History
The
involvement of the Transvoyeur artists and events, tp
the core group or collaboratve, are immensely diverse.
Please select below from the Archives to research the
history of activities:
2005
- Year (2): Review and Reform of Programmes/International
Events.
Transvoyeur
Artists at South Bohemian Exhibition, Liverpool Town Hall,
2005.
Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney, George Lund and Tony Knox were
included in the exhibition at Liverpool Town Hall. Their
individual, but innovative art, was exhibited to a public
audience in the civic and business district of the city,
curated by Peter Worthington of the South Bohemian Gallery,
Liverpool, England.
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Transvoyeur
Artist and the Live Exhibition and Performance, Egg Space,
2005.
The Curator of the Egg Space Gallery (Liverpool), Jo Derbyshire,
invited Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney and George Lund to perform
at the Live Exhibition. Sweeney read a Literature Review
of Mien Kampf, Tic Tac Toe (by the Laboratory Bunny Girl
of Death), while Lund bemused the guests with the satirical
interventions of the Funky Chicken. The Live Exhibition
and Performances coincide with the Year of Performance
with the Liverpool Culture Company (England).
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artists, Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney and George Lund,
at Live exhibition, Egg Space, Liverpool, England,
2005. |
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The show opened with some live performances from
Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney as 'The Bunny of Death' reciting
something about Hitler and genetics while the audience
were exhorted to play Tic-Tac-Toe and George Lund
as the Funky Chicken who you can see here dutifully
playing the gam e[...] , Review Art in Liverpool
Weblog, 2005. |
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Transvoyeur
Artists in association with ‘Doll Man Disco (New
Years)’ (Director and concept Gary Sollars), Walk
the Plank, Liverpool, England, 2005.
Gary Sollars, an established and prestigious artist in
his own right, manages and directs the events of 'Doll
Man Disco' a concept born and evolved from his painting
series of 'Doll Man'. The affiliate members of Transvoyeur
participate in the event (Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney, George
Lund and Tony Knox). These are a vibrant mix of music,
performance and wonderful encounters to an audience in
Liverpool, but guests coming from further a field (Refer
to www.garysollars.co.uk). This is an independent production
by Sollars.
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artists and others at Dollman Disco, a conception
produced andmanaged by Gary Sollars, 2005. |
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The evening opened with music for everyone’s
taste, a retrospective of the disco era. Doll Man,
aka Sollars, stood aloft behind the DJ box wearing
track suit and mask and adopting the persona Doll
Man.
Through
the night Sollars introduced and orchestrated the
diverse characters and performances, ranging from
myself as Bunny Girl (Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney), Dorrie
Halliday astonishing the audience with her Burlesque
routine, Cath O’Shea’s stunning rendition
of You’re my World (Cilla Black), and Sean
Kenny and Doll Man’s extraordinary duet of
Welcome Home (Peters and Lee). Further events transpired
through out the night of a custard pie fight open
to eager and willing volunteers, the yee-yah collisions
of circle dancing and speed bingo. George Lund acted
as bouncer earlier on in the evening, but transformed
to become the Funky Chicken as Croupier later on
in the night.
The
guests were invited to dress especially for these
New Years festivities and adorn wigs on the turn
of midnight. This made the performance expound to
the audience to become part of the Doll Man mania.
The entire evening was fusion of creative performance,
fun and merriment. A bizarre and wonderful experience
for all and rapidly earning folklore status!,
Review in Art in Liverpool Weblog,
2005. |
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Transvoyeur
Artists and No Cost of Chaos Show, 2005.
Live performance by Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney and George Lund.
La mort d'amour, le chat et poulet (The Death of Love,
The Cat and Chicken), at No Cost of Chaos Show in the
National, Liverpool, England.
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'Gaynor
Evelyn Sweeney : A live art performance with an
overgrown chicken (George). Gaynor is a cat beauty
with a body and she’s talented artist, in
many ways. This was art in motion and compelling
to watch. Gaynor is sultry and graceful, and made
more than the bendy chicken flutter it’s wings.
People wondered about this art to classical music,
Carmen’s ‘Bolero’, (remembered
for Torville and Dean’s ice dancing championship)
we were not quite sure what was to happen. No one
could turn their eyes away. Fabulous!', Review
by Amanda DeAngeles, 2005. |
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Transvoyeur
Artists and Scope London (Curated by Lee Wells, New York),
2005.
Lee Wells, a Transvoyeur artist from New York, who is
also a Curator and Fine Art Dealer, organised a collective
of New York artists to present their work at the Scope
London Arts Market in St. Martins London. Gaynor Evelyn
Sweeney and Dorrie Halliday, both based in Liverpool,
where invited to do two very extraordinary live performances
in St Martins, London.
