Introducing the Visual Arts programme at Green Man….
Made with Green Man Trust, with the support of Arts Council Wales and Arts Council England.
Images by Max Miechowski & Anna Arca
Essays.
A conversation with Siobhan Davies about the richness of dance thinking.
As both visual artist and dance maker, I was interested to know why cross art form dialogue has become such a key part of Siobhan’s artistic output.
We met for an hour one crisp October morning in Siobhan’s glass fronted office in South London. I talked with Siobhan about how curating had become an extension of her own choreographic trajectory, why collaboration is important to her and how all of this relates to her personal campaign to promote dance thinking as a generator for ideas in other art forms. Talking with at times her eyes shut, hands floating back and forth, Siobhan gently uncovered the words to give me an insight that I share with you here.
Reconfiguring the Ordinary Past; a reflection on the work of Olivia Punnett.
Catalogue essay for the artists exhibition At The Still Point at Sheffield Hallam in June 2015.
I practice, I arrange and I find out.
Olivia Punnett’s work takes the form of assemblage: constellations of objects arranged in a considered visual hierarchy with evident picture making sensibilities.