Cata Isle Mime Theatre’s first solo show combines mime with elements of puppeteering. Poured into sound, light and make believe, it shows you that everything is possible on stage.
A simple object is the cause of many unusual situations, turning into things, creatures and puppets. A series of scenes for young and old, bound together by simple objects: “Buckets”
Fotosession with Aska Bitner
a new design felted hats with a strong medieval feel. It brings up all kinds of associations, from the look of Mary to Tudors. Commissions welcome.
Space Shuttle
April 17, 2007
Ground Up Artists’ Collective Gets Space Shuttle
The Ground Up Artists’ Collective has been awarded the Space Shuttle as a result of the auction by PS2. The collective will use the Shuttle as temporary public art space and a platform for discussion about the rural context.
A scaled down replica of PS2 project space in Belfast, the Space Shuttle is a multifunctional, creative box sent temporarily into ‘orbit’ to outside locations where it is used as a working platform for interdisciplinary artist groups and community organisations and initiatives.
The primary aim of the Ground Up Artists’ Collective is to develop contexts for the presentation of art in the rural environment, bringing art processes to the heart of rural communities. One of the obstacles encountered by artists in rural contexts is the lack of public spaces. The Space Shuttle will temporarily address this and allow the Collective to programme a range of activities, all of which will be context specific, and will include; discursive projects, exchange events, exhibits, workshops, film shows; consultation events, works commissioned especially for the space and many more.
Place: Mountshannon artsfestival, South West Clare
Time: 16th of May- 2rd of June 2008 in Mountshannon
From Programme of events INISCEALTRA festival of ARTS 2008 , with the theme of Communety:
“Astrid Adler will be based in Mountshannon from the 16th May –2nd June in the mobile studio called ‘The Space Shuttle ‘(on loan from the Ground Up artists collective, West Clare).The silver studio will be used by Astrid’s community based Art Project where she will collect stories, practices and prayers from people in th elocal communety about ‘divine females’ such as St Bridget.These ideas will be used to create portraits in the future. If you are in the village, feel free to call in and share your knowledge and views with Astrid or find out more in ‘The Space Shuttle’.”
12 pieces of work in 12 hours minimum of 6 mediums
10 artists participated and I won the overall!
These are some of the results. Reception Saturday 4th of September 7.00pm in the Butter Market Gallery, The Marine Hotel, Kilkee. Work of the participating artists will be on display till 1 week after date. All work is for sale.
Mime first stepped out of the shadows in ancient Greece. The Theatre of Dionysus played host to masked actors who performed the most elaborate form of mime, known as hypothesis, which saw the principles concentrate more on the development of their own characters than the story itself. Mime continued as an art form right through to the Middle Ages, reaching its pinnacle in 16th century Italy, with Commedia dell’ Arte. The Commedia dell’ Arte saw street performers donning extravagant masks to complement their acrobatic skill and to attract an audience. Notice-boxes, yes, but successful ones. These performers, who became affectionately known as Zanni, took advantage of their masked identity to ridicule contemporary society and its institutions.
Despite mime’s tenacity, the art form continued to be about as subtle as your mother indicating that your dress is tucked into the back of your knickers at a family wedding. Slapstick mime humour prevailed until the early 1800′s, which saw the emergence of a Bohemian acrobat by the name of Jean Gaspard Batiste Deburau. Deburau was engaged to perform at the Funambules theatre on the Boulevard du Tempe. Enjoying perhaps one of the longest gigs in history, played there until his death. In between he managed to elevate mime to the level of an art form, which became known as French traditional mime. Deburau also created one of the most enduring mime characters of all time – the Pierrot.
After World War I, Jacques Copeau continued to teach French traditional mime at The School of the Dramatic Arts. One of his students at the school, , went on to create a modern form called Corporal mime, which revived the arts fading fortunes once again. Decroux taught mime as the art of physical control, which requires grace, agility and versatility. His most famous student was Marcel Marceau, acknowledged as the world’s most famous living mime. Renowned for his poignancy, Marceau was influenced by cinema greats such as Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. His most recognisable creation was his character Bip, the white-faced everyman in the battered top hat.
In the 1980′s, some mime artists began to rebel against their minimalist constraints and increasingly started to use voice, lighting effects, props and costume in . Because of these changes, new forms of mime can be known by different names such as mime-dance and New Vaudeville.
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