Luke Pomphrey
‘Mise en PlaceService’
Bristol based artist, Luke Pomphery, will be sharing his new work with us at the next 'PEAR' on Thursday 26th March 2009! Here is an introduction, from Luke, to what he will be doing!
I am going to be running a fine-dining restaurant at ‘Pear’ throughout the duration of the evening. The cooking will happen in the kitchen in the main room, and the dining room is going to be separate in an adjoined room. The dining room will have space for a single table, set for only two diners. The work is designed this way so the focus of the audience is at this stage on the work in the kitchen. In following works the diners experience will be re-incorporated.
This work is a return to making art for me, and being really honest, I am not exactly clear about all of the things it could be about and even that are most interesting to me. So I want to set this up and see what works. My intention is that this work will be the start of many dialogues and finding direction. It is a new beginning of sorts using the very definite skills and techniques I have developed working professionally as a chef in fine-dining restaurants. This is where my aims are very clear, in turning work and technique –tacit knowledge-in to performance and spectacle, followed by dialogue and critique, learning, evolution and re-presentation.
The title refers to the format of the work. In two distinct parts, the first ‘Mise en Place’, is everything that must take place before and up to the point of ‘Service’; part two, where the diners take place in the restaurant and the kitchen cooks for them. This is gastronomy.
The Menu will consist of dishes that are replicas of well-known dishes from a selection of fine dining restaurants. Each dish, each course, demands a perfection, an attempt at a technical reproduction of its original.
The equipment needed will be only those items necessary to cook exactly the dishes on the menu, nothing extra. This is a principle I call Inventory.
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Wednesday, 4 March 2009
PEAR take 2!
Please be aware that we have changed the date of the next 'Pear' to Thursday 26th March! Sorry for any inconvenience and we look forward to hearing from anyone who would like to be involved and see you all there!
all the best
pear pips
xxx
all the best
pear pips
xxx
Monday, 2 March 2009
The first pear!
PERFORMANCES by;
Jamie Glew-Osborne
Starting the evenings performances....
Jamie is a second year Music student at Dartington who treated us to a few of his own songs as well as one by Elliot Smith, and was back by popular demand later on in the evening!
Hannah Sullivan
Hannah is a third year theatre and visual practices student who is interested in walking and mapping and how to express this through words, video and wall based art. She read from her book '44 walks - an extract' which accompanied her exhibition.
'WALK 3 MONDAY 13th OCTOBER I fell into a hole and found myself at the back of H and M, with the jeans. Behind a rack of hats is a man reading a book…in H and M. Along the street they are roasting chestnuts on barrels they pull out of the sewers in the early hours. Further down a man turns the handle of a music box while a small kitten crawls over him. You can hear that music all the way down the street but there are no more kittens. A man comes out of the metro and wipes his forehead with a white handkerchief. He also wipes his eye. A man puts a red scarf on his head and the woman next to him smiles. Pharmacies and scarves and pictures of girls with long curly hair. A stack of carpet and a tub of tools. Watches and nose studs. LA GARE DU NORD. LA GARE DU NORD!'
This work stemmed from a two month project she executed in Paris in October/November of 2008...to see more go to www.walkinginparis.blogspot.com
Francesca Dunford
Chez is a third year Theatre and Choreography student who also sings and plays the ukulele. At 'Pear' she performed 'Friday night' written by her close friend.
Chez (along with Jessie Percival) was also part of an Improvisation with head torches later on in the evening, audience members were free to look out of the window, towards the railway, as and when they wished, to see the movement, the dancing of the lights in the land between the house and the trains!
Grace Billings
Grace is a third year Music student and part of the band 'Matt Board and The Family Tree', whose interests lie in songwriting. For 'Pear' she graced us with a new song of hers, 'The Cat Song'.
'..my mind still wanders your way your so moved on so moved on im happy that your happy and im so that did you wrong and if a cat had nine lives then ive got ten 'cus im costantly coming back again and again and again and if a cat has nine lives then i've got ten 'cus im constantly starting over again and again and again and again....'
