CHAPTER, 5PM See Thursday for details.
DAWN WOOLLEY: DOCILE BODIES AND HYSTERICAL SELFIES
COMMON ROOM, 6.15PM In the Salpêtrière hospital in the nineteenthcentury, hysterical gestures were enacted for an audience. By alternating between performances of sexual provocateur and saintly religious devotee the hysterical women brought attention to the artificiality of these identities. The spectacular illness captured the public imagination; representations of hysterics filled the pages of newspapers, novels, and performances on stage and screen. The hysterics became celebrities and their passionate hysterical gestures were transmitted to the public through popular culture. Socially acceptable feminine behaviours took on an aspect of hysteria. Through a process of idealisation and identification the gestures of selfies also become standardised and exaggerated. Perhaps the ‘selfie’ can be interpreted hysterically? In Docile Bodies and Hysterical Selfies Woolley will perform a series of tableau-vivants revealing the gap between ideal and real bodies. The gestures will become progressively hysterical as she tries to assume her ideal form. www.dawnwoolley.com #HystericalSelfie #Selfie
TIM BROMAGE: H.O.R.S.E
THEATRE, 7.30PM A collaboration with Welsh magician Joseph Badman, this performance explores the context of several magical effects and the questionable narratives arising from research. The performance toys with truth, fiction and the grey area in between. Please note this performance has limited capacity.
ROSA NUSSBAUM: BECOMING KANYE
MEDIA POINT, 9.30PM So it’s like when cartoon characters leave a silhouette-shaped hole in the wall. Or it’s like when you open a can of sardines and instead of three pickled fish you have two pickled fish and Kanye West. And you’re all like “Whaahat?!”and he’s all like “Blood stains the Colosseum doors ”and it gets you thinking: What am I doing with my life? I mean I’ve graduated art college, I sort of have a studio but really what am I actually doing? Like, there is no form; no point of reference, no vector of desire. And then you think fuck it. I mean if my CD case can be a pencil why can’t I be Kanye West. I wanna be a wannabe to be a performer of fame, not just a famous performer; to make it by faking it. www.rosanussbaum.com In collaboration with Aspiration Suits (Sophie Chapman and Philippa Taylor) and Tom Wadley
Dydd Sadwrn 7 Tachwedd AARON WILLIAMSON: DEMONSTRATING THE WORLD
CANOL DINAS CAERDYDD, 11AM–5PM Yn Demonstrating the World, mae Aaron Williamson yn archwilio’r ‘estron’ neu’r ‘arall’ drwy gyfrwng ail-ddehongliad afresymol o gymhleth o fideos ‘Sut-I’ ar YouTube. Mae e’n ailgreu tasgau bob dydd fel agor cwpwrdd, tynnu siaced neu eistedd ar gadair ac yn darparu cyfarwyddiadau manwl cam-wrth-gam. Drwy hynny, mae e’n atgyfnerthu ac yn ansefydlogi cyffredinedd y gweithredoedd. Cyflwynir Demonstrating the World ar lwyfan symudol pwrpasol sy’n gartref i du mewn domestig wedi ei ddadleoli mewn modd radical. Mae’r gyfres unigryw hon o wrthrychau domestig — a ddyluniwyd ar y cyd â’r pensaer, Ida Martin, ac a adeiladwyd gan Stiwdio LW — yn gyfle i arddangos nodweddion cerfluniol dylunio ergonomig. www.aaronwilliamson.org Cefnogir y gwaith gan Unlimited, sy’n dathlu gwaith artistiaid anabl, gyda chymorth arian cyhoeddus gan y Loteri Genedlaethol drwy gyfrwng Cyngor Celfyddydau Lloegr, Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, Creative Scotland ac Ysbryd 2012.
