SELECTED WORKS
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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.
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.
SELECTED WORKS
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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.
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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