Nothing Happens, Twice: Artists Explore the Absurdity of Life

Exhibition at Harris Museum and Art Gallery: Nothing Happens, Twice: Artists Explore the Absurdity of Life Immerse yourself in film, sculpture and painting, exploring ideas of farce, tragi-comedy and repetition with the Theatre of the Absurd as the starting point. The work shown in the exhibition was mainly sound and video, displayed in a variety of ways….

‘The Forever Loop’, Eddie Peake

For his new Curve commission, London-based artist Eddie Peake combines live performance with sculpture, video, installation and painting to create an energetic gallery experience. Sexuality and desire are constant themes in Peake’s live performances that typically foreground the naked body. The Forever Loop presents a choreographed, looped performance that weaves in and out of synchronisation with a video…

Marina Abramović, The Artist is Present 

Marina Abramović, The Artist is Present – documentary notes Durational performance art, the artist physically and mentally challenging herself Intimate, personal performance, different for every audience member The audience plays an important part in the performance/art work, without them it would not exist