HOME TAPING: GYDA GEORGE BARBER & Rik Lander
SINEMA 2, 12PM Yn y 1980au cynnar, roedd cyfryngau’r prif ffrwd yn ymdebygu i lyfrgell anferth y gellid ei hysbeilio at bwrpasau chwareus a phryfoclyd. Boed hynny drwy ffilmio sgriniau teledu gyda chamera Super 8 neu gopïo tâp-i-dâp, aeth artistiaid ati i ddewis a dethol eu deunyddiau amrywiol a gosod y rheiny at ei gilydd er mwyn tarfu ar ideolegau dominyddol yr oes a chynhyrchu cerddoriaeth weledol newydd. Mae’r rhaglen yn cynnwys enghreifftiau nodedig o waith mudiad dylanwadol Scratch Video, gan gynnwys y gweithiau arloesol, Tilt a Branson gan George Barber, a ffilmiau gan The Duvet Brothers a Gorilla Tapes. Mae ‘Home Taping’ yn un o saith o raglenni ffilm wedi’u curadu yn rhan o’r prosiect teithiol nodedig, THIS IS NOW: FILM AND VIDEO AFTER PUNK. Cyflwynir y sioe gan LUX ar y cyd ag Archif Cenedlaethol y BFI. Mae mwy o wybodaeth ar gael yn www.lux.org.uk. Cyflwynir y dangosiad gan George Barber ac fe’i dilynir gan sgwrs gyda Rik Lander (The Duvet Brothers). RHAD AC AM DDIM OND BYDD ANGEN TOCYN
HOLLY DAVEY
Y dyrfa wych, y cwmni talentog, y fridfa o geffylau a merlod tylwyth teg hardd, y tu mewn mwyaf prydferth, y blychau mwyaf cain a chyffyrddus, y pwll mwyaf parchus, y promenâd a’r lolfa fwyaf, yr oriel fwyaf trefnus a helaeth, y gwisgoedd llachar a gosgeiddig, y criw o glowniau cerddorol a llawen — yr oll yn dod at ei gilydd i greu ensemble teithiol nas anghofir byth. Gwerthfawrogiad a fynegir mewn cymeradwyaeth a chanmoliaeth uchel, er mwyn tystio i’r ffaith taw ‘THE STAR COMPANY OF GREAT BRITAIN’ sydd yma. www.hollydavey.com
BEN TINNISWOOD & TRACY HARRIS: SHH
STIWDIO, 5PM Mae Shh yn gyflwyniad o waith ar y gweill. Fe’i ysbrydolwyd gan arbrawf yn ymwneud ag adrodd straeon gwir ac mae’n archwilio effeithiau cyfrinachedd a distawrwydd ar y rheiny sy’n goroesi camdriniaeth pan yn blant. Pam mae goroeswyr yn cario euogrwydd a chywilydd gyda nhw? Pam maen nhw’n cadw eu camdriniaeth yn gyfrinach, ar hyd eu bywydau weithiau, pan taw’r unig berson a fydd ar ei ennill yn sgil y cyfrinachedd hwnnw yw’r camdriniwr ei hun? Mae Shh yn gyflwyniad sy’n cyflwyno taith un dyn allan o dawelwch. Derbyniodd y prosiect hwn gymorth Ymchwil a Datblygu cychwynnol gan gynllun ‘WalesLab’ National Theatre Wales.
DOPPELGANGSTER: TITANIC
CHAPTER, 5PM Gweler manylion ar dudalen dydd Iau
From left to right / O’r chwith i’r dde: Tim Bromage. Photo / Llun: Warren Orchard; Dawn Woolley, Docile Bodies and Hysterical Selfies; Haranczak / Navarre Performance Projects, Seven Falls, a performance by Teresa Brayshaw and Karen Christopher. Photo / Llun: Richard Kenworthy; Dog Kennel Hill Project: Shelley On A Loop, 2015
DAWN WOOLLEY: DOCILE BODIES AND HYSTERICAL SELFIES
YSTAFELL GYFFREDIN, 6.15PM Yn ysbyty’r Salpêtrière yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg, aethpwyd ati i gyflwyno ystumiau hysterig er budd cynulleidfa. Â’r perfformiadau’n cyflwyno ymddygiad y provocateur rhywiol a’r ffyddlon sanctaidd crefyddol, llwyddodd y merched hysterig hyn i ddwyn sylw at natur artiffisial y ‘personoliaethau’ hyn. Taniodd yr anhwylder hysterig ddychymyg y cyhoedd; roedd cynrychioliadau o hysterigion yn llenwi tudalennau papurau newydd, nofelau ac yn rhan ganolog o berfformiadau ar y llwyfan. Daeth yr hysterigion yn enwog ac fe ddaeth eu hystumiau angerddol i sylw’r cyhoedd drwy gyfrwng diwylliant poblogaidd. Daeth ymddygiad benywaidd cymdeithasol-dderbyniol i gynnwys elfennau o hysteria. Yn ein hoes ni, a thrwy gyfrwng proses o ddelfrydu a hunan-adnabod, daeth ‘selfies’ hefyd yn bethau ‘safonol’ a ... ‘hysterig’ efallai hefyd. Onid oes modd dehongli’r hun-lun mewn cyd-destun o’r fath? Yn ‘Docile Bodies and Hysteric Selfies’, bydd Woolley yn perfformio cyfres o tableaux vivants sy’n archwilio’r bwlch rhwng cyrff delfrydol a real. Daw’r ystumiau’n gynyddol hysterig wrth iddi geisio cymryd arni ei ffurf ddelfrydol. www.dawnwoolley.com #HystericalSelfie #Selfie
