100 Artisits for World Aids Day - New Steine Brighton

Very much looking forward to taking part in this! We will be at the new Steine at 11am and afterwards we will be exhibiting at Komedia. The piece I am hoping to bring along (weather permitting) is above.

MARCIA FARQUHAR - Acts of Clothing

Last night I had the priviledge of seeing Marcia Farquhar at The Basement in Brighton.

The tip came from my ever helpful tutor at Goldsmiths, she had seen the same performance in its original incarnation 7 (or so) years ago and because I turst her advice implicitly I decided to go along.

Marcia - besides being an excellent wit and narator - is a working artist and this particular performance involved her delivering a clothing's rack of anecdotes.

The stage was a catwalk at the far end of which hung the garments in question. Each was a piece of history, lost in the timestream of fashion (thank god - the 70's red dress will haunt me forever) but made relevant again by the personal experience attached to it - personal experience related to us, the audience, in Marcia's wonderfully illustrative style.

At each story we found ourselves wearing the item with Marcia and then, the story done, it was discarded to the floor of the walkway leaving a wreckage of fashion for Marcia to continue her performance on.

The 'finale' was a paper doll dress made for 7 people (I think) which meant that members of the audience literally got to wear the dress with Marcia and dance over the catwalk.

Marcia was the gel that held all these elements together. As a piece of art it was thought provoking and entertaining - what more could you ask for?

Marcia Farquhar's Site
The Basement's Site

Welcome

Hi everyone and welcome to my new blog.

This will be my forum to tell you about my work. Check it out to see images of pieces I've done in the past or ones that I am currently working on.

I will also be posting to document my journey as I develop as an artist.

It's also a chance for you to give me some feedback on my work, I look forward to hearing your comments.

Thanks
Richard