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TICKET

On the 1st January 2010 Graeme Wilson received a letter from Phoebe Davies.

Enclosed in the letter was a token (number 177),  a letter of instructions and a stamped addressed envelope.

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The letter of instructions read as follows:

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To whoever receives this letter,

Enclosed with this letter is a token and a stamped addressed envelope.

The token will issue you an item from the cloakroom situated on the ground floor of Tate Modern, Southbank, London SE1 9TG.

The token should be taken to the Tate Modern cloakroom within approximately one week of receiving this letter.

Give the cloakroom attendant the token.

The coat may have been left in the cloakroom for a period of time so it may have been moved to lost property.

When giving the token to the cloakroom attendant you should say

“I left my coat here last week”. 

If you are asked for a description of the coat, it can be described as:

“A ¾ length black coat; the inside label reads Jack Reid”.

It may take them a few minutes to retrieve the coat from lost property.

Once you have collected the coat, check the inside left breast pocket where you will find a ticket.

Use this ticket.

Once you have finished using the ticket, return it to the inside left breast pocket of the coat and check the coat back into the Tate Modern cloakroom.

Add your name, the date and new token number to the list at the end of this letter.

Put this letter, the stamped addressed envelope and new cloakroom token into an envelope.

Within one week pass the envelope on to an individual of your choice.

If you are in possession of the envelope on the 31st December 2010, please post this letter and the cloakroom token using the stamp address envelope provided.

All the best

P. Davies

P.S. Do not lose the cloakroom token.

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THUD

Someone falls to the floor, a few feet behind them another person drops to the floor, then another, then another. Bodies litter the gallery space, blocking doorways, crowding staircases and floors. At the entrance to the gallery a girl falls out of the door onto the pavement all figures lie motionless for 5 minutes.

The final girl pulls her-self up and walks away, the fallen figures follow, slowly beginning to peal themselves up from the floor, they become lost as they merge back into the normality of the everyday.

Exhibition: Iceberg Enters Obelisk. Whitechapel Gallery
Performed: 13th May 2008
Duration: 9.15pm – 9.25pm

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Networking Phoebe Davies

On 19/10/07 twenty seven actresses were invited to attend the Private View for at the Elevator Gallery in Hackney Wick. During the evening each actress assumed the identity of the artist “Phoebe Davies”. They networked the private view with the intention of creating as many social interactions as possible.

Performed: 19th October 2007 (6pm-10pm)
Duration: 4 Hours

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Squeeze.

A young woman is putting on a pair of high heels.  On closer inspection one notice’s that the shoes are many sizes too small for the woman and she has been forcing her feet into the heels with no success for over an hour.  She seems unabashed by her failure, no matter how much time passes she persists.

Performed: Arnolfini, Bristol, 18th March 2007. Duration: 6 hours

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12 LIGHTS

Throughout 2008 Phoebe Davies worked in collaboration with the performer and choreographer Holly Blakey to producer the dance collective 12 LIGHTS.

12 LIGHTS was developed through a series of monthly ad-hoc performances along London’s Southbank ranging from the riverbank of the Thames to underpasses and parks.

One performance a month for twelve months; 12 LIGHTS.

This dance/performance collective explored boundaries between dance and light within a contemporary urban landscape through impromptu live performances occurring strictly in the hours of darkness.  The performers’ movement was determined by a strong white light and shaped by the performer’s response to their immediate audience and the architecture of the public space.

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CV

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Born Cardiff 1985

Currently lives and works in London

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EDUCATION 

2004-2007          BA Fine Art.  Wimbledon College of Art, London

2003-2004          Diploma Foundation Studies. Wimbledon College of Art, London          

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FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

2011-2012         DARTER, AiR, Whitechapel Gallery, London     

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCE

2011                  Before and After. Bridge Academy Hackney. London 

2011                  Post It.  Live Event. Camden Arts Centre. London 

2010                  Mirror Messages. Public Toilets, London.

2010                  Postcard Exchange. Brazil.

2010                   Aim. 14th February 2010.   Various Central London Locations.

2010                  Ticket. Tate Modern, London

2009                  BIRD. Public performance, Trafalgar Square, London.

2008                  Iceberg Enters Obelisk. Whitechapel Gallery, London.

2008                  12 Lights. Public monthly performances, Southbank.

