Associated Artists Update: honeybrothers

Message from Solo 30x30 Associated Artists the honeybrothers.

'Unfortunately our father has become very ill, so we have put our Solo 30x30 project on hold, we still intend to make the piece but it may have to wait a few months'.

We will keep you up to date with the honeybrothers news as it emerges.

Solo 30x30

In October 2007, Dance Umbrella presents Canadian dance artist Paul-André Fortier in his work Solo 30x30 in Liverpool St (adjacent to the station), London, UK.

About the piece:
900 minutes of intimacy between a man and a city, Solo 30x30 is a 30-minute dance performed for 30 consecutive days, in the same place, at the same time, come rain, hail or shine.

This free, outdoor event, created and performed by Paul-André Fortier, is designed to be part of the city and its urban activity. Fortier gives you the opportunity to experience your local environment in a totally new way...up to 30 times.

Previously, Solo 30x30 has transformed the streetscapes of Newcastle, Nancy, Ottawa, Yamaguchi, Montréal and Bolzano. Now, it’s London’s turn.

This blog will be used as a daily chronicle of the performance and will include photographs, videos and show reports.

‘Fortier’s newest work takes contemporary dance out of the theatre and drops it into the swarming, chaotic, smelly heart of the city.’ The Ottawa Citizen

For information on the performance click here

Associated Artists

Fortier frequently encourages other creators to contribute to his work. In London, the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, photographer Hugo Glendinning and video artists the honeybrothers, have been invited to develop works using Solo 30x30 as a springboard. These works have an independent life.

Associated Artists will also be contributing to this blog on a weekly basis, sharing their thoughts and artistic concepts for their projects as they evolve.

Associated works from previous Solo 30x30 presentations in other cities can be seen at our exhibition at Bishopsgate Institute from 3 Oct - 9 Nov, 1pm – 4pm (Mon-Fri).

For information on the exhibition click here

Guildhall School of Music & Drama Associated Project

Six composition students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama have been chosen to compose short pieces inspired by the work of Canadian choreographer, Paul-André Fortier. These pieces will be scored for up to four percussionists and electronics. The composition project will culminate in an exciting rare indoor performance of Fortier’s Solo 30x30, accompanied by the premieres of the composers’ works (Tuesday 30 October).

Biography: The Guildhall School of Music & Drama is one of Europe's leading conservatoires, offering musicians, actors, stage managers and theatre technicians an inspiring environment in which to develop as artists and professionals. Performance lies at the heart of music education at the Guildhall School and this project continues the School’s collaboration with Dance Umbrella and international choreographers.

honeybrothers Associated Project:

We intend to document around the same location as Paul-André Fortier's Solo 30x30, at the same time for a period of 10 days. Like Paul-André's piece, the commuters who use Liverpool Street station repeat the same actions, at the same time, in the same place every day. Changes in their pattern of movement are dictated by outside forces: the intervention of other people; the weather; a train being late meaning the need to rush.

Our project aims to detail the choreography of everyday life. We hope that those who view it will be stimulated to think of movement, not necessarily in abstract terms, but as a vital component of everyday life where we 'dance' without even realising it.

Biography: honeybrothers, formed in 1998, are Daniel and Mark Goddard. Their work to date has been an investigation of contrasting relationships: truth and lies, looking at familiar territory from a different angle, re-evaluating the space and environment around us, making people examine and question their preconceptions. Their digital films have been show in galleries and festivals worldwide, toured with onedotzero and on FilmFour/Channel Four.

Hugo Glendinning Associated Project:

I will use the oldest and largest photographic format (10X8 negative) to investigate at a forensic level the effect of Fortier’s performance on the people, the architecture and space around him. In the current digital world it is always tempting to collect large amounts of information and then filter and combine material in order to interpret or tell stories. It will be my intention to tell my story in a single photograph using this most detailed form of photography (usually reserved for architecture and the inanimate) to quietly reveal the effects of Fortier’s work on the immediate environment, and vice versa. That is not to say that I will take only one picture but I will be shooting slowly and with consideration of the changing scene before me aiming to find a single moment that works to make visible the true complexity of the shifting order of things before the camera.

Biography: Hugo Glendinning has been working as a photographer for twenty years. His output stretches across the cultural industries from fine art collaborations in video and photography, through production and performance documentation to portrait work. He has worked with most leading British theatre and dance companies and is regularly commissioned by the RSC, National Theatre, Royal Opera House and many West End theatre producers.