Leah Lovett

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Ghost in the Machine, 2011

Performance created by TRIPOD (an ongoing collaboration with Katy Beinart and Helen Rawling) for Surplus to Requirements?, duration variable.


(performance stills, photographs: Thomas Jenkins)

 

Anthony Rowe, Untitled, 2010

A video made with footage and images found on a mobile phone which was stolen and subsequently recovered by the police, projected dimensions variable, duration 02'58".

 

Conversation Piece, 2010

Two unidentified performers initiated scripted conversations with unsuspecting audience members for the opening of the Intervention Gallery, Kensal Green Cemetary.


(performance still, photograph: Adam J Brown)


(card)

 

Day of Celebration, Site of Protest, 2010

A series of 13 prints documenting the 12-hour occupation of a politically symbolic space in Seoul on a national holiday.

 

Pinned Landscape, 2010

Performance to camera in which the artist gifts iron rods to new corporate and commercial buildings in Mullae, Seoul. Single channel HD video, dimensions variable, duration 04'19".

Pinned Landscape screen grab

Pinned Landscape screen grab
(stills)

 

There Were Conflicting Versions, 2009

Performance of found protest images with James Canvin, Deborah Klayman, Tina Meegan, Patsy Prince and Herbert Wright, duration 20'00" approx. Created for Testing Grounds at South Hill Park.


(photograph: Orion Maxted)

 

Filter, 2009

Performance in which an actor relays news feeds streamed from Reuters' UK website whilst drinking from a selection of Three Barrels brandy, Gordons gin, Smirnoff vodka and Famous Grouse whiskey, duration variable.

Filter, 2009
(performer: Sandy Grierson, photograph: Sarah Pickering)

Filter, 2009
(performer: Catherine Adams, photograph: Sarah Pickering)

 

Found Performance, 2008-9

Single channel video, duration 06'30".



Mouthpiece, 2009

Single channel video, duration 00'51".



Open Eye, 2008-9

Single channel video, duration 19'17".


(03'36 extract)

Just the Space, Just the Light 2008-2009

3-channel HD video installation filmed at night until the security guard responded or the 60 minute tape ran out, projected dimensions variable, duration 60'00".


(stills)

Catherine Day, 2008

Performance and installation of a single character played out by many women, duration 12 hours.


(7'06 extract)

Conducting, 2008

Carousel of 35mm slides changed at approximately 3 second intervals by the gallery attendant, projected dimensions variable, duration 02'30" approx.

Conducting, 2008

Conducting, 2008
(installation view)

Conducting, 2008
(installation view)

Audition Piece (Dead Cowboy), 2008

Sculpture, costume, performance in which a number of actors play dead whilst rocking the barrel from side to side, dimensions 1300x1000x1200mm approx., duration variable.

Audition Piece (Dead Cowboy), 2008
(installation view)

Audition Piece (Dead Cowboy), 2008
(costume detail)

Audition Piece (Dead Cowboy), 2008
(performance still)

Covert Collaborations (Signer), 2008

Photocopied letter, photocopied drawing, inkjet print, individual dimensions 210x297mm.

Covert Collaborations (Signer), 2008
(click to enlarge)


Covert Collaborations (Signer), 2008

Covert Collaborations (Signer), 2008

 

Their Actions However Intended, 2008

Script, performance for two actors who follow all of the unspoken text from Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Lluisa Cunille's The Meeting, each one directing and directed by the other, duration variable.


(poster)


(script extract - click to enlarge)



Kilty Toga, 2007

Single channel video, duration 00'37".




Pallas' Socks, 2008

Wool, inkjet print, dimensions variable.


(details)

Jumpers, 2007

Knitted costume for three performers, dimensions variable.

Jumpers, 2007

Pillar to Post, 2009

Costume, four columns, performance, dimensions variable, duration variable.

Pillar to Post, 2009

 

Street Theatre, 2006

6-channel sound installation, duration 8'07".


(installation view)

Audio - Bibi

Audio - Craig

Audio - Petra

Audio - Rachel

Audio - Sandy

Quadrille, 2006

Single channel video, duration 03'20.

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