The 5 O'Clock Show

5 O'Clock Show: Monday 31 Oct

Monday 31st October 2011 at 17:00 until 18:00

Julie and Ilana met in The Forth (pub)…

…they realised they had lots to catch up on and mutual interests to discuss. So much so, they want to do it again (with you…). Join them for a re-enactment (as they remember it) of a discussion which circles: ideas of agency, organisation, community, research-based practice, sustainability, living in Newcastle, not living in Newcastle, being an artist, not being an artist, artist-led stuff, systems thinking, how you measure things, making things with materials, making things with people, going out, stopping in.

About Julie:

From an art school, development studies and social sciences background, Julie Crawshaw is committed to developing an interdisciplinary perspective on the agency of art, artists and the ‘artist-led’. Looking at art practice through the lens of anthropology, she is doctoral scholar of the Sustainable Consumption Institute (University of Manchester) and Art, Science and Business Fellow of Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart. Her travels have included co-directing Midwest (2002-08), a ‘virtual’ and ‘real’ agency for co investigation into the ‘place’ of the artist; and co-designing Park & Ride, an action research project investigating the role of the ‘art centre’. Julie is interim Head of Communications and Partnerships at a-n. She is living in Newcastle (again!)

About Ilana:

Ilana Mitchell is Creative Director of Wunderbar. That's this. Ilana looks to work with artists who are interested in people, in audiences, and in creating dialogue, intrigue and action. She is interested in spontaneity and immediacy, in a festival and works that have cultural and political urgency. She's also a founding member of the collective of Star and Shadow Cinema, and sometimes, still, calls herself an artist...

5 O'Clock Show: Tuesday 1 Nov

Tuesday 1st November 2011 at 17:00 until 18:00

INTO ONTO

Annette Knol and Amelia Bande

Playwright and performer Amelia Bande, and visual artist Annette Knol, have been exchanging long distance words since they met in 2007. Talks, letters, readings, images, dreams and thoughts become an alternative for the lover’s immediate presence while away.

Into Onto presents a work in progress that takes the correspondence between two people as a starting point to talk about how we relate through text, symbols, structure,narrative and writing.

The universe Bande and Knol create initially exists purely for their pleasure. By selecting and presenting fragments of their exchange they uncover an archaeology of desire and discontent whilst simultaneously writing new fiction. The editing,transforming, isolating and remaking of these fragments opens a door that goes beyond the mere naming of anecdotes and feelings.

The exchange forms the backbone of the underlying theme: why. Why should we live like this? Can we do it differently? What are the possibilities of change? Into Onto engages with these questions through a mixture of mediums: drawing,installation, photography, performance and a book.

Amelia Bande (Chile, 1977) & Annette Knol (Netherlands, 1976) both live in Berlin.

http://www.printeretto.net/

5 O'Clock Show: Wednesday 2 Nov

Wednesday 2nd November 2011 at 17:00 until 18:00

Katy and Peter Merrington, Nicola Singh and Tim Bailey

Join us for a discussion about two projects Wunderbar is supporting in 2012/2013.

In 2009, Katy and Peter Merrington made one of the most talked about projects of the festival - the infamous Bath Time as part of Joshua Sofaer's Tours of People's Homes. Since then, Wunderbar has been working with the artists to develop new work that looks at blood donation and we plan to support them to continue their process through 2012/2013. Come along to hear about their ideas.

Blood donorship is a vital medical and social requirement involving curious processes and precious experiences. It's an opportunity to reach out and transform someone’s life, to place a part of yourself within them. Yet the necessity, logistical rigor and clinical precision of the act often mask the paradoxical qualities that the process entails.

This talk will examine the act of giving blood in the UK, drawing on medical and social history, logistical procedure, promotional positioning and notions of altruism. It will examine a set of ideas and experiences seeking to draw out and highlight the complexities of this life giving process.

Nicola Singh and Tim Bailey will introduce the ideas behind Life Without Buildings - a project that will be launched for the finale of the Wunderbar Festival, Sunday 6th November.

Life without Buildings is a project that will culminate in a radical structural intervention to a building or building site for the Wunderbar Festival 2013.
NIcola and Tim will lead an informal discussion on the plans and ambitions for the projects and ways in which you might like to be involved. More info here

5 O'Clock Show: Thursday 3 Nov

Thursday 3rd November 2011 at 17:00 until 18:00

Valters Silis

Valters Silis spent almost ten years of his life working in a zoo. Following this powerful experience taking care of animals, he now works with humans. This performance is about what makes the human species special. If we were put in a zoo how would we be able to distinguish ourselves from the other animals?

First of two opportunities to see this performance from up-and-coming Latvian theatre maker, Valters Silis. This performance takes place off-site, leaving from HQ. Limited capacity of 20 per performance.

Part of the DISTANCE festival.