Satelliser means “to put into orbit”. Satelliser: a dance for the gallery is a durational performance work for an intergenerational group of artist coworkers.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworkers: Ngozi Oparah & Bonni Bogya.
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Images: Satelliser: a dance for the gallery posters : John Philip Sage
Over the course of day coworkers cycle through the layered labours of moving, speaking, listening and resting , holding buoyant space for conversation to emerge between each other and gallery visitors. As coworkers subtly alter their spatial configurations in response to the visitors’ movements, they play with the orientation relationships between performance, visitor and space and the kinds of conversations these can support.
Image: J N Harrington. Satelliser coworkers’ mics and watches covid-proofed at BALTIC CCA
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker Karen Callaghan
The project was first researched in 2014/15 in London , and developed in 2016 in Brussels. Selected for touring with CONTINUOUS Network in 2020, the work was redeveloped in 2020/21, taking place as discursive online rehearsals across 5 time zones and through multiple lockdowns. As the artists have each navigated upheaval, dislocation, political turmoil and changing personal circumstances, the process of being together in conversation has both amplified and challenged what they imagined this work might be and do.
Satelliser: a dance for the gallery coworkers 2021/22:
Satelliser coworkers 2021/22 : (top row ) J N Harrington, Shivaangee Agrawal, Bonni Bogya, Christine Bramwell, Karen Callaghan, Iris Yi Po Chan (middle row ): Emilyn Claid, Katye Coe, Mia Quimpo Gourlay, Alexandrina Hemsley, Amrita Hepi, elena rose light, Ngozi Oparah (bottom row): Amaara Raheem, Arabella Stanger, Louise Tanoto, Amanda Thompson, Else Tunemyr & Jay Yule.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworker Nicola Carter with visitors.
Louise Tanoto
The work has also been developed through r&d, conversation and performance in London and Brussels with:
Vanessa Abreu, Charlie Ashwell, Mirte Boegart, Temitope Ajose Cutting, Elodie Escarmelle, Lena Kimming, Liz Kinoshita, Rosemary Lee, Ines López Carrasco, Alice MacKenzie, Erik Nevin, Grace Nicol, Katja Nyqvist, Stella Papi, Lizzie Sells, Shannon Stewart, Elisa Vassena, Ana Cristina Velasquez, Karin Verbruggen & Katie Vickers.
Satellliser: a dance for the gallery has been presented within the following contexts:
-Bosse & Baum, Peckham, 2015
-Copeland Gallery, Peckham, 2015
-Villa Empain, Brussels in context of Répétition exhibition,2016
-BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2021 in context of Ad Minoliti’s Biosfera Peluche
-Turner Contemporary, Margate, 2021 in context of The Margate Open and Canvas 4 Equality’s curated gallery
-NottDance 2022, IC4C Nottingham.
BSL interpretation: Caroline Ryan (BALTIC), Gemma Lahone (Turner Contemporary)
Press and audience responses:
I think about other situations like this, like the social, mostly women-populated knitting group, Stitch ‘n Bitch. How easy it is to tell secrets to hairdressers. How, in contrast to the stillness of meditation, permission to pay attention seems to come more easily when we busy ourselves. As I think about this, I notice a coworker embroidering as she leans against a pillar to rest.
The experience of being responded to by the dancers speaks to a fundamental, early, form of communication that is at once familiar and yet all too rare. To encounter it in these performances is invigorating and satisfying; it seems to get to the root of some intrinsic participation and collaboration that finds its home in our human need for play.
-audience response, Copeland Gallery 2016
Image: J N Harrington. Satelliser score drawing 2020
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker Karen Callaghan
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker J N Harrington
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworkers: Ngozi Oparah & elena rose light
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker Shivaangee Agrawal
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworkers Christine Bramwell & Katye Coe. Satelliser costumes by J N Harrington
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Satelliser costumes by J N Harrington
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker elena rose light
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker Karen Callaghan & audience at Turner Contemporary
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworkers: Else Tunemyr & Arabella Stanger
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker Christine Bramwell
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworkers: Christine Bramwell & Ngozi Oparah
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker Christine Bramwell
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker Karen Callaghan
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Satelliser costumes by J N Harrington
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker Arabella Stanger
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker Christine Bramwell
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworkers: Karen Callaghan & Else Tunemyr
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker Katye Coe
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker Mia Quimpo Gourlay
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker Ngozi Oparah
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworkers: Karen Callaghan & Emilyn Claid
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker Emilyn Claid
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker: Mia Quimpo Gourlay
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker: Else Tunemyr & Katye Coe
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker elena rose light
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker elena rose light
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworkers: Else Tunemyr & Christine Bramwell
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworker Amanda Thompson
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworkers: Amanda Thompson & Katye Coe
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at Turner Contemporary. Coworkers: Katye Coe & Shivaangee Agrawal
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworkers: Ngozi Oparah & Bonni Bogya.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworkers: Bonni Bogya & Nicola Carter.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworkers: Bonni Bogya, Nicola Carter & Sally Doughty.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworker: Natifah White.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworker Nicola Carter and visitors.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworker Shivaangee Agrawal.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser team at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworkers: Natifah White, J N Harrington, Katye Coe, Bonni Bogya, Nicola Carter, Sally Doughty, Ngozi Oparah, Shivaangee Agrawal with SDS team Lucia Fortune-Ely, Sophie Brassard, Kat Bridge.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworker Shivaangee Agrawal.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworkers: Shivaangee Agrawal, Katye Coe & Sally Doughty.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworkers: Nicola Carter & Sally Doughty.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworkers: Ngozi Oparah.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworker Shivaangee Agrawal.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Visitors embroidering.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworkers: Nicola Carter & Bonni Bogya.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworkers: Natifah White, J N Harrington & Bonni Bogya.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworkers: Bonni Bogya, J N Harrington & Ngozi Oparah with visitors.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Visitors embroidering.
