12 pieces of work in 12 hours minimum of 6 mediums
10 artists participated and I won the overall!
These are some of the results. Reception Saturday 4th of September 7.00pm in the Butter Market Gallery, The Marine Hotel, Kilkee. Work of the participating artists will be on display till 1 week after date. All work is for sale.
Mime first stepped out of the shadows in ancient Greece. The Theatre of Dionysus played host to masked actors who performed the most elaborate form of mime, known as hypothesis, which saw the principles concentrate more on the development of their own characters than the story itself. Mime continued as an art form right through to the Middle Ages, reaching its pinnacle in 16th century Italy, with Commedia dell’ Arte. The Commedia dell’ Arte saw street performers donning extravagant masks to complement their acrobatic skill and to attract an audience. Notice-boxes, yes, but successful ones. These performers, who became affectionately known as Zanni, took advantage of their masked identity to ridicule contemporary society and its institutions.
Despite mime’s tenacity, the art form continued to be about as subtle as your mother indicating that your dress is tucked into the back of your knickers at a family wedding. Slapstick mime humour prevailed until the early 1800′s, which saw the emergence of a Bohemian acrobat by the name of Jean Gaspard Batiste Deburau. Deburau was engaged to perform at the Funambules theatre on the Boulevard du Tempe. Enjoying perhaps one of the longest gigs in history, played there until his death. In between he managed to elevate mime to the level of an art form, which became known as French traditional mime. Deburau also created one of the most enduring mime characters of all time – the Pierrot.
After World War I, Jacques Copeau continued to teach French traditional mime at The School of the Dramatic Arts. One of his students at the school, , went on to create a modern form called Corporal mime, which revived the arts fading fortunes once again. Decroux taught mime as the art of physical control, which requires grace, agility and versatility. His most famous student was Marcel Marceau, acknowledged as the world’s most famous living mime. Renowned for his poignancy, Marceau was influenced by cinema greats such as Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. His most recognisable creation was his character Bip, the white-faced everyman in the battered top hat.
In the 1980′s, some mime artists began to rebel against their minimalist constraints and increasingly started to use voice, lighting effects, props and costume in . Because of these changes, new forms of mime can be known by different names such as mime-dance and New Vaudeville.
“The coast in a bucket” is the name of the upcoming show CATA ISLE MIME Theatre will be putting on in Kilkee. In early 2009 Astrid Adler was supported by the Arts Council to found CATA ISLE MIME Theatre.The group welcomes their new member Emer O’Carroll to their upcoming summer show in Kilkee community centre. Emer O’Carroll recently completed two years of Lecoq training in Paris and Barcelona. Mime is talking without words, expressing yourself with your whole body which constantly expresses our emotions and feelings; the language everyone understands. With Marcel Marceau developed techniques mimes brings fantasy and imagination to life. Because the body gives the picture inside a form it turns into reality,-for yourself and everybody watching. After producing a specially tailored show for Ennis Street Festival, this show depicts scenes of life at and around the coast. Using the universal language of the body, everyday scenes and stories are enacted with absurdities and unexpected solutions. All ages are welcome on Sunday 29th of August in Kilkee Community Centre at 4pm.
The farmer, I get my weekly milk of, needed an ugly wall painted, because he had visitors coming the next day. The only wall not hiding a stone wall turned into a stone wall in 3 hours with my brushes and paint.
natural stone painted
This photo was send to me by Brenda Malloy taken in Venice. Looks like the perfect place for an emergency artist to exhibit!
West Clare CATA ISLE MIME Theatre is looking for a new actor. Applicants should have at least minimum mime skills, should be highly motivated, over 18 and available for practice once a week. CATA ISLE MIME Theatre was founded by Astrid Adler 1&1/2 years ago, is supported by the Arts Council, has a show, produces short tailored performances and gives workshops. The group invents constantly new material, plays in theatres, community halls and on the street. Interest please contact Astrid on 065-9051309
Astrid Adler is showing the Art-Exhibition: ”NO STYLE” during the Doonbeg Jazz Festival
The artist put this exhibition together to show the diversity of her work. Exploring abstract ancient symbols with charcoal and chalk on big tinted papers creating the look of stone, than, catapulting Celtic Art full colour into the 21st Century, where its construction takes completely different rules; you find Materialism still confused with Surrealism, Andre Breton still discussing with Salvador Dali if he is one, over Illustrations of local fairy tails to some study in pastels of the Stanley range, coming home to prints in Outsider Art “Scattery Island” and old favorite “The Weddingcross”.
Openings hours are: Friday 8-10pm, Saturday 2-5pm and Monday 2-3pm. Artist will be present. Venue: Strandcamping Doonbeg.
The harp-music playing under the film is a piece I composed. After visiting the Aran island Inish More and finding a hird part to it, I gave it the the name “Dun Aengus”.
Art project by Astrid Adler: Elderly where asked in 2008 what are their wishes/prayers for the world, find a symbol for it and felt it onto/into a blanket.
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