Venue: Around the Merchant City Description of artwork: whatsthebigmistry Play(ed) on art as interaction, this is when art meets and unsuspectingly bumps itself into people in public places. 'Play' as not merely for observation. This may not seem like what you think art is - but that’s O.k. It was the taking part that counted. There was be play aids available. The work explored site and people and engagement. Located in the merchant city area whatsthebigmistry provoked interest, confusion and at times thought. Some of those that encountered 'Play' may found a willingness to do things that they may have not thought they’d be doing when they woke up that morning. Statement about current work: In the last year whatsthebigmistry has been making work that’s about spaces, people in those spaces and having some interaction with them. What these spaces could be range the internet to the street, roaming the market square or inside a roadside cabin, perhaps a coffee bar or even on the bus. Anywhere we might share or inhabit in the public domain. Encounter in these sites may prompt a free dance, an emotional exchange. An on the spot love poem. For those wanting to buy some art a live butterfly painting has known to be on auction as the paper is folded and the paint dries. This work is about interaction and people taking part in art and not merely looking at it. Not complicated art. Biography of artist: whatsthebigmistry live/performance/media/visual experimental art www.whatsthebigmistry.com whatsthebigmistry always aims to work across the boundaries of art forms to find exciting new ways of expressing ideas. Taking various forms in production these include stage, screen, photography, installation, sound, live movement, performance, word and the use of virtual and public spaces. Work formed is adventurous, innovative live/performance art with a style that plays with and challenges audiences. To continue working diversely I am open to collaborations, always looking for new ways of generating experimental expression. Furthermore I hold a commitment to the discussion of contemporary arts practice in order to lifts it’s profile and spread practice amongst young people and build audiences. whathebigmistry is priya MISTRY, a multidisciplinary artist working experimentally across live art, performance, media and visual art forms. A graduate of 2003 with a BA Hons in Performance Arts + Video & Photography, MISTRY now works as an artist, arts worker and arts manager. Crossing many sectors of the fields taking on multifacitated roles as artist, curator, programmer, administrator, arts manager to educator. MISTRY has produced a number of works individually and embarked on various collaborations, presenting work nationally as well as internationally at a number of festivals and platforms. She was recently commissioned by the Bonington Gallery for their 2004 Sensitive Skin multidisciplinary arts season. In it’s second year‘…seen..:The Sell Out’04 is the only international live art and performance platform in Leicester, it filled two days with around 18 artists and was curated and managed by MISTRY, helen McNULTY and Artist Director maria MALONE. Both of these projects were Arts Council funded.Various other performances and collaborations by mistry included, BBCi Roots, Phonix Arts,...seen…, You Are Here, Reich & Behrumpt, Now/Expo, Fierce with Guillerimo, Cabin Exchange, Angel Row/Showroom among many others. |