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What lies between the arts is theatre
Michael Fried
We have tended to fall between two stools, between people who want to see theatre and people who want to see performance art without any wry self-consciousness
Julian Maynard Smith , Station House Opera
Helen Morse Palmer explores the use of theatricality within art. Recognising key components of the theatre (costume, script, set, sound, music, movement, lighting, direction) she finds ways of applying these considerations to everyday life. Her work displaces established signifiers - the icon of the wedding dress, the red-dot ‘sold’ sticker on an artwork, the voice of the opera singer to challenged or question the motives and structures of an event. Through a practice that flirts between performance art, acting and installation, Helen combines the art of making a moment with the natural moments which may be discovered or highlighted through the making of art.
2005. ‘Wedding Day 12 hour as a bride’. Performance documentation. Solo show. Hoxton Square. London.
2004.‘Puppet Picnic’. Performance and Film. Group performance. Greenwich Park. London.
2004. ‘Shadow Puppets’. Film. Circus project. Sefton Park. Liverpool.
2004. Artist Run Project (1 week). Collaboration with John Stocker Middle School. Exeter,Devon.
2004. ‘Glass Harp’. Sculptural installation. Group Show. Deptford X , London.
2004. ‘Which Came First?’. Sculptural Installation. Commission. Honiton Bienale, Devon.
2003. ‘1000 Faces’. Sculptural Installation. Commission. Northcott Theatre, Devon.
2003. Artist Run Project (1 week). Collaboration with Morchard Bishop Primary School. Devon.
2003. ‘MA Show’. Performance/sculptural installation. Group Show. Central St. Martins. London.
2003. ‘Puppets’. Performance/painting. Solo Show. Oxo Tower. South Bank, London.
2003. ‘Blind Fold’. Performance. Group Show. East London Studios, London.
2003. ‘Romance’. Performance. Collaboration with Joanna Morse Palmer. Cobern Club. London.
2002. ‘AHRB’ Scholarship. Funding to study at MA level.
2002. ‘The Enchantment’. Performance/Installation. Collaboration with Joanna Morse Palmer. Phoenix Gallery, Devon.
2002. ‘Kicking Off Grant’. Arts council of England grant for early career artists.
2002. ‘Puppets’. Performance/painting. Solo Show. Boston Tea Party, Devon.
2002 ‘1000 Birds’. Sculptural installation. Group Show. Phoenix Gallery, Devon.
2002. Artist Run Project (1 week). Collaboration with St. Margarets School. Devon.
2002. Artist Run Project (2 weeks). Collaboration with Joanna Morse Palmer and Broad Hembrey Primary School. Devon.
2001. ‘1500 Windmills’. Sculptural installation. Collaboration with John Stocker Middle School . South West Water Meadow. Devon.
2000. ‘Angels’. Sculptural installation. Collaboration with John Stocker Middle School. Exeter Cathedral. Devon.
2000. Artist in residence (1 year). Collaboration with John Stocker Middle School. Exeter, Devon.
2000.‘1000 Birds’. Sculptural installation. Group Show. Diawa Gallery. London.
2000. ‘BA Show’. Performance/installation. Group show.ReadingUniversity.Reading.
The Man Who Was Asleep. Theatre company. Lead by Ewen Caden Moore.
Punchdrunk theatre. Lead by Felix Barrett.
Kaos theatre. Lead by Xavier Lerrett.
R.U.D.S theatre group. Lead by Nicola Larder/Jamie Saffer
2003. MA Fine Art. Central St. Martins. London.
2000. BA Fine Art, First Class Hons Degree. Reading University.
Shaolin Fung Fu, Hung Kuen. (2 years under Tim Kirkman and Master Ang). Ballet (up to RA senior grade). Violin (ABM grade6). Piano (ABM grade7).