Helena Hunter was Artist in Residence at Queen Mary, University of London in the Department of Drama during October and November 2009. During the residency Helena engaged in a period of research and development for her new work dis-locate that premiered at the Sacred Season, Chelsea Theatre on October 27th 2009. Helena gave artist talks, led workshops, and worked with students and staff during the development of the work. She also collaborated with Dr. Adrian Dobbs in the Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, and gave an artist talk as part of Quorum-Research Seminars in the study of theatre and performance.
The Queen Mary Innovation funded Space Station Scheme is designed to respond to the professional development needs of performance practitioners working outside higher education, by providing a collaborative framework in which artists can research, develop and showcase work in an academic environment.
Helena Hunter collaborated with photographer Manuel Vason to make an image of The Magician for the SPILL Tarot Project. The SPILL Tarot brings together a new constituency of contemporary makers from a variety of disciplines, in order to create a new deck of tarot cards. In collaboration photographer Manuel Vason, a range of ‘maverick’ artists each restage a tarot card.
Artists collaborating on this project include Ron Athey, Marisa Carnesky, Franko B, Raimund Hoghe, Robert Pacitti, Lois Keidan, Oreet Ashery, Kira O'Reilly, Dominic Johnson, Julia Bardsley, Manuel Vason, Yann Marussich and many more.
The SPILL Tarot pack was presented as an exhibition at The Peter Scott Gallery Lancaster in Nov/Dec 2009.
These images have been turned into a beautiful limited edition deck of cards, presented in a specially designed box and cellophane wrapped. To view the Tarot images online visit Manuel Vason’s website www.artcollaboration.co.uk
Buy online to purchase your very own pack of SPILL Tarot cards. £50 plus p&p. SPILLUnbound
A professional development programme packed with an abundance of practical workshops, talks, and activities to energise and invigorate artistic practice, generate new work, and demystify practice-based research for emerging artists.
This project was developed as part of DIY 6, a Live Art Development Agency initiative developed in collaboration with Artsadmin, New Work Network, The Basement, Colchester Arts Centre, Nuffield Theatre & LANWest, and PLATFORM.
I feel I have refined my entire practice and honed it down into being far more workable, productive and efficient. My understanding of the areas I am influenced by is now clearer and I am able to articulate my concerns that will help me when applying for courses, funding or when submitting proposals. Poppy Jackson, Participant.
As part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of East End Collaborations and the Live Art Development Agency, Helena Hunter presented a reworking of The Other Room, a performance about the animal self, humiliation, and the attempt to stand, originally presented at EEC in 2004. The anniversary event included performances and presentations by previous EEC platform artists, alongside a programme of work by recent graduates and young artists. Helena produced a short film The Soothsayer for the EEC anniversary DVD, and gave a presentation at the information and advice day Everything You Wanted to Know About Live Art But Were Afraid To Ask. The event included performances and presentations by Lois Weaver, Oreet Ashery, Sheila Ghelani, Susannah Hewlett, the promoters and curators Anthony Roberts and Cecilia Wee; Live Art facilitators Lois Keidan and Andrew Mitchelson of the Live Art Development Agency, and Manick Govinda of Artsadmin.
Helena Hunter is featured in the Live Art Development Agency’s 10 Minutes for 10 Years Photo.
The Live Art Development Agency celebrated its tenth anniversary through a special series of projects including ten commissions of 'anniversary presents' especially created for sale on Unbound, the Agency's online shop for Live Art books, DVDs and limited editions.
Manuel Vason invited eight artists with a history with The Live Art Development Agency to participate in a 10 minute-exposure photograph taken on rare Polaroid film, with himself and Lois Keidan. The eight invited artists are: Barby Asante, Sheila Ghelani, Kazuko Hohki, Helena Hunter, Eirini Kartsaki, Robert Pacitti, Rajni Shah and Lois Weaver.