Image: David Wilson Clarke. Satelliser at IC4C, Nottingham. Coworkers: Sally Doughty, J N Harrington & Bonni Bogya.
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworker: elena rose light
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworkers: Iris Yi Po Chan & Else Tunemyr
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworkers: Bonni Bogya & elena rose light
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworker J N Harrington.
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworkers: Emilyn Claid & Shivaangee Agrawal.
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworker: Bonni Bogya
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworker elena rose light
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworkers: Shivaangee Agrawal, Karen Callaghan & Emilyn Claid.
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworker Bonni Bogya.
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworker Bonni Bogya
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworkers: Jay Yule & Else Tunemyr
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworker Bonni Bogya
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworkers: Else Tunemyr, Shivaangee Agrawal, elena rose light & Bonni Bogya
Image: Gillie Kleiman. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworker: J N Harrington
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworkers: Emilyn Claid & elena rose light.
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworker elena rose light
Image: Genevieve Reeves. Satelliser at BALTIC CCA. Coworker Bonni Bogya.
Image: Larissa Vanhee. Satelliser in performance 2016, Villa Empain. Coworker: Charlie Ashwell.
Image: Larissa Vanhee. Satelliser in performance 2016, Villa Empain. Coworker:s Charlie Ashwell, Katie Vickers & Alexandrina Hemsley.
Image: Larissa Vanhee. Satelliser in performance 2016, Villa Empain. Coworker:s Charlie Ashwell, J N Harrington, Katie Vickers, Katja Nyqvist, Liz Kinoshita & Ana Christina Velasquez
Image: Conor Creaney. Satelliser in performance 2016, Villa Empain. Coworker: J N Harrington
Image: Larissa Vanhee. Satelliser in performance 2016, Villa Empain. Coworkers: Ana Christina Velasquez & Louise Tanoto.
Image: Larissa Vanhee. Satelliser in performance 2016, Villa Empain. Coworker: Liz Kinoshita.
Image: Larissa Vanhee. Satelliser in performance 2016, Villa Empain. Coworker:s Charlie Ashwell & Ana Christina Velasquez
Image: Larissa Vanhee. Satelliser in performance 2016, Villa Empain. Coworkers: Else Tunemyr & Liz Kinoshita.
Image: Larissa Vanhee. Satelliser in performance 2016, Villa Empain. Coworker: Else Tunemyr.
Image: Conor Creaney. Satelliser in performance 2016, Villa Empain. Coworker: J N Harrington
Image: Larissa Vanhee. Satelliser in performance 2016, Villa Empain. Coworkers: Katja Nyqvist, Alexandrina Hemsley & J N Harrington.
Image: J N Harrington. Satelliser in performance 2015, Copeland Gallery. Coworkers: Alexandrina Hemsley & Vanessa Abreu.
Image: J N Harrington. Satelliser in performance 2015, Copeland Gallery. Coworkers: Vanessa Abreu, Stella Papi & Iris Yi Po Chan.
Image: J N Harrington. Satelliser in performance 2015, Copeland Gallery. Coworkers: Alexandrina Hemsley, Vanessa Abreu, Lizzie Sells & Iris Yi Po Chan.
Image: J N Harrington. Satelliser in performance 2015, Copeland Gallery. Coworkers: Alexandrina Hemsley, Vanessa Abreu, Lizzie Sells & Iris Yi Po Chan.
Image: J N Harrington. Satelliser in performance 2015, Copeland Gallery. Coworkers: Alexandrina Hemsley, Vanessa Abreu, Lizzie Sells & Iris Yi Po Chan.
Image: Bosse & Baum. Satelliser in performance 2015, Bosse & Baum. Coworker:s Alexandrina Hemsley, Lena Kimming & Iris Yi Po Chan.
Image: Lucy Beech. Satelliser in performance 2015, Bosse & Baum. Coworker: Alexandrina Hemsley