PERFORMING LANDSCAPES – mountains
International symposium on mountain culture / funded invitation (public event with presentations and performances). 2018
School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds | AHRC

Performing Mountains – ‘performances, panels, papers and poetry’

Makers of mountain culture / Providers of mountain culture / Mixers of mountain culture /Futures of mountain culture

“Performing Mountains Symposium is a two-day event providing a space for climbers, artists, festival programmers, outdoor enthusiasts and academics to join together in exploring the rich terrain of mountain culture. This event examines the role that mountain culture plays in our understanding through our varied translations of mountain environments. More specifically we are asking: what do the arts uniquely offer mountain culture, and what might they contribute in the future? The symposium brings together world leading climbers, theorists, artists and festival programmers to address a range of compelling themes including mountain histories, rituals, architectures, identities, archives, genders, and imaginings. Specialist curated panels explore concepts of Exposure and Translation and we conclude with an industry-focused panel of Mountain Festival organisers and providers: Festival Futures. To celebrate the potential of the live experience, invited commissions include a performance by Lone Twin, film by David Shearing, vertical dance by Kate Lawrence and spoken word by Helen Mort and Yvonne Reddick. Audiences are invited to participate, debate and share in proceedings.”

Co-curators:
Professor Jonathan Pitches and Dr David Shearing

Welcome keynote:
Doug Scott and Helen Mort

Keynote performance:
Lone Twin – Gary Winters and Gregg Whelan

Presenters:
Simon Bainbridge | William Bainbridge | Dave Ball | Jo Bradshaw | Anastasia Cardone | Luce Choules | Paul Evans | Abbie Garrington | Terry Gifford | Mark Goodwin | Richard Gough | Niall Grimes | John Hall | Susannah Henry | Claire Hind | Henry Iddon | Anna Karina-Nydal | Simone Kenyon | Jackie Kemp | Kate Lawrence | Stephen Livingstone | Tessa Lyons | Arya Madhavan | Ellie Nixon | Deborah Kate Norris | Lenka Novakova | Simon Piasecki | Denise Prior | Yvonne Reddick | Zac Robinson | Stephen Slemon | Sylvia Solakidi | Jeremy Ward | Andy Whall | Louise Ann Wilson | Zejun Yao

With:
Kendal Mountain Festival – Steve Scott (Director) and Claire Carter (Artistic Director)

Funded by:

Links:
Link to Performing Landscapes: Mountains info on University of Leeds website
Link to Mountainsides Talks on University of Leeds website
Link to Performing Mountains book (2020)
Link to Performance Research journal ‘On Mountains’ edition (volume 24, issue 2)
Link to all symposium reflections on University of Leeds website

“exposure n. 1) the act of exposing or the condition of being exposed. 2) position or outlook of a house, building etc. 3) lack of shelter from the weather, esp. the cold 4) a surface that is exposed. 5) the degree to which a climb, et cetera, is exposed. 6) the act of exposing a photographic film or plate to light. 7) appearance or presentation before the public, as in a theatre, on television, or in film.”

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WORK

A Mountain Recording Activity – performance lecture

Click image to read Altitudes: a review