2008                  I Am Still Your Worst Nightmare. Arnolfini, Bristol.

2008                  National Review of Live Art. Tramway, Glasgow.

2007                  Magical Thinking, Elevator Gallery, London.

2007                  Title of Space, La Viande, London.

2007                  Skip Theatre, Amersham Arms, London.  

2007                  Chisenhale Biennale, Chisenhale Studios, London.

2007                  CATALOGUE, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London. 

2006                  Sculpt, Paint, Vomit, Faint. Temporary Contemporary, London.

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RESIDENCIES

2010-2011         Whitechapel Gallery Artists in Residence, a schools residency

                           (in collaboration with Chloe Cooper & Louisa Martin as DARTER) 

2010                   ROAMING. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS

2010                  AiR, Junto:Projects, Bridge Academy Hackney, London.

2010                  AiR, Junto:Projects, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.

2010                  Peckham Harris Academy, London                                   

2010                  Wimbledon College of Art, London

2010                  Leyton Sixth Form College, London

2010                  Junto:Mentor, 176 Gallery, London

2009                  Arnolfini, Bristol.

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WORKSHOPS, MENTORING AND TEACHING

2011                  Visiting Lecturer, Wimbledon College of Art London.

2011                  Live Art workshops, Hackney Bridge Academy, London

2011                  Youth Programme workshops, INSIGHTS, Camden Arts Centre

2011                  Professional Development Seminar, Wimbledon College of Art

2011                  How Can Art? Course. Camden Arts Centre, London.

2011                  Secondary and Primary Schools workshops, Whitechapel Gallery

2011                  Family Day Junto:Projects, Whitechapel Gallery, London.

2011                  Children’s Courses, Whitechapel Gallery.

2010                  Catch 22 Mentor. Youth Mentor. Inspire Resettlement Service, London

2010                  Widening Participation, student workshop, Camberwell College of Art

2010                  Creative Careers workshop, Peckham Harris Academy, Engage

2010                  Graduate Mentoring, Junto:Mentor, 176 Gallery, London

2010                  What is Live Art? Pass It On Project. Artsadmin, London

2010                  Live Art in Schools workshop. Leyton Sixth Form College, London

2009                  Graduate Mentoring, Junto:Mentor, Live Art Development Agency

2009                  Primary School and Family Workshops, Lumiere Festival, Durham

2009                  Talking With Your Mouth Full, Artsadmin, London

2009                  SCRITS, Critical Feedback Sessions, Artsadmin, London

2008                  Preparing for Degree Show, Wimbledon College of Art, London.

2008                  Live Art workshop, Badminton School, Bristol,

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SELECTED WORKS

MAIN MENU

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Untitled no. 3.   2010

Untitled no. 4.   2010

Untitled no. 5.   2010

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TICKET

On the 1st January 2010 Graeme Wilson received a letter from Phoebe Davies.

Enclosed in the letter was a token (number 177),  a letter of instructions and a stamped addressed envelope.

image

The letter of instructions read as follows:

- - -

To whoever receives this letter,

Enclosed with this letter is a token and a stamped addressed envelope.

The token will issue you an item from the cloakroom situated on the ground floor of Tate Modern, Southbank, London SE1 9TG.

The token should be taken to the Tate Modern cloakroom within approximately one week of receiving this letter.

Give the cloakroom attendant the token.

The coat may have been left in the cloakroom for a period of time so it may have been moved to lost property.

When giving the token to the cloakroom attendant you should say

“I left my coat here last week”. 

If you are asked for a description of the coat, it can be described as:

“A ¾ length black coat; the inside label reads Jack Reid”.

It may take them a few minutes to retrieve the coat from lost property.

Once you have collected the coat, check the inside left breast pocket where you will find a ticket.

Use this ticket.

Once you have finished using the ticket, return it to the inside left breast pocket of the coat and check the coat back into the Tate Modern cloakroom.

Add your name, the date and new token number to the list at the end of this letter.

Put this letter, the stamped addressed envelope and new cloakroom token into an envelope.

Within one week pass the envelope on to an individual of your choice.

If you are in possession of the envelope on the 31st December 2010, please post this letter and the cloakroom token using the stamp address envelope provided.

All the best

P. Davies

P.S. Do not lose the cloakroom token.

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THUD

Someone falls to the floor, a few feet behind them another person drops to the floor, then another, then another. Bodies litter the gallery space, blocking doorways, crowding staircases and floors. At the entrance to the gallery a girl falls out of the door onto the pavement all figures lie motionless for 5 minutes.

The final girl pulls her-self up and walks away, the fallen figures follow, slowly beginning to peal themselves up from the floor, they become lost as they merge back into the normality of the everyday.

Exhibition: Iceberg Enters Obelisk. Whitechapel Gallery
Performed: 13th May 2008
Duration: 9.15pm – 9.25pm

- - -

Networking Phoebe Davies

On 19/10/07 twenty seven actresses were invited to attend the Private View for at the Elevator Gallery in Hackney Wick. During the evening each actress assumed the identity of the artist “Phoebe Davies”. They networked the private view with the intention of creating as many social interactions as possible.

Performed: 19th October 2007 (6pm-10pm)
Duration: 4 Hours

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Squeeze.

A young woman is putting on a pair of high heels.  On closer inspection one notice’s that the shoes are many sizes too small for the woman and she has been forcing her feet into the heels with no success for over an hour.  She seems unabashed by her failure, no matter how much time passes she persists.

