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A record collection is so much more than a selection of fragile black disks that play music; it is a depository of memories, those of the owner overlaid upon those of the society. For Vinyl, a new project of Bill’s and a work in progress, he will play some of the wildly diverse discs he has collected over many years on the move and he will recall, revise and retell what they might be records of.
February 2nd, 8PM. Jamboree, Cable Street Studios, Limehouse, London. £3
Vinyl is developed with the support of a New Work Network Residency Bursary, in association with Lanternhouse.
Made in Xiamen in 2011, The Customer Is Always Wrong is a performance that uses the condition of being a foreigner in China to explore ones one cultural baggage.
February 13th, Tristan Bates Theatre, London (extract)
March 22-23rd, Orangerie, Cologne, Germany
Made with the support of Arts Council England and The British Council China.
The Olympic Conspiracy
The video ‘The 2012 Olympic Conspiracy’ will be screened by 222 Lodge in Dordrecht within their programme ‘The Inevitable’
26-27th January, Free, SBK Dordrecht, Voorstraat 180 Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Bill Aitchison Company have been working on a new performance ‘Indifference’ over the Summer. This new piece, a duet between Aitchison and Katja Dreyer with James Dunn (sound) and Boris Kahnert (light), dances both literally and metaphorically with the contradictions between free will and determinism as they subject themselves to the demands of the show, whatever those may be. The DVD of the show is now available upon request and dates are being arranged for Summer 2012.
preview video
"Bringing forth Karl Marx both fiercely and with a certain razzle-dazzle, this leaves, in infinitely looping sweat and water drenched circles, more questions than answers. But the former are indeed also necessary, especially at a festival with the motto: “Venturing the Impossible”. Mannheimer Morgen September 12 2011
June 2-3rd Forum Freies Theater, Dusseldorf
Indifference is a Bill Aitchison company production co-produced by zeitraumexit and Forum Freies Theater with financial support from Arts Council England and The British Council Germany.
Encounters
Bill will begin working in Paris and Amsterdam on a new collaborative project in January 2012 as a writer and adviser to a group performance under the direction of Ivana Muller.
States Of The Arts
Bill will be attending and participating in the State Of The Arts conference in Manchester on Feb 14th curtesy of a ACE artist’s bursary.