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Image: EASTinternational 2007 / Photographer: Barbara Laws

Image: EASTinternational 2007
Photographer: Barbara Laws

FRENCHMOTTERSHEAD

Performative events, Site-specific, Visual art installation

SIZE OF COMPANY
Varies

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to large-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artists
Rebecca French
Andrew Mottershead

ARTISTIC POLICY
FrenchMottershead creates art that specifically explores ideas of identity, social ritual and the everyday public and private realms in which they are played out. Through participatory works, the company subverts sites and engages people complicitly in the creative act.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
Art Monthly ()

Mary Brennan, National Review of Live Art 2006

Frieze ()

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
A photographic journal featuring local people performing/echoing situations reported in the previous day’s newspaper. Multi-lingual. (2 weeks, 2 on the road, local support and translator.)

A performance experience with full audience participation, creating “microperformances” that explore the unwritten rules governing social conduct. English only. (4 hours, 6 on the road and local support.)

Series of performative group photo-shoots, inviting customers and staff of local shops to participate in an urban exhibition. Multi-lingual. (Variable duration, 2 on the road, local photographer and translator.)

Series An interactive “microperformance” game for art festivals, galleries and social events, which creates an experimental social milieu. Multi-lingual. (Variable duration.)

WRAP-AROUND
Illustrated talks/lectures, bespoke workshops and one-on-ones can be offered as part of, or independent from, the creation of an artwork. English only.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 China ()
2005 Finland (), USA ()

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request

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