MARCIA FARQUHAR

SIZE OF COMPANY
2 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artist/Performer
Marcia Farquhar

Co-Producer
J. Maizlish

ARTISTIC POLICY
With roots in conceptualism, and building on a background in painting, sculpture and art history, Farquhar’s practice incorporates an open range of media and of social and conceptual strategies. Her work mainly revolves around the stories and interactions of her everyday life, particularly in relation to the meaning and histories of objects. Reconsidering and reconfiguring works from the last 10 years, 12 Shooters is her most ambitious project to date and offers an unusually varied overview of her performance work.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘An extraordinary performance – with the timing of a stand-up comic, Farquhar turned her often hilarious anecdotes into unexpected revelations of vulnerability.’ Art Monthly (Acts of Clothing)

‘Building up a palimpsest of stories, quotations and drawings, Farquhar works literally from the margins, putting the writing on the walls.’ Art Monthly (Of Course She Jumped)

‘Too exuberant an individual to be lost for words, Farquhar’s solo show proved to be funny, feisty and surprisingly touching.’ Real Time Arts (Acts of Clothing)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
12 Shooters Introduced by the artist, 12 Shooters is a series of short films in which Marcia Farquhar dedicates a selection of her live works to the cameras of 12 other artists. (90–120 mins.)

Acts of Clothing After a precarious untutored dance in her famous tartan flamenco dress, Farquhar models and discusses a lifetime’s worth of past outfits, offering a complex, semi-improvised and often humorous catwalk confessional. (75–100 mins.)

WRAP-AROUND
Post-performance discussions and/or a book signing. The work is aimed at all age ranges, and for general public audiences and fine art audiences alike. The artist is not a theatrical performer, but comes rather from a visual art and performance art background. The work aims in part to provide a broad platform for the discussion of live/performance art and its relationship to and reliance on recorded media for its documentary after-life.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Ireland (Miss Memory recalls)
2004 Germany (Good Girl Bad Girl/You Will Find Love In A Public Place)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request