Naughty Boy Live at SHUNT

You Are a Very Naughty Boy! LIVE performed June 2009 at SHUNT as part of an exhibition by MART platform for New Media, Performance and Installation artists.




This work transposed my performance practice from the the safety of the studio and an intimate relationship with the camera, to the potent uncertainty of the live moment. Thus the dialogue with an imagined viewer becomes a face-to face encounter with a live audience who become implicated in the performance through the live projection of the performance context which becomes mise-en-scene.



In this slightly ludicrous yet sultry performance, a vamp-like female in stockings and stilettos plays a game of punishing the male viewer for his desiring gaze. Initially seductive, her performance escalates into a hysteria that is simultaneously threatening and humorous. The promise of seductive performance descends into a hysteria that is both threatening and humorous.

Contrasting the live with the mediated, the work raises questions around the ethics of spectatorship and representation of the erotic female body. In particular the narcissistic motivation of the performer in her self-objectification, and the role of the viewer as both voyeur and image, trouble comfortable viewing.


Naughty Boy live at SHUNT in association with MART






I will be performing a LIVE version of my video piece You Are a Very Naughty Boy! at SHUNT on Wed 24th June until Sat 28th. The performance will take place in conjunction with a live feed through a projector, contrasting the live with the mediated. Beyond the safety of the studio and an intimate relationship with the camera, I hope that the performance will become a dialogue with the audience extending my exploration of the feminine as spectacle. Watch this space!


The SHUNT lounge is a members' bar deep in the tunnels under London Bridge Station, hosting performance, music, film, installation and a bar that is open late. Many of these events will be in the early stages of development and presented for the first time.

SHUNT
20 Stainer St
(entrance under London Bridge station)
SE1 9LR
Entry: £5 Weds & Thurs/£10 Fri & Sat
come early to avoid queues
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The performance is part of a group show by MART a collective based across Ireland and the UK, that provides a platform for New Media, Performance and Installation artists.







Artists and work include:

LISA MARIE JOHNSON - The Parameters of the Gothic - PERFORMANCE
KATHERINE NOLAN - You Are a Very Naughty Boy LIVE- PERFORMANCE
MATTHEW NEVIN - The Expansion Effect - INSTALLATION
CIARA SCANLAN - The Narcissus dinner party - INSTALLATION / VIDEO
IVAN TWOHIG - Satellites of the Abstract Referential - INSTALLATION
ADAM GIBNEY – INSTALLATION / VIDEO
JOAN HEALY – Becoming a Franz West - INSTALLATION & PERFORMANCE
NATALIE ZERVOU - INSTALLATION

La Cat Salon Friday 19th June 2009

My video You Are a Very Naughty Boy will be screened in the La Cat Salon at
The Back Loft this Friday 19th June. beginning at 8pm there is an eclectic mix of video, performance and music.

The line up:
Oil & Blood (old style acoustic American music)
Sean Dunne (theatrical performance)
Victor Feldman (voice performance)
Coco La Bouche (comedy sketch)
Katherine Nolan (video)
"Rooflanders" by Sven Werner (short film)
"Tango in D Minor" by maurizio usai (short film)
VIDEO ART in the alcove by:
Laura O'Connor
Daryl Slein
Seamus Bradley - 'Steady State No. 1'


9th 8pm
Entry €8/€5
The Back loft
La Catedral studios
7-11 St. Augustine Street,
Dublin
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Live at the Apollo


My work is being shown in The Apollo in Herne Hill. A group of local creatives have taken over the abandoned video store for a month of events showcasing art, film, music and performance provided by local talent and high profile artists.The local community has pulled together to support the venture.

My video work will be shown along side an eclectic mix of creative work, its position under the counter a tongue-in-cheek framing of its erotic nature as 'elicit'.

The story of the creation of the project has been published on-line by
Time Out .


The Apollo ,
19 Norwood Rd,
London SE24.
Opening 4th June 2009, 6pm
Runs until 4th July

FORTHCOMING: Performance at SHUNT

In association with MART I will be performing/showing new work in SHUNT London on Wed 24th -27th June 2009.