I have been practicing site-sensitive durational performance since 2005. Early performances included a 4-day performance, Exchanging Stone for Coal, with fellow artist Simone Kenyon in which we spent the four days exchanging a pile of stones with a pile of coal. Later with Simone, I undertook a month long performance of the Pennine Way, and several durational improvisational performances … Continue reading an ethics of care in environmental dance practice
Pandemic reflections on Developing a Sense of Place
Tamara Ashley and Alexis Weedon As we finish editing our book, Developing a Sense of Place, forthcoming with UCL Press, we reflect upon the impact of the pandemic on our current sense of place. While the book was largely complete before the onset of the UK wide lockdown in March 2020, we have been able … Continue reading Pandemic reflections on Developing a Sense of Place
Touch and Trust
Two bodies moving through space, in time, in touch, following momentum. It feels good to dig into the materiality of the body, to enjoy the weight of the task, the weight of my body and another, the weight of the earth. Something proposed, propelling a physical journey between us, across the floor, across the earth, … Continue reading Touch and Trust
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