DAVID ROBERTS
2019 AN EVENING OF PERFOAMNCES DURING FRIEZE LONDON
No Tracksuits, No Trainers, A 25m performance
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The 2019 edition of the annual Evening of Performances takes place at Ministry of Sound, London. Guest curated by Louise O’Kelly (founder of Block Universe), for the first time in its twelve years, an Evening of Performances seeks to explore the importance of alternative subcultures and London’s nightlife as a space for freedom of expression in an era of rising conservatism. A range of international artists working across music, installation, performance, poetry and dance were invited to present new works that dealt with questions of representation, identity politics and self-expression, weaving club culture into the socio-political context of the UK in 2019.
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Hannah Perry, debuts a new commission where the sculptural meets the ephemeral through the use of smoke and sonic components, accompanied by a live score. Scripting for the first time, Perry wrote based on research into tropes of masculinity and representations of class culture in a divided Britain, with a performance seeking to test the limits of physical exertion.
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Performer: Lewis Walker
Music composition and Live cello: Oliver Coates
Set backdrop build: Rachel Schofield Owen
Voiceover actor: Simon Killick
Sound mixing and design: Josh Anio Grigg
