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The Lost Supper
In the year 1791 Robert Burns invited a few notorious figures from around the world to come to supper; some time later they are beginning to arrive!
First on the scene is the Marquis De Sade, newly liberated from the Bastille by citizens of the French Revolution. He can be seen here in Dumfries on Burn's Night 2012, accompanied by a Citizen.
This project is a collaboration between Oceanallover, Mischeif La Bas and Mark Zygadlo. The guests will be arriving over the following twelve months and should all be here for Burn's Night 2012. Of course, Mr Burns will have forgotten all about it and be otherwise engaged...................
Also a little taste of incarceration:
Live Events Since 1992
Alex Rigg has been making live events since 1982. These have taken a number of forms and been shown in several diffent countries. If there is a common thread to the style and contentof these events then it must be a strong need to push boundaries around, to set foot on unknown soil and generally to play with our concepts of art outside its accepted form. This process could be described as running away from art as fast as possible in a circle in order to catch up with it from behind; an ideological dog-fight, bearing down upon an unsuspecting idea with the sun in its eye.............. or perhaps not.
However, the physical reality of these moments in time are based on a reaction to the given location and the viewing public. The audience are often as suprised as the performers to find themselves in the middle of something odd, and this element of suprise certainly helps to give the work an edge. The size of the cast and the complexity of the presentation is also governed by the location.
Most of these events have involved the collaboration of several people and I will give a list of all the people shown here, although not necessarily in the order shown. I am honoured to have worked with all of them and look forward to many more such joint endeavours. It seems that art is an act of passion and a process of persistence. Time being the greatest test of all things it will be interesting to see how much of these events is remembered by those who were there.
Oceanallover is the current title for a body of work whose overall shape is unknown; the name may change and the ideas will continue to develope but the rigor and energy must be sustained if the art is to have any emotional value. Alex made a series of workshops for Dance Base and Dance House some years ago that he called Emotional Landscapes, a title which is still very close to the heart of the matter.
Cast List: -
Clyde Melville-Bain; Dawn Hartley; Brian Hartley; Quee McArthur; Joey Sanderson; Laini Chismas; Tom Morey; Florencia García Chafuén, Judith Milligan; Dick Lee; Nicky Spence; Marion Kenny; Anders Rigg; Oliver Rigg; Michaela Rowan; Jamie Burroughs; Greg White; Derrek Spence; Mark Hawker; Sarah Jean Cousins; Doug Hudson; Chimp; JD Caillouet; Rona Simpson; John Cobban; Jamie Armstrong; Andy Cook; Guy Nicholson; Martin Green; Vale of Athol Pipe Band; William Sweeny; Niel McArthur; Gus Ferguson; Cappella Nova; Jane Simpson; Karen Anderson;Rob Welsh; Pamela Drynan; Emma Preston; Renata Hopkins; Trevor Leat; Lorne Coweison; Kirsty Potts; Simon Van de Walt; Neil Thomson; Michael Magg; Roxanne.........
These projects have also recieved a great deal of support form venues, producers, friends and family. Thank you to all of you.
Special thanks to:
Morag Deyes, Cathie Boyd; Rona MacDonald; Lindsay John; DGAA; The Scottish Arts Council and Creative Scotland; Glasgow City Council; Goma; Tramway; Jerry Loose; Dance House; The Arches; Jackie Wylie; UZ; Robin Rigg - Slovak Wildlife Society; SSA; Lys Hansen; Mary Brennan;
Special Appologies to:
Anyone that I have forgotten to mention.
Here is a short clip from an event in Slovakia in 2001
