I am still your worst nightmare

Photo by Holly Dunham

What a weekend, it's been great, I have spent most of the last two days inside the Arnolfini in Bristol, watching and performing in their live art weekender: I am still your worst nightmare. My pieces both worked to a certain extent but not in the way i thought they might. Here is a brief run down of some of the performances I saw, in no particular order and utilising the conceit of a system of spurious awards...

The award for...

I had a mildly noteworthy experience the other day: it was sunny and I'd stopped off at the Arnolfini for a pint and to sit on the harbour side and read my book (Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans) anyway upon finishing my drink I hopped off to the gents down in the basement, only to be confronted, upon the door of the cubicle, by an image of myself on a poster.

RESIDENCE
DISCUSSION EVENT
ON MONDAY 28TH APRIL 8PM
about the work we saw at
I AM STILL YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE

Residence's discussion event is back for one night only before we bid farewell to our beloved police station and move to pastures new. Come along and meet like-minded artists, chat about the work you saw, drink booze.

WHAT INSPIRED YOU? WHAT WORKED? WHAT DIDN'T WORK? WHAT MADE YOU LAUGH? WHAT WAS THE POINT? DOES ANYONE CARE? WHO WAS IT FOR? DID YOU SEE THAT? DID YOU MISS THAT? WHAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE FOREVER? WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO TEARS? WHAT BORED YOU TO TEARS?

I'm going to be doing a couple of bits at this, it should be great fun. There will be some really great artists and performers there.

Last year’s platform, where 50 artists performed their own work for Arnolfini audiences, was such a success that we’re doing it again. I Am Still Your Worst Nightmare has been developed with Theatre Bristol to showcase new live art, experimental theatre, durational, installation and film work from new and established UK-based artists. Performances will be taking place throughout Arnolfini over the course of the weekend.

For the Sunday of IASYWN iw ill be performing two little pieces: one at 11am-12pm which will consist of me saying the first thing to come into my head when i see a person. Why on earth did i think that would be a good idea?

Then in the afternoon, 4:30 to be precise, there will be a game of Kind to be Cruel, where players can capture each other through acts of kindness.

Plus there will be a whole bunch of live art nut bars going wild all weekend.

Live art is the new live art.