The Royal Society for the Pursuit of Lovebirds: dating agency and amateur birdwatching society
Breaking beds not hearts, we were out in force at Citadel festival, finding love matches and setting them aflame all over the park. Our President partook in a gruelling space hopper race finishing last but certainly not least! The highlight of the day had to be watching the all male Chaps Choir, who enabled us to make a lot of matches in a short space of time. Thank you, Chaps!
That's me as a fisherman... and a skater... and a lady with a beach umbrella. But mainly as a fisherman. What a fun day at the beach! Thanking you, Studio Yes.
Last week I was honoured to be picked as artist Immy Webb's first subject for a portrait project she's starting. If you've ever been to an art gallery or an old house you'll know that portraits are classically of white men. Immy wants to redress the balance by painting portraits in a traditional style, but with all female subjects. One portrait, coming soon!
A big thanks to The British Library, Burning Man and David Normal for an absolutely fabulous last night at the Crossroads of Curiosity at the BL. My band Mandra performed 4 songs, each based on one of David's murals, which in turn were created from collages of pictures taken from the archives. We had a wonderful Summer Solstice and hope everyone who came down did too!
David Normal's Illuminated box of beautiful and mysterious murals will be exhibited on the BL piazza for another couple of months - make sure you get to see them!
I've been working a lot with Studio Yes, I'm happy to say, last week making voiceovers of real celebrity tweets. These were then superimposed on kittens... This meant turning our faces into green screens by face-painting green beards on ourselves, which would have been fine but they were very hard to get off and I had another job to go to afterwards. But that's another story... Here's a tweet Ellie Goulding did.
As part of Rosa Koolhoven’s Sessions on Sunday, we spent the better part of Sunday afternoon in our front room studio, taking snaps… I was pretty hungover, so I opted for a bedraggled monobrow look, and movement inspired by the idea of ‘becoming’ a lampshade. The results were impressive, and I’m forever indebted to Rosa, who provided nibbles AND champagne too. Check out her blog to discover her freelance manifesto:
Bob Benedict are a curious directing duo from London. They make epically picturesque short films with strange undertones and hidden depths. It's a shame they're so difficult to work with. Anyway, here's a film they made with me in it. They let me keep the bum bag.
In preparation for the next Scribble pie, I've been trying on lots of outfits...
Somewhere between model UN with aliens and The Thick of It with... aliens, Watch the Skies is a megagame with teams representing different countries. Each player had a different role within the team (Premiers, Ambassadors, Scientists...) As Japan's Deputy for War I helped negotiate Japan's struggle to better its place in the world and understand the presence of strange aliens who stole cats and communicated with whales... A weird & wonderful day, and such a pleasure to be a part of the Shut Up & Sit Down crew who were largely responsible for the increased turnout of this year's game. Here's the first part of the video they've made:
As part of their SPRINT festival I performed My Death at Camden People's Theatre and invited some producers and promoters to come and see it. More information about the show on my projects page.
Phoebe is an artist and producer, her practice is defined by its location and context, investigating and exploring how people perceive their social framework. She works in response to and in collaboration with individuals and communities.
As Studio Manager I've been helping Phoebe collate her press, research new opportunities and facilitate her various projects.
A nighttime arts festival of light, community and energy in the streets, buildings and public spaces of Canning Town (Newham, London) on Saturday 29th November 2014. Produced and curated by arts organisation, The Brick Box CIC.
Gingerline do interactive theatrical dining experiences, and I worked with them as a 'gardener' at their Lost Gardens.
This music video saw us trek around central London in search of pigeons...
