Art projects

This area of work includes performative lecturing and public appearances of various kinds

Performance

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Historical walk around the medieval and 18th century landscape of the Harewood estate, led by John Jewell who wrote the first guidebook to Harewood in 1820

A symposium on landscape and literature, held in Haworth on 6 October 2012 as part of my residency with the Watershed Landscape Project

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Presentation of research into the history of Bradford Beck, given as 2 evening performances at the old courtroom, Bradford City Hall, October 2010

Illustrated talk and demonstration of the Zoetrope phenomenon, using an original Zoetrope and including audience participation

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Mystery Tour, September 2009, using a No.36 bus to visit sites between Leeds and Harewood Bridge that show the historic evolution of settlement along this old coaching route

Performative lecture as LJM Daguerre, featuring working scale model of the original Paris & London Diorama theatre

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A 1-hour performative lecture delivered in the person of JC Lavater, 18th century Swiss pastor and physiognomist who popularized the art of portrait silhouette through his influential writings

April 2008. Talk and live installation about photographers in fiction from 1850 to the present day

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Impressions Gallery, Bradford, February 2008

An interactive workshop/demonstration of traditional silhouette portrait techniques

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15-minute lecture in English by JW Goethe introducing his famous Theory of Colours

The Daguerre Project, December 2000