I am in the studio working on a new work at the moment. ‘Ostinato’ takes ideas of ghosting and voicing from previous work, and further develops notions of repetition. The work is commissioned for the ‘Friday Firsts#8: Live Art meets Choreography’ programme at Yorkshire Dance.
The performance will take place on the evening of Friday March [...]
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New Work - Ostinato
Compass Live Art Symposium
Gillian Dyson will be acting as ‘Aditeur in Residence’ for the process of the syposium, a witness, pathfinder and reporter, she will be present throughout for further discussion, comment or intervention.
25th - 27th November 2011. Leeds.
www.compassliveart.org.uk
Site Unseen
Developing the work for differing contexts.siteunseen_gdyson_infodocb_2011
Performing at Visualeyez 2011
I will be performing ‘Site Unseen’ at the Visualeyez Festival, Edmonton, Canada in September 2011. The programme is exploring the notion of ‘faith’.
www.latitude53.org/visualeyez
OUI
I will be performing at OUI York, Saturday 12th November 2011.
http://www.ouiperformance.org.uk
Reading objects
How are objects read by spiritualists? What is the cold reading of a found object?
In Rehearsal
Revising ‘Site Unseen’. Exploring automatic writing… foxes, charlotte, the silence of your situation, after, clouds…
Live Stock
Gillian will be performing ‘Site Unseen’ for the Live Stock event, Friday 28th January. 14 Queens Square, Leeds, LS2 8AJ. The event is the latest in a series of Stock Exchange events for live artists across Yorkshire.
http://stockexchangeyorkshire.wordpress.com/
Still Life - Beacon Art Project
Gillian is currently developing a research project for the Beacon Art Project, for a site specific installation event at the Mansion House, Louth in July ‘10.
The work investigates the visual presence of a still life, articulating metaphor and signifiers for a sense of place. Audience will be invited to an ‘open evening’, to explore [...]
New video uploads
Check Youtube for recently uploaded video works - various.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZUxdJwnFi4
Also Vimeo for draft rushes/ documentation from ‘Still Life’, 2010.
http://vimeo.com/16388092