Body as Archive [2018]
Performance event
16:30 - 21:30
20th April, 2018
The Woburn Centre, London
Body as Archive was an interdisciplinary programme of 17 live performance works and 10 films exploring gesture as both a communicative and performative act. The event was staged in promenade across five gallery spaces, prompting an audience to explore the space physically to experience the work. Props, materials and coloured floor markings for each performance were left on display, making visible the mechanics of the event, and creating a map with which the audience could use to navigate themselves. The works ranged between new music, wrestling, speech, kinetic sculpture, Japanese butoh, Rwandan ballet, and a performance disseminated via Instagram.
Performance event
16:30 - 21:30
20th April, 2018
The Woburn Centre, London
Body as Archive was an interdisciplinary programme of 17 live performance works and 10 films exploring gesture as both a communicative and performative act. The event was staged in promenade across five gallery spaces, prompting an audience to explore the space physically to experience the work. Props, materials and coloured floor markings for each performance were left on display, making visible the mechanics of the event, and creating a map with which the audience could use to navigate themselves. The works ranged between new music, wrestling, speech, kinetic sculpture, Japanese butoh, Rwandan ballet, and a performance disseminated via Instagram.


Performance programme
︎ Tape Piece by Andy Ingamells & Maya Verlaak
︎ Compression Series, Work Number 1 by Dori Deng
FULL OF GRACE by Jessye Curtis
Breath Depth Breadth by Maddie Wheeler
Artist Portrait by Gabriella Hirst
Absence makes the heart grow fonder by Jasmine Lee
Excess Ardor by Cristina Planas
THIS IS WHY PEOPLE OD ON PILLS by Jennifer Walshe
THERE IS MORE TO PERFECT by Taylor Doyle & June Lam
TUCH by Amy Lawrence
Into the Inner Ear by Karolina Stellaki
INTORE by Diana Tap-F
Past Present by Ioana Marinesco
Flaming Flamingos by Amy Steel
Solo for Conductor (world premiere) by Anton Lukoszevieze
Untitled by Juliet Davis-Dufayard
The Economy of Gesture by Laura Hindmarsh
︎ Tape Piece by Andy Ingamells & Maya Verlaak
︎ Compression Series, Work Number 1 by Dori Deng
FULL OF GRACE by Jessye Curtis
Breath Depth Breadth by Maddie Wheeler
Artist Portrait by Gabriella Hirst
Absence makes the heart grow fonder by Jasmine Lee
Excess Ardor by Cristina Planas
THIS IS WHY PEOPLE OD ON PILLS by Jennifer Walshe
THERE IS MORE TO PERFECT by Taylor Doyle & June Lam
TUCH by Amy Lawrence
Into the Inner Ear by Karolina Stellaki
INTORE by Diana Tap-F
Past Present by Ioana Marinesco
Flaming Flamingos by Amy Steel
Solo for Conductor (world premiere) by Anton Lukoszevieze
Untitled by Juliet Davis-Dufayard
The Economy of Gesture by Laura Hindmarsh
Film programme
Interlude by Gabriella Hirst [2018]
Semiotics of the Kitchen by Martha Rosler [1975]
Water Walk by John Cage [1960]
Her Name in My Mouth by Onyeka Igwe [2017]
Grab Your Things, I've Come to Take You Home by Kimberley Beach [2017]
Double Quadruple Etcetera Etcetera by Sondra Perry [2013]
The Same Things Everyday by Dominic Dispirito [2016]
something good comes from repeated failures to communicate by Jo Pester [2018]
The World Turned Upside Down by Jayne Parker and Anthony Howell [2001]
Turtle Dreams by Meredith Monk, filmed by Ping Chong [1983]
Interlude by Gabriella Hirst [2018]
Semiotics of the Kitchen by Martha Rosler [1975]
Water Walk by John Cage [1960]
Her Name in My Mouth by Onyeka Igwe [2017]
Grab Your Things, I've Come to Take You Home by Kimberley Beach [2017]
Double Quadruple Etcetera Etcetera by Sondra Perry [2013]
The Same Things Everyday by Dominic Dispirito [2016]
something good comes from repeated failures to communicate by Jo Pester [2018]
The World Turned Upside Down by Jayne Parker and Anthony Howell [2001]
Turtle Dreams by Meredith Monk, filmed by Ping Chong [1983]

Solo for Conductor (world premiere) by Anton Lukoszevieze, performed by Mark Knoop

THERE IS MORE TO PERFECT by Taylor Doyle & June Lam

Breath Depth Breadth by Maddie Wheeler


Past Present by Ioana Marinesco

THIS IS WHY PEOPLE OD ON PILLS by Jennifer Walshe performed by Otto Willberg

The World Turned Upside Down by Jayne Parker and Anthony Howell [2001]


Artist Portrait by Gabriella Hirst


Tape Piece by Andy Ingamells & Maya Verlaak performed by June Lam and Rowland Hill

Intore by Diana Tap-F

Flaming Flamingos by Amy Steel

Full of Grace by Jessye Curtis

Excess Ardor by Cristina Planas

Double Quadruple Etcetera Etcetera by Sondra Perry

Untitled by Eloise Lawson

Her Name in My Mouth by Onyeka Igwe [2017]
TUCH [digest] by Amy Lawrence

The Same Things Everyday by Dominic Dispirito [2016]

Absence makes the heart grow fonder by Jasmine Lee
