Sit with me for a moment and remember - TaPRA Gallery 2017

Pinchbeck, Michael (2017) Sit with me for a moment and remember - TaPRA Gallery 2017. In: TaPRA Gallery 2017, 30 August - 1 September 2017, University of Salford.

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Abstract

A bench with a plaque reading Sit with me for a moment and remember is placed in a gallery and an encounter takes place. It is both a dedication to a loved one and an invitation to a stranger. You are invited to listen to an audio recording that reflects on what it means to sit for a moment and remember.

A meditation on remembrance, this piece enacts an encounter with an absent friend. The audio summons a stranger or a ghost, a living presence or a fleeting memory of someone that may have been lost. Sit with me for a moment and remember makes manifest Michael Pinchbeck’s recent practice as research about and into memory, nostalgia and loss. It continues his ongoing research interests into ‘staging loss’ and ‘performing absence’ that surfaced in a symposium he co-convened at the University of Lincoln in 2016 - Staging Loss: Performance as Commemoration. For TaPRA 2017 at the University of Salford, Michael exhibited the artwork and delivered a talk about the project as part of the TaPRA Gallery.

Keywords:audio, performance, installation, exhibition, absence, presence, narrative, loss, memory, family
Subjects:W Creative Arts and Design > W100 Fine Art
W Creative Arts and Design > W440 Theatre studies
W Creative Arts and Design > W400 Drama
Divisions:College of Arts > School of Fine & Performing Arts > School of Fine & Performing Arts (Performing Arts)
ID Code:28728
Deposited On:13 Sep 2017 14:18

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