simon bowes

Manchester, United Kingdom

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I am an Artist and researcher based in the North West of England, member of Manchester-based artists' collective Sometimes... (www.virb.com/sometimes) who run the quarterly 'Volume' nights at greenroom in Manchester (www.greenroomarts.org). My work includes theatre, performance, interventions, lectures, singsongs, guided tours, short walks, long conversations and grand days out, as I aim to create spaces where invitation, welcomes and other generosities become possible.

I am freelancing, jobbing, as-and-when. For Current doings see the blog on this site or go to:
t-h-r-o-w-i-n-g.blogspot.com / sundaywithme.blogspot.com / the-light-that-comes-to-greet-me.blogspot.com .

PAST (Selected Projects)

2008:

Rules and Regs: 31st March - 26th April, Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster, Performances 25th / 26th April: Show title: First Classic of the Season. Performed my me and my father.

2007
Hillwalking (and falling over) Walk, over Kinder Scout, Peak District, with Mariella Greil, and performance Lecture, with Mariella Greil, November).

White Crosses, Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster University (Artist's residency June-September and work-in-progress, September), as part of 'Making Space'.

'Chirp' as part of 'Hazard', during Manchester Internatioinal Festival (July)

Wouldn't It Be Nice... (with Sometimes...artists) Group exhibition 500 items from 500 people bought for £500, displayed at greenroom, Manchester, June.

Sunday with Me Performance Lecture, Hayfield, Derbyshire, 4th March.

2006-Ongoing
Sunday with Me: (performance and documentation project, spending Sundays with friends, family and perfect strangers, nationwide)

2005
One Note (performance / sound installation): Practice-as-Research in Performance International Conference 2005, Bretton Hall, Leeds, 60 participants, 29th June-2nd July.
One Note (performance / sound installation): Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Lancashire, 500 participants, 1st April - 30th May.