METAREACTIONS

METAREACTIONS collaborative photo project by Fenia Kotsopoulou

“Performance cannot be saved, recorded, documented, or otherwise participate in the circulation of representations of representations: once it does so, it becomes something other than performance” Peggy Phelan, Unmarked, p146

“MetaReactions” is a project in which performance, photography, documentation and post-processing are interwoven in order to create an alternative imagery generated from the original live event revealing new ways of experiencing it.

This book portfolio showcases few examples of this project. The original photographs from the documentation of the performance/installation are displayed on the left side while the manipulation of the photo inspired by the piece are displayed on the right side.

Featured artworks by: Kate Buckley, Amy Hewitt, General Practice, Rebecca & Katy Beinart.

© Fenia Kotsopoulou

CONDUIT

by KATE BUCKLEY

The navel “evokes a maternal continuum, reaching back into an indeterminable (and ultimately pre-human) past and out into an indeterminate future, a chain of uniquely singular births” (Rachel Jones, On the Value of Not Knowing).

Conduit is a durational performance of appx 2 – 4 hours by UK artist, Kate Buckley.

Dimensions variable spanning appx 4 floors in height throughout stairwell. Materials – cotton dishcloth tubing measuring 40m in length.

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DOMUS

by AMY HEWITT

’Domus’ is a site-specific sculpture and performance by fine artist, Amy Hewitt (Ditritus and other -1.5m x 8m).

The work affirms the acceptance and breaking away of becoming. Through gathering and hoarding, stealing away from the everyday, the nest becomes, and is embodied.

The work takes from as passions sober lining, to evoke a sorrowful pleasure.

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A Landscape Exhibition

by General Practice Collective

A.L.E (A Landscape Exhibition) takes a skewed look at the subject of the landscape in Art, identifying a ‘common-place’ territory with new points of departure. Participating artists are studio members of General Practice, which include alumni of the University of Lincoln.

General Practice is an arts collective based in the city of Lincoln, developing a critically engaged artist-led programme of exhibitions, workshops and live events.

Contributing artists include: Nathan Baxter, Robert Britt, Thomas Cuthbertson, Dale Fearnley, James Hubble, Laura Mahony, Ross Oliver and Nick Simpson.

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DANGEROUS DISCOVERIES

by Rebecca and Katy Beinart

Katy & Rebecca Beinarts sculptures featured in Dangerous Discoveries at Biddulph Grange, a National Trust garden near Stoke on Trent and former home of James Bateman, a Victorian plant collector. The artists in Dangerous Discoveries have responded to, excavated and revealed a fantastic jewel of a garden on many different levels.

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The works represented in this book are the original creations of the artists.

No part of this book may be reproduce or trasmitted in any form or by any means, without a written permission.

Lincoln 2016 Š Fenia Kotsopoulou All rights reserved