TROVE

As part of Fierce’s programme for 2011 TROVE are happy to partnering the festival on several upcoming events.

11th March 2011 – Fierce Archive
25th March 2011 – Dominic Johnson’s ‘Departure’ 8pm
27th March 2011 – Sheila Ghelani’s ‘Covet Me Care For Me’ 4pm-8pm

This month sees TROVE opening its doors to Fierce, a Birmingham based festival of live art. TROVE are very excited to be hosting three of Fierce’s events.

The first is Fierce Archive – the launch of Fierce’s research activity, for this project Fierce have delved into their archives to offer audiences a glimpse of their history. From the festival’s inception in 1998, then known as Queerfest, through to the current day, this selection of leaflets, programmes and pamphlets is there to start as a catalyst for conversations and memories about the festival’s past and the archive’s potential future display.

Acclaimed performance artist Dominic Johnson is premiering his new work Departure at TROVE on the 25th March, this piece is followed by a night of club performance entitled Human Salvage which has been co-curated by Fierce and Johnson. Departure sees Johnson being tattooed live in TROVE with an array of other performances, and live film feed of the event being projected around the space in this new sensitive durational piece.

Finally at TROVE is Sheila Ghelani’s Covet Me Care For Me. This extremely beautiful performance-installation hints at nostalgia, death and kitsch objects. Ghelani invites you to choose a glass heart before smashing it, then a ritual wrapping of what was inside; Ghelani then invites you to take home its precious contents.

www.wearefierce.org

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