Are you Lonesome Tonight?
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| Photo Credit : Greg Wohead |
I have had this idea for a solo show in my head for a long time. I wasn't sure what it was. I knew it was about delusion and I knew it was about Elvis. I needed a push.
Step 2 Let the push, push you.
I applied to take part in Nigel&Louise DIY10 about Elvis Tribute Artists.
The DIY workshop was in two parts.
In the first part Nigel and Louise took 15 artists to the Elvies - the Elvis Tribute Artists Festival - in Porthcrawl. A small seaside village in wales and also Nigels home town.
We saw thousands of people paying homage to Elvis and had a workshop with Elvis Tribute Act Juan. It was strange affair.
People in love with an icon, an idea of a man. An image to aspire to and a voice to cherish.
I didn't see the real Elvis, but I'm not sure anyone ever did.
The second part of the workshop took us to the Experiementica Festival in Cardiff.
Where all 15 artists made performative responses to their experience in Porthcrawl. This was my first opportunity to try things out with an audience. As my practice is interactive this is intergeral to the development of my work. I don't think I have ever been as nervous as I was in Cardiff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=debGrFgAoOg video of Experimentica Performance (the first time I put anything on it's feet) - I appear at 28:51
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Step 3. SCRATCH
On the 30th Novemeber I scratched the first 10 minutes with Drunken Chorus at Drunken Nights.