Hana Tait
Hana is a third year Theatre and Writing student. For the evening she read a some writing called 'Tag'. This came from time spent in Berlin in April - June 2008.
Gretel My
Gretel is a third year Writing student, for the evening she read an essay she wrote for her course that was questioned as being an essay at all...
Monty and the Duck (minus Monty)
Monty and the Duck are Bea Lane, Jai Northover and James Edward Pettafer. Unfortunately James wasn't able to attend, so Bea and Jai put up a brilliant performance featuring an Irish drinking song and the much loved 'Angry the Crocodile'
Rowena
Rowena is a second year Choreography student who gave us the gift of her beat poetry, which was gratefully received.
Andy Hopper
Andy is a third year Music student - who is an active part of 'Matt board and the family tree' www.myspace.com/matthewboard
and 'Walking strange'
www.myspace.com/walkingstrange
For the evening he performed a few of his solo songs for our listening pleasure.
Chris Walker
Chris is a third year Theatre and Sound Practices student. Chris is a musician and song writer who performed two songs for 'Pear' - one of which was written for him by Grace Billings.
Jack Woodhead
Jack (a third year Music and Theatre student, pianist and vocalist) closed the evening with a lively 20 minute cabaret set, consisting of adoptions of existing songs and some of his own works in progress. Jacks has recently come out of a three month project in New York exploring and taking part in the ca beret scene there, this set was an insight into this experience
....Featuring Lisa Caddy a third year Music and Theatre student who performed 'Latte boy', a comical love song.
Thank you to all our performers....you were super...and thank you to all our viewers, you were particularly beautiful....
written by Hannah Sullivan. Photos by Annelies Puddy. Videos by Hannah Sullivan
Jamie Glew-Osborne
Starting the evenings performances....
Jamie is a second year Music student at Dartington who treated us to a few of his own songs as well as one by Elliot Smith, and was back by popular demand later on in the evening!
Hannah Sullivan
Hannah is a third year theatre and visual practices student who is interested in walking and mapping and how to express this through words, video and wall based art. She read from her book '44 walks - an extract' which accompanied her exhibition.
'WALK 3 MONDAY 13th OCTOBER I fell into a hole and found myself at the back of H and M, with the jeans. Behind a rack of hats is a man reading a book…in H and M. Along the street they are roasting chestnuts on barrels they pull out of the sewers in the early hours. Further down a man turns the handle of a music box while a small kitten crawls over him. You can hear that music all the way down the street but there are no more kittens. A man comes out of the metro and wipes his forehead with a white handkerchief. He also wipes his eye. A man puts a red scarf on his head and the woman next to him smiles. Pharmacies and scarves and pictures of girls with long curly hair. A stack of carpet and a tub of tools. Watches and nose studs. LA GARE DU NORD. LA GARE DU NORD!'
This work stemmed from a two month project she executed in Paris in October/November of 2008...to see more go to www.walkinginparis.blogspot.com
Francesca Dunford
Chez is a third year Theatre and Choreography student who also sings and plays the ukulele. At 'Pear' she performed 'Friday night' written by her close friend.
Chez (along with Jessie Percival) was also part of an Improvisation with head torches later on in the evening, audience members were free to look out of the window, towards the railway, as and when they wished, to see the movement, the dancing of the lights in the land between the house and the trains!
Grace Billings
Grace is a third year Music student and part of the band 'Matt Board and The Family Tree', whose interests lie in songwriting. For 'Pear' she graced us with a new song of hers, 'The Cat Song'.
'..my mind still wanders your way your so moved on so moved on im happy that your happy and im so that did you wrong and if a cat had nine lives then ive got ten 'cus im costantly coming back again and again and again and if a cat has nine lives then i've got ten 'cus im constantly starting over again and again and again and again....'
Hana Tait
Hana is a third year Theatre and Writing student. For the evening she read a some writing called 'Tag'. This came from time spent in Berlin in April - June 2008.
