Exhibition
Sam Williams Film and Performance Weekend
6 Sep 2019 – 8 Sep 2019
Event times
the actual structure is the material
Friday 6 Sept: 6.30pm - 9.30pm (on loop)
Sat 7 and Sun 8 Sept: 11am - 5pm (on loop)
Latent Commons performance sharing
with Hollie Miller, Karen Callaghan, Leah Marojevic and Seke Chimutengwende
Fri 6 Sept: 6.30pm - 8:30pm
Sat 7 Sept: 11am - 1pm & 3pm - 5pm
A Fruiting Body performance sharing
with Jos McKain
Sun 8 Sept: 11am-1pm & 3pm-5pm
Cost of entry
Free (booking essential)
Address
- 85 St George's Road
- London
- SE1 6ER
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- By Bus: 1, 35, 40, 45, 63, 68, 100, 133, 155, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 196, 333, 343, 363, 468, P5
- By Tube: Northern Line (Elephant & Castle), Bakerloo Line (Lambeth North, Elephant & Castle)
- By Rail: Waterloo Station, Elephant & Castle
Visual artist and filmmaker Sam Williams is taking over the Siobhan Davies Studios with his latest video installation, durational performance, films and the written word. The weekend’s events will reflect on the choreographic potential of geographical thinking.
About
'the actual structure is the material' is a two-channel, cyclical video installation that acts as a personal and conceptual re-tracing of the relationship between body, site and choreographic archive and is a response to the passing of Rosemary Butcher MBE. Butcher, celebrated for her radical choreographic practice, was his friend, mentor and collaborator.
'Latent Commons' is the umbrella title of a new live performance and moving image research project Williams initiated at the start of 2019. Informed by the language and systems of archaeological excavations, compost, fungus and non-human relationships, it explores the possibilities of survival and connection in this time of political and environmental precarity.
Falling under this research project, 'A Fruiting Body' uses movement, text and image to explore unisexual reproduction and cloning seen in the behaviour of certain types of fungus.
Sam Williams studied at the Royal College of Art and has shown his work nationally and internationally.
'the actual structure is material' was made with support from the inaugural Stuart Croft Foundation Education Award. 'Latent Commons' is research supported by Arts Council Developing Your Creative Practice grant. The performance and film weekend has been made possible with additional support from The Elephant Trust.
