LAUNCHING WEDNESDAY 15TH JULY IN THE EXCHANGE BIRMINGHAM -
HALF CROWNS IN THEIR PETTICOATS RELOADED.
As part of Unlocking the Vaults.
Since December 2024 Elly Clarke has been working with Jane McArdle from University of Birmingham on a new (and old 2012-13) oral history project about the former Birmingham Municipal Bank, in particular its grand purpose built head quarters on Broad Street.
'Half Crowns in Their Petticoats Reloaded' consists of 101 audio tracks recorded in 2012/13 and 2025/6. All tracks will be available for visitors to the bank - now called The Exchange - to encounter via QR codes in a series of locations around the building, bringing to life the former lives lived in the bank though the stories of those who worked and banked there, as well as the team responsible for the building's epic restoration project.
Along with a series of other projects and performances, Unlocking the Vaults launches on Wednesday 15th July and is open to all who want to join. More info here: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/the-exchange/unlocking-the-vaults
For those not able to be there, here is the link to the work: https://soundcloud.com/halfcrowns/sets
Many thanks to Jane McArdle for the invitation to do this work. And to Charlie Levine for commissioning the first version, back in the days when the bank was leaky and dark, echoey and extremely cold, for what was a brilliant four day group show called Thrift Radiates Happiness.
More info HERE.
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REALLY HAPPY TO BE A MONTH IN BOGATA IN RESIDENCE AT TELECOM
and to be making work with my old friend and collaborator Linda Franke.
More info HERE.
IS MY BODY OUT OF DATE? THE DRAG OF PHYSICALITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE -
Passed my PhD with minor corrections on 20th Feb 2025!!! Many thanks to my examiners Dr Emily Rosamond and Dr Owen Parry for such close attention to my writing, my performance, my installation. The viva took place in the installation. See more pix by clicking on the pic below.
IS MY BODY OUT OF DATE? THE DRAG OF PHYSICALITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE -
PhD thesis submitted 31st December 2024.
Viva date: 20th Feb 2025 with a small installation in the PhD building at Goldsmiths to accompany it. Get in touch if you would like to come. Followed by drinks to celebrate or commiserate. <3
FRIDAY 18TH OCTOBER IN BASEL AS PART OF MESHFESTIVAL:
REFLECTIONS ON EXPOSURE IN A ROOM OF STRANGERS:
https://meshfestival.ch/events/clareese-hill-elly-clarke/en
I AM massively honoured to be ON A RESIDENCY AT THE BANFF CENTRE, ALBERTA, CANADA, UNTIL 14TH SEPTEMBER. If you are in the area, please come and say hello.
We have Open Studios on 11th September. All welcome.
DATAFIC(A)TION - never properly released EP by #SERGINA, created 2020
Drag and Drop: performance and technology
Watershed in Bristol, Tuesday 19th March 2024
Drag and Drop: performance and technology
An event held at Watershed on Tuesday 19th March. The event starts at 17:30 and finishes at 20:30. The event has been tagged in the lgbtq+, drag, talks and workshops & classes categories.
How has drag performance changed over covid? What effect has technology had on how we perform? How might we give voice to new parts of ourselves through technology?
Join us for an evening of discussion and workshopping as we dive into the themes of drag, gender, alter-egos, and technology.
In collaboration with, and supported by, the fantastic Container Magazine - an online magazine that takes a human look at technology, exploring how people use it for creative projects, community-building and social justice.
// Line up //
‘Technologies of Drag’ Introductory Talk
Oluwatayo Adewole is a writer, critic and multidisciplinary artist. His interest lies in forms being pushed to the limit. The talk will explore how shifting technologies are changing the landscape of drag and queer performance.
‘Dragging Away to Drag Towards: Alter Ego Dinner Party Workshop’
Elly Clarke is an artist and researcher interested in the performance as well as the burden (‘the drag’) of the physical body in an increasingly digitally mediated world. They will take us through their workshop, which you can read in their own words:
“First of all, this workshop is meant to be fun - to offer an escape, an adventure, time away from non-stop doom scrolling, or from performing y/our same repertoire of (professional / personal / social / online and offline) identities.
The workshop will culminate in a non-broadcasted highly flawed performance/ read through of whatever collectively seeps out. There is zero expectation of any person in this workshop having any previous experience of acting or drag/ging in any direction. You can participate with your body and/or your disappearing messages. ”
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DIRTY DATA EXTRACT SET TO A SWEET ORCHESTRAL SCORE