Gretel My
Gretel is a third year Writing student, for the evening she read an essay she wrote for her course that was questioned as being an essay at all...
Monty and the Duck (minus Monty)
Monty and the Duck are Bea Lane, Jai Northover and James Edward Pettafer. Unfortunately James wasn't able to attend, so Bea and Jai put up a brilliant performance featuring an Irish drinking song and the much loved 'Angry the Crocodile'
Rowena
Rowena is a second year Choreography student who gave us the gift of her beat poetry, which was gratefully received.
Andy Hopper
Andy is a third year Music student - who is an active part of 'Matt board and the family tree' www.myspace.com/matthewboard
and 'Walking strange'
www.myspace.com/walkingstrange
For the evening he performed a few of his solo songs for our listening pleasure.
Chris Walker
Chris is a third year Theatre and Sound Practices student. Chris is a musician and song writer who performed two songs for 'Pear' - one of which was written for him by Grace Billings.
Jack Woodhead
Jack (a third year Music and Theatre student, pianist and vocalist) closed the evening with a lively 20 minute cabaret set, consisting of adoptions of existing songs and some of his own works in progress. Jacks has recently come out of a three month project in New York exploring and taking part in the ca beret scene there, this set was an insight into this experience
....Featuring Lisa Caddy a third year Music and Theatre student who performed 'Latte boy', a comical love song.
Thank you to all our performers....you were super...and thank you to all our viewers, you were particularly beautiful....
written by Hannah Sullivan. Photos by Annelies Puddy. Videos by Hannah Sullivan
Thursday, 26 February 2009
The first pear!
Welcome to 'Pear'
Open the big white door, it jingles, walk along the ground floor and to your right is Pea and Pea Collaborations www.peaandpea.blogspot.com work in progress 'Fooling'
Pea and Pea Collaborations are Jessie Percival and Annelies Puddy, third year Choreography and Theatre students both studying a minor in Visual Practices, 'Fooling' is an installation of video and object, repetitive falling in public spaces, and is part of an ongoing exploration.
Directly in front of you in a small window is 'A Recipie' by Ruth Cross
Interactive installation in a small space; a book suggesting how to be a good house mate, inviting the viewer to make their own contributions.
Ruth is a third year Choreography student minoring in Theatre who often works with themes of ecology and technology to create interactive performances and installations.
www.insiteperformance.blogspot.com
To your left along the corridor you will see 'Kaleidoscope Photography' by Annelies Puddy
Kaleidoscope Photography is a result of a couple months spent in Berlin at the end of 2008, during which Annelies spent time observing contemporary performance company 'Gob Squad', these photos are part of her thought process around themes of observation and perception through manipulating what the camera lens can see (www.anneliespuddy.blogspot.com)
Turning round to return to the front door and ascend the stairs to the main room you are fronted with installation 'Under the Satirs' by Beckie Upton
Beckie is a third year Fine Art student whose work is currently evolving around animals and animalistic behavior, particularly insects, she works in a range of mediums including installation, video and book making.
The wall running parallel to the staircase displays images and text by Jo Waterhouse
Jo is a third year Writing student whose work for 'Pear' was a humorous exploration of how animals are used in writing.
Throughout the house you may 'Tables' by Rosalie Schweiker
Rosalie is a third year Fine Art student who makes tables. If you would like her to make one for you please contact her!
r.schweiker@dartington.ac.uk
Up the stairs! and just before you reach the top on the left hand side is a pin board installation, 'I smile because...' by Francesca Dunford
Francesca is a third year Theatre and Choreography student whose pin board installation invites you to share the moments that makes you smile, she also invited anyone who used the toilet that evening to leave a note or image in return for the use of the big white bowl!
The main room at the top of the stairs is full of people, the 'Pear' bar, promised performances and immediately on the left hand side is '________' by Beatrice Lane
Beatrice is a third year Theatre and Writing student whose recent time in Portland, America informed and developed her zine making practice.
