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Gary Stevens
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Nicky Childs
ARTISTIC POLICY
Gary Stevens is an artist who creates performances and video installations, working with a wide range of visual artists and performers from diverse backgrounds. The work is the result of long, practical and material development; the staging and productions are simple and stark, but the structures are rich, compelling and complex. His solo and ensemble works have been presented internationally in gallery, theatre and dance contexts, festivals and public spaces.
REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘Gary Stevens, one of Britain’s most original performers.’ Art Monthly
‘Wake Up and Hide provokes a strange, vaguely omnipotent rush… [it] functions as a witty satire of our interactive press-the-red-button, you-decide-who-goes age.’ The Telegraph
‘Sculptors, film makers, performers and realist painters (on the show’s evidence, Stevens’ sensibility is a combination of these) will come flocking from all directions to feast eyes.’ Art Review
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Three performers are inextricably linked by one rule, to copy and ape each other’s behaviour. Actions and words soon spin out of control as the performers continue to copy the copy… (1 hr 15 mins, 3 performers.)
shows two interiors inhabited by performers. Their action may be interrupted by noise from spectators in the gallery. There is a play between contained and impervious images and the intimacy of a live encounter. (Two-screen interactive video installation with sound, 1–2 crew for set up.)
Momentary encounters between the performers are held to become intimate exchanges, where everyday incidents and seemingly insignificant events are played very slowly. (Five-screen video installation, 1–2 crew for set up.)
FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Illuminating four sides of a floating box, is a repeating cycle of 12 landscapes filmed from four perspectives and capturing a specific season or time of year. The cube will literally contain a series of environments. (Video installation, artist + 1 crew to set up.)
WRAP-AROUND
Workshops, masterclasses, artist talks, post-performance discussions, lectures/seminars for artists and students in higher education and longer residency periods, working with groups of local or student participants to create a piece.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2009 USA ()
2008 Switzerland, Tunisia (/1 week workshop and lecture/Ape)
2007 Belgium ()
TOURING AVAILABILITY
and Hide/Slow Life installations available for presentation in gallery spaces or festival contexts
Gary is open to commissions of live solo performance works and ensemble works involving local artists
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