Simon Whitehead
Movement artist Simon Whitehead works from his base in rural West Wales and Internationally. He has developed a body of work from the pedestrian; encountering situations at walking pace his works are place sensitive and often involve a process of ritual reconstruction through the body, live performance, sound and sensory media.
Over the last 8 years he has collaborated closely on many of these works with sound artist Barnaby Oliver and his work continues to embrace notions of plurality and the collaborative process with other artists, the public, place and animals.
Recent Exhibitions and Projects:
- Oct 05 - June 06 Walks to Illuminate Public nightwalking project at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
- June 2005 ELI video installation and performance, ointment , Llyn y fan Fach, Botanic Gardens of Wales and Community venues west Wales.
- 2005 Dances for Radio STAR Radio, Cardiff
- March 2005 the guitar walks 'Marcheurs des Bois' Residency with artist groups ointment and Boreal Art Nature, Reserve Rouge Matawin, Quebec.
- Nov 2004 Rupture and Residue Artist in Residence, Bonemap project, Queensland. Australia.
- Jan - Mar 2004 Awake2 Dance and video installation with gardener Jon Lochrie. Tramway, Glasgow.
- Oct 2003 Out of the Woods Locator movement/ecology project with dance artists, Tycanol woods, West Wales. Commissioned by Dance4/ Now Festival, Nottingham.
- Sept 2003 Host A walking and train journey to Germany with a small apple tree. TransitArten, Darmstadt , Germany.
Forthcoming work:
- Walking to Work, Artist book/ anthology of walking works 1994-2006. Publishing May 2006.