TIM BROMAGE: H.O.R.S.E
THEATR, 7.30PM Cydweithrediad â’r dewin Cymreig, Joseph Badman. Mae’r perfformiad hwn yn archwilio cyd-destun triciau hud a lledrith a’r naratifau amheus sy’n codi o waith ymchwil. Mae’r perfformiad yn chwarae â chysyniadau fel gwirionedd a ffuglen — a’r mannau amhenodol rhwng y ddau. Nodwch os gwelwch yn dda mai nifer cyfyngedig o leoedd a fydd ar gael ar gyfer y perfformiad hwn
ROSA NUSSBAUM: BECOMING KANYE
PWYNT CYFRYNGOL, 9.30PM Mae e fel pan fydd cymeriadau cartŵn yn gadael twll siâp eu silwét yn y wal. Neu fel pan fyddwch chi’n agor tin o sardinau ac, yn lle gweld tri pysgodyn wedi piclo yno, yn gweld dau bysgodyn wedi piclo a Kanye West. Ac r’ych chi’n gofyn “Beeeeth?!”ac mae e’n dweud “Blood stains the Colosseum doors” sy’n gwneud i chi feddwl: “Beth ydw i’n ei wneud â ‘mywyd? Fe raddiais i o Goleg Celf, mae gen i stiwdio o fath ond beth, mewn gwirionedd, ydw i’n ei wneud? Does yna ddim ffurf; dim canolbwynt, dim fector ar gyfer eich dymuniadau. Yna r’ych chi’n meddwl, “Fuck it’. Os gall câs fy CD fod yn bensil pam na alla’ i fod yn Kanye West? Dw i eisiau bod yn ‘wannabe’ o berfformiwr enwog nid jyst yn berfformiwr enwog; llwyddo drwy ffugio. www.rosanussbaum.com Ar y cyd ag Aspiration Suits (Sophie Chapman a Philippa Taylor) a Tom Wadley
SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER THOMAS GODDARD: AN INTERVIEW WITH… CINEMA 2, 12PM See Friday for details
HARANCZAK/NAVARRE PERFORMANCE PROJECTS: SEVEN FALLS BY TERESA BRAYSHAW & KAREN CHRISTOPHER
OFFSITE, 1PM Seven Falls is a performance for two women, gravity, water, and a couple of canoes. It also includes special guests local to Cardiff and live music by thirteen-year-old Paddy Mackenzie. Seven Falls concerns our preoccupations with safety and the underlying assumptions and reactions that continuous danger and risk assessment have instilled in us. The performance is otherworldly, involves song, has rhythm, and is intended to take your breath on holiday. With a light touch it coaxes out the institutionalised dread and fear that constant disaster preparedness brings, and attempts to declare a new truth that might replace fear mongering and anxiousness. www.karenchristopher.co.uk
DOG KENNEL HILL PROJECT: SHELLEY ON A LOOP
STIWDIO, 2.30PM Shelley on a Loop is an homage to actress Shelley Duval and director Stanley Kubrick’s controversial process of film making in The Shining. The legendary scene, mythologised as having the most recorded takes in filmmaking history — in which Shelley confronts a demonic Jack Nicholson with a baseball bat — is recreated as a live choreography that repeats on a loop as a visual performance. Members of the public are invited to participate in a short instructional session where they can learn Shelley’s intensely dramatic role after which they can enter the looping performance structure for a given duration. We celebrate the commitment and belief needed to hit moments of intensity. www.dogkennelhillproject.org
DYDD SUL 8 TACHWEDD TOM CASSANI: LETS ALL JUST CALM DOWN
MEDIA POINT, 5PM Cassani is a professional liar occupied with honesty. In this performance he exposes deceptive techniques, teaches how to spot a deception, and takes you up a mountain and onto an iceberg. Investigate Cassani’s relationship with a practice founded on bending the truth. Often using objects and his body Cassani performs actions that appear to make him vulnerable but could simultaneously be an honest act of deception.
