In early January this year I began working with Newcastle based performance artist Carole Luby, planning a visual and performance art event to take place in July 09. We have just received a positive funding decision from Arts Council England, North East and are about to get started with planning (and re-familirising ourselves with what we said we were going to do...).
In March last year Carole, myself and 3 further North East artists - David Foggo, Sally Madge and Ilana Mitchell - traveled to Istanbul to take part in Perfomance Zamani (Performance Time), an international festival of performance art. The event we are planning in July will involve a reciprocal exchange and 5 Turkish artists will travel to Newcastle to perform here with us. The original 5 North East artists will also make new work along with 3 further invited artists, Claire, Fiona Wright and 1 further to be confirmed.
More to follow...