Performed: Arnolfini, Bristol, 18th March 2007. Duration: 6 hours

- - -

12 LIGHTS

Throughout 2008 Phoebe Davies worked in collaboration with the performer and choreographer Holly Blakey to producer the dance collective 12 LIGHTS.

12 LIGHTS was developed through a series of monthly ad-hoc performances along London’s Southbank ranging from the riverbank of the Thames to underpasses and parks.

One performance a month for twelve months; 12 LIGHTS.

This dance/performance collective explored boundaries between dance and light within a contemporary urban landscape through impromptu live performances occurring strictly in the hours of darkness.  The performers’ movement was determined by a strong white light and shaped by the performer’s response to their immediate audience and the architecture of the public space.

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CV

Main Menu

Born Cardiff 1985

Currently lives and works in London

- - -

EDUCATION 

2004-2007          BA Fine Art.  Wimbledon College of Art, London

2003-2004          Diploma Foundation Studies. Wimbledon College of Art, London          

- - -

FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

2011-2012         DARTER, AiR, Whitechapel Gallery, London     

- - -                                 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCE

2011                  Before and After. Bridge Academy Hackney. London 

2011                  Post It.  Live Event. Camden Arts Centre. London 

2010                  Mirror Messages. Public Toilets, London.

2010                  Postcard Exchange. Brazil.

2010                   Aim. 14th February 2010.   Various Central London Locations.

2010                  Ticket. Tate Modern, London

2009                  BIRD. Public performance, Trafalgar Square, London.

2008                  Iceberg Enters Obelisk. Whitechapel Gallery, London.

2008                  12 Lights. Public monthly performances, Southbank.

2008                  I Am Still Your Worst Nightmare. Arnolfini, Bristol.

2008                  National Review of Live Art. Tramway, Glasgow.

2007                  Magical Thinking, Elevator Gallery, London.

2007                  Title of Space, La Viande, London.

2007                  Skip Theatre, Amersham Arms, London.  

2007                  Chisenhale Biennale, Chisenhale Studios, London.

2007                  CATALOGUE, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London. 

2006                  Sculpt, Paint, Vomit, Faint. Temporary Contemporary, London.

- - -

RESIDENCIES

2010-2011         Whitechapel Gallery Artists in Residence, a schools residency

                           (in collaboration with Chloe Cooper & Louisa Martin as DARTER) 

2010                   ROAMING. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

- - -

TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS

2010                  AiR, Junto:Projects, Bridge Academy Hackney, London.

2010                  AiR, Junto:Projects, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.

2010                  Peckham Harris Academy, London                                   

2010                  Wimbledon College of Art, London

2010                  Leyton Sixth Form College, London

2010                  Junto:Mentor, 176 Gallery, London

2009                  Arnolfini, Bristol.

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WORKSHOPS, MENTORING AND TEACHING

2011                  Visiting Lecturer, Wimbledon College of Art London.

2011                  Live Art workshops, Hackney Bridge Academy, London

2011                  Youth Programme workshops, INSIGHTS, Camden Arts Centre

2011                  Professional Development Seminar, Wimbledon College of Art

2011                  How Can Art? Course. Camden Arts Centre, London.

2011                  Secondary and Primary Schools workshops, Whitechapel Gallery

2011                  Family Day Junto:Projects, Whitechapel Gallery, London.

2011                  Children’s Courses, Whitechapel Gallery.

2010                  Catch 22 Mentor. Youth Mentor. Inspire Resettlement Service, London

2010                  Widening Participation, student workshop, Camberwell College of Art

2010                  Creative Careers workshop, Peckham Harris Academy, Engage

2010                  Graduate Mentoring, Junto:Mentor, 176 Gallery, London

2010                  What is Live Art? Pass It On Project. Artsadmin, London

2010                  Live Art in Schools workshop. Leyton Sixth Form College, London

2009                  Graduate Mentoring, Junto:Mentor, Live Art Development Agency

2009                  Primary School and Family Workshops, Lumiere Festival, Durham

2009                  Talking With Your Mouth Full, Artsadmin, London

2009                  SCRITS, Critical Feedback Sessions, Artsadmin, London

2008                  Preparing for Degree Show, Wimbledon College of Art, London.

2008                  Live Art workshop, Badminton School, Bristol,

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About:

Phoebe Davies’ work investigates behavioural responses to constructed scenarios. Generating work through instruction, live interaction and text, which may be initiated by an individual or group but completed or extended by others.
Her work is defined by its situation and is often ephemeral and chanced upon existing primarily in pedestrian spaces in addition to galleries and institutions.

Phoebe Davies is also one third of the artist group DARTER, who are currently Artist in Residence at the Whitechapel Art Gallery (2010 – 2011)

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