PHIL HESSION & PHIL OWEN: I HEAR YOUR VOICE AT THE BACK OF MY THROAT COMMON ROOM, 6PM A song exchange, a relationship between voices, across space and time. Hession and Owen share a deep interest in the traditional or ‘folk’ singing practices of Britain and Ireland. They also share an approach of working with this material primarily as contemporary arts practitioners. In this piece, they explore the ways in which they learn songs, and the affinities they feel towards particular singers. Including recordings, film footage, singing, and conversation.
GREG WOHEAD & RACHEL MARS: STORY #1
THEATRE, 8PM A reckless, reflective, live thinking-through of how and why we construct narrative. We promise no less than 120 minutes. We promise real fictional characters. We promise a plot. We promise a surprise twist. We promise a rupture. We promise an ending. We promise a rupture. “Story #1 is like a live grenade thrown at television: a thrilling exploration of truth, fiction and the strange space between. ” Jonathan Wakeham, Screenwriter This performance contains explicit sexual content and images and is therefore recommended for ages 18+ www.gregwohead.com www.rachelmars.org
THOMAS GODDARD: AN INTERVIEW WITH…
SINEMA 2, 12PM Gweler manylion ar dudalen dydd Gwener.
PROSIECTAU PERFFORMIO HARANCZAK/ NAVARRE: SEVEN FALLS GAN TERESA BRAYSHAW & KAREN CHRISTOPHER ODDI AR Y SAFLE, 1PM Mae Seven Falls yn berfformiad i ddwy fenyw, disgyrchiant, dŵr a dau ganŵ. Y mae hefyd yn cynnwys gwesteion arbennig o Gaerdydd a cherddoriaeth fyw gan Paddy Mackenzie, tair ar ddeg oed. Mae Seven Falls yn ymwneud â’n syniad o ddiogelwch a’r tybiaethau a’r adweithiau sylfaenol y mae ymwybyddiaeth barhaus o berygl a risg wedi eu meithrin ynom. Mae’r perfformiad yn arallfydol, yn cynnwys canu a rhythmau — a’i nod yw cymryd eich anadl ar wyliau. Â chyffyrddiad ysgafn, mae’n cocsio allan yr arswyd a’r ofnau sefydliadol dyfnion sy’n deillio o baratoi byth a hefyd ar gyfer trychinebau ac yn ceisio datgan gwirionedd newydd a allai gymryd lle pryder a’r diwydiant ‘creu ofnau’. www.karenchristopher.co.uk
DOG KENNEL HILL PROJECT: SHELLEY ON A LOOP
STIWDIO, 2.30pm Mae Shelley on a Loop yn deyrnged i’r actores Shelley Duval a phrosesau dadleuol y cyfarwyddwr, Stanley Kubrick, yn ei ffilm, The Shining. Caiff yr olygfa chwedlonol — yr olygfa y recordiwyd y mwyaf o ‘takes’ ohoni yn holl hanes y sinema, mae’n debyg — lle mae Shelley yn wynebu Jack Nicholson diafolaidd â bat pêl-fas, ei hail-greu fel darn o goreograffi byw sy’n cael ei ailadrodd ar lŵp fel gosodiad perfformiadol gweledol. Gwahoddir aelodau o’r cyhoedd i gymryd rhan mewn sesiwn hyfforddi fer lle gallan nhw ddysgu rôl hynod Shelley. Ar ôl hynny, gallant gymryd rhan yn strwythur y lŵp am gyfnod penodol. Byddwn yn dathlu’r ymrwymiad a’r ffydd y mae eu hangen i gynhyrchu eiliadau o ddwyster rhyfeddol. www.dogkennelhillproject.org
TOM CASSANI: LETS ALL JUST CALM DOWN
PWYNT CYFRYNGOL, 5PM Mae Tom Cassani yn gelwyddgi proffesiynol sydd yn ymhél ag onestrwydd. Yn y perfformiad hwn bydd yn datgelu technegau twyll, yn eich dysgu sut i adnabod twyll ac yn eich arwain ar gyfeiliorn. Ymchwiliwch berthynas Cassani â ffordd o weithio sydd yn seiliedig ar blygu’r gwir. Mae Cassani yn aml yn defnyddio ei gorff yn ogystal â gwrthrychau ac mae ei weithredoedd fel petaent yn ei wanychu — eto i gyd, fe allen nhw hefyd fod yn weithred onest o dwyll!
