RRR – Frances Disley

RRR (Release, Re-Energise, Restore) is a hybrid workout  by Frances Disley in collaboration with Movema dance company, which took the form of a series of 5 weekly classes within a sports centre in north Liverpool and also exists as a digital video and a DVD which can be loaned from the library situated within the sport centre.

Movement designed in conjunction with – Maria Malone for Movema, Performer and session leader – Maria Malone, Soundtrack – M_T Hall, Camera work from George Ellis, Documentation of live sessions – Rob Battersby, After session refreshments curated, designed and produced – Foodsketz

Comissioned by At the Library funded by Sefton Borough Council and Arts Council England.

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“Exploring the potential of working with performance – which expands the gesture of painting across sculptures, garments and backdrops. These elements are always inhabited by and presented in relation to the moving body – objects, surfaces and bodies become integrated and activated. Presenting performances that are in a state of flux and which open up opportunities for the audience to participate, encouraging their own embodied experience of the work. As a starting point Disley explores activities associated with the desire for self-betterment. Recent multi-sensory performance works have drawn from the vocabulary of popular activities associated with wellness such as meditation, aromatherapy and exercise classes.”

Frances Disley is based in Liverpool at The Royal Standard and recently a Liverpool Biennial Associate Artist, currently exhibiting at Baltic 39, Newcastle “We are where we are” and Suttie Arts Space Grampian Hospital Arts Trust, Aberdeen “Mustard Blanket”.Recent projects and exhibitions include “RRR”, live interactive performance/dance/workout/installation and single channel video, part of At the Library, comissioned by Sefton Libraries, Netherton Activity Centre, Liverpool (2018); “R&R”, performative workshop series comissioned by Sefton Libraries, Bootle Library (2018); “Abacus”, Bluecoat, Liverpool (2017); “SWAP Editions Edition 1 – ADHOC”, launched at Castor Projects, London (2017); “ART VAN” event  part of Site Gallery’s public programme, Endcliffe Park, Sheffield (2017); performance “Charcoal Heather / Therma Sphere Max” St Nicholas Church (Liverpool Biennial Light Night Presentation), Liverpool & REC ROOM, Houston, Texas (2017);  Liverpool Biennial Arriva Bus comission (2016), Liverpool Biennial Associate Artists exhibition, Liverpool (2016); “HERE”, Glasgow International, Glasgow (2016); performance Roll Fix Slip, Bluecoat Performance Space, Liverpool, UK (2015); SSSS, White Wizard, Liverpool, UK (2015); Exchange Rates, a collaboration with Patte Loper, Schema Projects, New York, USA (2015). Other group shows include SCOUSE HOUSE, Syson Gallery, Nottingham, UK (2015); Art Copenhagen (with Paper Gallery), Copenhagen, Denmark (2015).

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