Catch up on Ross’ Sura Medura blog with his second entry, here
Ross Whyte – Blog Post 1
“I’ve become increasingly interested in exploring the musicality and compositional potential of language, not just the meaning of words – this is partly a result of working with Gaelic singer-songwriter Alasdair Whyte (I don’t speak Gaelic!) – and this is something I want to explore throughout this residency”
— Ross Whyte
You can now read Ross’ first Sura Medura Blog post here
Ross Whyte
Ross is a freelance composer, sound artist, and electronic musician originally from Aberdeen and currently based in Glasgow. He completed a practice-based PhD at the University of Aberdeen where his field of research was impermanence in audio-visual intermedia and headphone-specific listening. Ross greatly enjoys collaboration, particularly with artists working in disciplines that are different from his own. He particularly enjoys composing for dance and has worked with several companies over the last few years.
Along with choreographer Thania Acaron, he formed Orphaned Limbs Collective – an interdisciplinary group focusing on dance, dance theatre, and site-specific performance (www.orphanedlimbs.com)
More recently, Ross has been working with Gaelic singer-songwriter Alasdair Whyte. Following a commission by the arts organisation Ceol ‘s Craic to bring an electronic artist and Gaelic musician together, they formed the act WHYTE in late 2015 and released their debut album Fairich, in October 2016 (www.whytenoise.co.uk)
Zoe Katsilerou – Blog Post 2
Zoe Katsilerou – Blog Post 1
“My practice as a performer focuses on the relationship between movement and physicality with a specific interest in the embodying of language. Since completing my masters degree in which I explored the question “What lies beneath language?”, I have become more interested in the musicality of movement and poetic language and the meanings this relationship creates.
In this residency I aim to explore traditional Sri Lankan songs (their language and narrative) in relation to movement.”
— Zoe Katsilerou
You can now read Zoe’s first blog post ‘Arriving’ here
Zoe Katsilerou
Zoe is a physical performer, singer, theatre maker and musician. She was born and raised in Greece and currently lives in Glasgow.
Zoe studied Applied Music Education at the University of Macedonia (Thessaloniki, Greece), acting, street and physical theatre at Ougka Klara (Thessaloniki, Greece) and in September 2016 she completed a masters degree at the University of Glasgow (MLitt in Theatre Practices). She is a founding member of NoVan theatre group (Greece) and a freelance performer, theatre maker and educator.
Zoe makes devised multidisciplinary work usually combining movement, sound, language and the use of physical forms including objects, scenography and the human body. Her performances are usually the result of her observation of the contemporary everyday, and are deeply inspired by the surrealist tradition.
Lewis Sherlock – Blog Post 3
Lewis Sherlock – Blog Post 2
Lewis Sherlock – Blog Post 1
“Just over a year ago I was lucky enough to get myself very lost in Kerala, India. Before I ventured out there friends and colleagues assumed I was going ‘to find myself’, which I was keen to avoid. However, I found that in getting myself deliberately disorientated, on foot or bicycle I was able to escape a tourist India and with it – other tourists on the mission of ‘finding themselves’. I plan to start this way, in a psychogeographical sense – venture and capture Sri Lanka in movement, in dance, in performance.”
— Lewis, before embarking on this residency.
And now you can read his first blog post about his residency on his website here
Lewis Sherlock
Lewis Sherlock is a Physical Theatre Practitioner who works in Glasgow and Edinburgh. He has been involved in numerous productions, and regularly performs with Oceanallover, Dudendance and Surge (formerly Conflux), mainly through their Surge Festival. However over the past couple of years he has taken to making his own work which typically takes the form of short, sharp solo movement pieces suitable for Cabaret and performance nights.
Lewis recently toured a 1:1 show called Forgiveness from the Art(s) which by nature was an artist (and non-artist!) confessional booth. In addition to that he creates street theatre and outdoor performance.
“Chiefly, I have found exciting things occur at the meeting point of unique theatre forms: in response to this I aided Al Seed and Judith Milligan in setting up The Bouffon and Tragic Chorus Masterclasses and Choral Jam – a company originally concerned with exploring ensemble work – both of which are creating shows for 2017. This process of exploring the middle ground between two (and more) practices has happened predominately through collaborate and as such I cannot wait to see what myself and the other residency artists may create together!”
www.lewissherlockperformance.com