PHIL HESSION & PHIL OWEN: I HEAR YOUR VOICE AT THE BACK OF MY THROAT YSTAFELL GYFFREDIN, 6PM Cydblethiad o ganeuon a lleisiau ar hyd gofod ac amser. Mae Hession ac Owen yn rhannu diddordeb dwfn yn arferion canu traddodiadol neu ganu ‘gwerin’ Prydain ac Iwerddon. Maent hefyd, fel artistiaid cyfoes, yn rhannu dull o ymwneud â’r deunydd hwn. Yn y darn hwn, byddant yn edrych ar y ffyrdd y caiff y caneuon hyn eu dysgu ac ar y cysylltiadau sydd ganddynt â chantorion penodol. Cyflwyniad yn cynnwys recordiadau, ffilm, caneuon a sgwrsio.
GREG WOHEAD & RACHEL MARS: STORY #1
THEATR, 8PM Ystyriaeth ddi-hid, fyfyrgar a byw o’n rhesymau dros a’n ffyrdd o greu naratif. Gallwn addo dim llai na 120 munud o gyflwyniad. Gallwn addo detholiad o gymeriadau ffuglennol go iawn. Gallwn addo y bydd yna blot. Gallwn addo tro yn y gynffon. Gallwn addo y bydd yna rwyg. Bydd yna ddiweddglo. A gallwn addo y bydd yna rwyg. “Mae Story #1 fel bom a deflir at y teledu: archwiliad cyffrous o wirionedd, ffuglen a’r gofod rhyfeddol rhwng y ddau.” Jonathan Wakeham, Sgriptiwr Mae’r perfformiad hwn yn cynnwys deunydd a delweddau o natur rywiol felly bydd yn addas ar gyfer pobl 18+ oed yn unig www.gregwohead.com www.rachelmars.org
KATHRYN ASHILL, GEORGE BARBER, DUNCAN BETT & KARIN DIAMOND, RICHARD BOWERS, TIM BROMAGE, GARETH CLARK & AGNIESKA BLONSKA, TOM CASSANI, HOLLY DAVEY, SIAN ROBINSON DAVIES & REBECCA GREEN, GABRIEL DHARMOO, DOG KENNEL HILL PROJECT, DOPPELGANGSTER, SARAH DUFFY, TIM ETCHELLS, THOMAS GODDARD, HARANCZAK/NAVARRE, SAMuel HASLER, ANNA NATT, ROSA NUSSBAUM, PHIL OWEN & PHIL HESSION, PME-ART, MIKE PEARSON, JOHN ROWLEY & IAN WATSON, SLEEPDOGS, BEN TINNISWOOD & TRACY HARRIS, AARON WILLIAMSON, GREG WOHEAD & RACHEL MARS, DAWN WOOLLEY
EXPERIMENTICA is Chapter’s annual five-day Festival in Cardiff, Wales. EXPERIMENTICA hosts a packed programme of live art, performance and interdisciplinary projects and offers a significant platform for UK and international artists to produce or introduce their work.
Mae EXPERIMENTICA yn ŵyl bum niwrnod flynyddol a gynhelir yng Nghaerdydd. Mae EXPERIMENTICA yn cyflwyno rhaglen ddeinamig o gelfyddyd, perfformiadau a phrosiectau rhyngddisgyblaethol byw ac mae’n llwyfan pwysig sy’n caniatáu i artistiaid o Brydain ac o bedwar ban byd gynhyrchu neu gyflwyno eu gwaith. Haranczak / Navarre Performance Projects, Seven Falls, a performance by Teresa Brayshaw and Karen Christopher. Photo / Llun: Terry Florido
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