Just past the Zine table in the far left hand corner of the room is '44 Walks' by Hannah Sullivan
Hannah is a third year Theatre and Visual Practices student whose installation of wall based maps, postcards, short videos and a book is a result from her recent walking project in Paris. www.walkinginparis.blogspot.com
To the left at the top of the stairs you will find the video and play room! Sharing short videos and providing a space to play with lots of materials and a projector!
videos included...
'Hey Britney' by Yair Vardi
'My Daddy was a Bank Robber' by Jessie Pericval
'Cafe Scene' and 'House Animation' by Hannah Sullivan
'Untitled' by Sam Gibbs
THE PLAY ROOM!
In the same room as the short films and videos there is the space to play, with an over head projector and many many materials, please play and feel free to take pictures and films of what you create! :)
Open the big white door, it jingles, walk along the ground floor and to your right is Pea and Pea Collaborations www.peaandpea.blogspot.com work in progress 'Fooling'
Pea and Pea Collaborations are Jessie Percival and Annelies Puddy, third year Choreography and Theatre students both studying a minor in Visual Practices, 'Fooling' is an installation of video and object, repetitive falling in public spaces, and is part of an ongoing exploration.
Directly in front of you in a small window is 'A Recipie' by Ruth Cross
Interactive installation in a small space; a book suggesting how to be a good house mate, inviting the viewer to make their own contributions.
Ruth is a third year Choreography student minoring in Theatre who often works with themes of ecology and technology to create interactive performances and installations.
www.insiteperformance.blogspot.com
To your left along the corridor you will see 'Kaleidoscope Photography' by Annelies Puddy
Kaleidoscope Photography is a result of a couple months spent in Berlin at the end of 2008, during which Annelies spent time observing contemporary performance company 'Gob Squad', these photos are part of her thought process around themes of observation and perception through manipulating what the camera lens can see (www.anneliespuddy.blogspot.com)
Turning round to return to the front door and ascend the stairs to the main room you are fronted with installation 'Under the Satirs' by Beckie Upton
Beckie is a third year Fine Art student whose work is currently evolving around animals and animalistic behavior, particularly insects, she works in a range of mediums including installation, video and book making.
The wall running parallel to the staircase displays images and text by Jo Waterhouse
Jo is a third year Writing student whose work for 'Pear' was a humorous exploration of how animals are used in writing.
Throughout the house you may 'Tables' by Rosalie Schweiker
Rosalie is a third year Fine Art student who makes tables. If you would like her to make one for you please contact her!
r.schweiker@dartington.ac.uk
Up the stairs! and just before you reach the top on the left hand side is a pin board installation, 'I smile because...' by Francesca Dunford
Francesca is a third year Theatre and Choreography student whose pin board installation invites you to share the moments that makes you smile, she also invited anyone who used the toilet that evening to leave a note or image in return for the use of the big white bowl!
The main room at the top of the stairs is full of people, the 'Pear' bar, promised performances and immediately on the left hand side is '________' by Beatrice Lane
Beatrice is a third year Theatre and Writing student whose recent time in Portland, America informed and developed her zine making practice.
Just past the Zine table in the far left hand corner of the room is '44 Walks' by Hannah Sullivan
Hannah is a third year Theatre and Visual Practices student whose installation of wall based maps, postcards, short videos and a book is a result from her recent walking project in Paris. www.walkinginparis.blogspot.com
To the left at the top of the stairs you will find the video and play room! Sharing short videos and providing a space to play with lots of materials and a projector!
videos included...
'Hey Britney' by Yair Vardi
'My Daddy was a Bank Robber' by Jessie Pericval
'Cafe Scene' and 'House Animation' by Hannah Sullivan
'Untitled' by Sam Gibbs
THE PLAY ROOM!
In the same room as the short films and videos there is the space to play, with an over head projector and many many materials, please play and feel free to take pictures and films of what you create! :)
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