This was my second trip over to Liverpool to consume more
diverse art and DaDA
Festival totally delivered.
I started the afternoon at the Bluecoat for a workshop between Fittings Multimedia Arts
and performer David Hoyle which framed the evening performance of the Ugly
Spirit.
The workshop was led by Tanya Baabe from Fittings Multimedia
Arts, she was warm and inviting and led me to sit around a small table with
other audience members. You can also see more of her work here I saw David Hoyle last year at the Lowry, he’s an inspiration and I am
a fan. When he speaks across an audience it’s like he picks you up by the
throat and his icy cold blue eyes penetrate you whilst demanding your full
undivided attention. On this day however he was a less aggressive persona, a
softer more open gentleman with blonde sweeping hair a picture of innocence,
wearing a tight fitted red jumper the only visible warning.
The workshop focused on circus side show acts, who were
these individuals, how did we perceive them from their posters. There was a
mixture of acts
conjoined
twins
Tom Thumb
Elephant man
real people using their physical
appearance as an ‘act’. There were also less believable acts like the three
legged man
which divided those I perceived as proud performer and those who
were deceitful con artists. The workshop led to the creation of our own side
show characters, with our limited props I created Pixel Boy- The boy who played
too many computer games and became pixelated- you can see me perform here (oh
dear!).
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