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FESTAL FAVOURS is a programme of performance art, sound installation, experimental printmaking and new writing curated by CLARE CARSWELL for the new CHARLBURY FESTIVAL.  

SATURDAY 10th - SUNDAY18th JUNE 2017.

Presenting two week-ends of residencies, installation and performance art by thirteen artists, it will introduce performance art to the local audience and will showcase new works made especially for Charlbury by major names as well as by younger artists. 

Writer and academic TRACEY WARR will write the introduction to our catalogue and leads a team of guest writers and artists who will make written responses to the performance works of all types, from review to poetry and fiction. www.traceywarrwriting.com

Artist ISABEL WILKINSON is artist-in-residence at Southill Solar Farm Charlbury and will run a cyanotype making workshop on Sunday 11th June. www.isabelwilkinson.net

Artist technologist NEIL C SMITH is collaborating with young artist WILL H HARVEY to make a site specific sound installation for the Larcum Kendal Room in The Corner House. www.neilcsmith.net  cargocollective.com/Will_Harvey

CLARE CARSWELL MA(RCA), is an artist and Director of COU COU Curation (formerly AYYO Contemporary Art) www.cou-cou.org  www.clarecarswellperformance.com

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Weekend two : Rhiannon Evans 2 - 4 Sat 17th   Jack Catling 4pm Sat 17th

Veronica Cordova de la Rosa 6pm Sat 17th Clare Carswell 11am Sun 18th

Jo Thomas 3 -5 Sun 18th  Neil C Smith & William H Harvey 12 - 6 Sat & Sun

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@Cally Trench performance Interactive Board Games for #festalfavours for #charlburyfestival Sat 10th June @mewoman (at Charlbury)

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Day Two pictures

Day Two of FESTAL FAVOURS programme of performance art for the Charlbury Festival. An amazing day with diverse and wonderful works that reached out to the town and its people and both enchanted and stunned the audience. Thank you to all artists.

Holly Slingsby “MARCH TO THE END OF THE WORLD III”, Jo Thomas “EVERYDAY CURE ALLS”, Aaron Williamson “THE UNCONQUERED SUN (SOL INVICTUS)”, Brian Catling "DON'T COUNT THE FINGERS"

Photos credit for all pictures : Stu Allsopp

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Day One pictures

Pictures from Day One of FESTAL FAVOURS programme of installation and performance art for the Charlbury Festival Saturday 10th June.

Isabel Wilkinson artist in residence at the Southill Solar farm Charlbury, Neil C Smith and William H Harvey - Art installation ARC in the Corner House, Cally Trench performance Interactive Board Games'' in the Corner House, Philip Lee performance "BST(Body Silence Time 2017)" outside The Bell pub.

Photo credits for Isabel Wilkinson, Cally Trench and Philip Lee : Clare Carswell Photo credit for ARC : Neil C Smith

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Photographer Stu Allsopp is to photograph most performances on the programme.

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We are pleased to welcome performance artist Stavroula Kounadea to work with us on production for the programme. 

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