Tuesday, 2 October 2007

Celebrated Performance Scholar Dr. Heike Roms at Cardiff ATRiuM 17 October


[Pictured above; DR. HEIKE ROMS]

CCI - DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA AND MUSIC

RESEARCH SEMINAR

It is our pleasure to present the first (of many) research seminar(s) in the new building and an even greater pleasure to welcome Dr. Heike Roms.

'What's Welsh for Performance?: Constructing an Archive of Performance Art in Wales'

DR. HEIKE ROMS

WEDNESDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2007

5PM

Please come to the ATRiuM Reception, Room to be announced.

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED

ALL WELCOME!

This presentation introduces What¹s Welsh for Performance? (Beth yw performance yn Gymraeg?), a major research project devoted to uncovering and archiving the history of performance art in Wales.

Performance art is now widely recognized as representing a vital part of the visual arts in this country, yet one currently searches in vain for any records or critical evaluations of its practices in accounts of Welsh art history.

The project is an attempt to address this neglect.



The presentation discusses some of the methodological implications of archiving performance work with reference to the first ten years of the art form after its initial appearance in Wales in 1968, before presenting the two main strands of the Welsh performance and a publicly staged Oral History series.

Dr Heike Roms is lecturer in Performance Studies in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, Aberystwyth University.

She has published on contemporary performance practice, particularly on work emanating from Wales, for publications such as Performance Research, Inter, Frakcija, Live Art Magazine, New Welsh Review, Planet and Cyfrwng.



She is project director of What's Welsh for Performance?, a major research project devoted to uncovering and archiving the history of performance art in Wales (www.performance-wales.org).



Aberystwyth Arts Centre is a Department of the

University of Wales Aberystwyth



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Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff

Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries

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