Dance First, Think Later – In Conversation: Lucy Beech & Edward Thomasson with Jonathan P. Watts

Friday 19th June 2015

Three Special Events –
In Conversation; Writers’ Workshop; Artists’ Mentoring 

In Conversation: Drinks at 5.30 for 6.00pm – 8.00pm
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Lucy Beech and Edward Thomasson’s practice spans video and performance.  As two of Britain’s most exciting young artists they work both independently and collaboratively and together their work explores what constitutes performance outside of conventional theatre.

Beech and Thomasson have composed a unique programme of their most recent video works including Lucy Beech’s Results that Move You and Edward Thomasson’s Open Your Mouth, as well as documentation of the artists’ collaborative live work, Passive Aggressive 2 (all 2014). Following the screening, the artists will be joined in conversation with writer Jonathan P Watts.  The event is programmed to coincide with Lucy Beech’s solo exhibition Me and Mine on show at the Harris until 4th July.

Book your free place through Eventbrite HERE.

Writers’ Workshop: 3pm
With Jonathan P. Watts.  Please email Clarissa Corfe at c.corfe@preston.gov.uk to book your free place.

Artists’ Mentoring: From 3pm
45 minute session with artists Lucy Beech and Edward Thomasson.
Please email Clarissa Corfe at c.corfe@preston.gov.uk to book your place, including a few sentences about how it would benefit your practice.

Lucy Beech (born 1985) lives and works in London. Recent solo exhibitions include Me and Mine, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston (until July 4th), which travels to Tetley, Leeds in July 2015. Her work has been included in group exhibitions and screenings at ICA, London, Chisenhale Gallery, London, GAK, Bremen and V22, London. Beech will be part of the ‘Selected V’, touring screening, throughout 2015 including CCA, Glasgow, CIRCA, Newcastle, Fabrica, Brighton, Whitechapel Gallery, London and Nottingham Contemporary.

Edward Thomasson (born 1985) lives and works in London. Recent solo exhibitions include ‘The Present Tense’, Chisenhale Gallery, London, ‘Just About Managing’, Southard Reid, London, and ‘Inside’, South London Gallery. His work has also been included in group exhibitions and screenings at GAK, Bremen and Pilar Corrias, London. In 2013 he presented his first play ‘Between You And Me’ at The Glass House Community Centre, London. His new play ‘Escape Routes’ will be presented at The Assembly Hall, Indian YMCA, London in May 2015.

Alongside their independent practices, Lucy Beech and Edward Thomasson have collaborated on performance and video projects since 2007 after leaving Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. Recent presentations include ‘Passive Aggressive 2’ at Camden Arts Centre, London, ‘Passive Aggressive’ at Kepi Kredi Culture Centre, Istanbul, ‘Left Behind Together’ at OUTPOST, Norwich, 2nd Biennale de Belleville, Paris; South London Gallery; Frieze Projects at Frieze London; Barbican Theatre, London; Bloomsbury Theatre, London and Modern Art Oxford. www.lucybeechandedwardthomasson.co.uk

Jonathan P. Watts lives and works in London and is a regular contributor to Frieze magazine. As well as being arts editor of Noon magazine, he is a founding editor – one of seven – of Aorist, a new magazine of critical writing on contemporary art and culture.