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Transvoyeur
Artists and British Art Salon Exhibition, Berlin, Germany,
2005.
Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney was invited by Curator, Terry Duffy,
from London to perform at the British Art Salon in Berlin.
This exhibition included an array of work from artists
who Duffy has supported in exhibition in London, England.
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Gaynor
Evelyn Sweeney live performance of Booudica's PMT
in the 21st Century, British Art Salon, Berlin,
Germany, 2005. |
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Transvoyeur
Artists and Museum Man Gallery, Berlin Kunst Salon, Germany,
2005.
Gaynor
Evelyn Sweeney, George Lund, Gary Sollars and Tony Knox
had their art included in Museum Exhibition as part of
the Berlin Kunst Salon. This was curated by the international
artist and cultural activist Adam Nankervis. Museum Man
Gallery was founded by Nankervis in Berlin, but has since
2003 become established in Liverpool, England.
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Transvoyeur Artists in association with ‘Doll
Man Disco (Summer)’ (Director and concept Gary Sollars),
Walk the Plank, Liverpool, England, 2005.
The
wonderful concept of Gary Sollars 'Dollman Disco' brought
the summer to a close with an explosion of alternative
activities. As 'Dollman' explicates 'Summer Bye-Bye'.
A collection of performers, conceptual, theatrical, singers
and games for all to amuse. Sollars a principle Transvoyeur
artist, along with others from the Collective, including
Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney, George Lund and Tony Knox, and
other artists, such as Dorrie Halliday, Cath O'Shea, Sean
Kenny and many others (Refer to www.garysollars.co.uk).
This is an independent by Sollars.
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Transvoyeur Artist at the Turnpike Gallery, Obsessions
of Desire Exhibition, Leigh, England, 2005.
Transvoyeur
artist Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney and Tony Knox at the Turnpike
Gallery, Leigh, England, are part of the Obsessions of
Desire exhibition. Knox and Sweeney present their earlier
works premiered at the Transvoyeur exhibition in Liverpool
Biennial 2004. The profound Temple digital short (Sweeney)
captivates the conventional audience of Leigh and the
wonderment of the Moth installation (Knox) entice them
into this labyrinth.
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The Temple Series (Photographic Stills of Performance),
Hong Kong Biennial, Hong Kong, 2005.
Transvoyeur
artists submit to the Hong Kong Biennial 2005 and have
some of the current creative explorations exhibited. Western
art meets an audience of eastern culture.
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Transvoyeur Artist Ben Youdan and Royal Liverpool Womens
Hospital Commission.
Ben
Youdan was commissioned by the Arts Panel at Royal Liverpool
Womens Hospital, England, for a collection of art on the
virus abstract series. This commission was realised through
the Transvoyeur exhibition of the Liverpool Biennial 2004,
where the principle client first viewed his art.
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Ben
Youdan commissioned art for Royal Liverpool Womans
Hospital, England. |
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Transvoyeur
Artists in association, ‘Doll Man Disco (Spring)’
(Director and concept Gary Sollars), Walk the Plank, Liverpool,
England, 2005.
The launch of 'Dollman Disco' by Gary Sollars in the Spring.
Some of the Transvoyeur artists and other independents
extend their professional support to the wonderful visualisation
of Sollars. Dollman conceived as an urban character in
his photorealist paintings and during the Liverpool Biennial
2004 and embodiment by himself in a performance context.
This has evolved further to become an elaborate and exceptional
hybridity of Sollar's cultural perceptions in the events
of 'Dollman Disco'. This is an independent production
by Sollars.
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Transvoyeur
Artists and 340 Old Street Gallery, Shoreditch, London,
England. 2005.
Terry Duffy, Curator of 340 Old Street Gallery, Shoreditch,
London, from his visit to the Liverpool Biennial 2004
has provided solo exhibitions to the artists Gaynor Evelyn
Sweeney and Gary Sollars to present their art to a London
based audience. Each exhibition by these artists comes
under the premise of a series of shows titled 'Voyeur'
Duffy.
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Evelyn Sweeney at 340 Old Street Gallery, London,
England, 2005. |
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Her pose compositional, statuesque, almost art
and artefact. She lowers herself down and removes
the ballet shoes. Dresses in the medical coat
and departs the scene. The audience outside are
absorbed, titillated and enthralled by the actions
they witness.
Here
the viewer becomes the voyeur, obliged to observe
the act of something within standards of normality
and usually hidden. The sentience of the flesh
and self divination in terms of body modification
has set the individual as the deity, no longer
depending on any spiritual mysticism, but to render
it to the self. The process of re-portraying our
bodies in post-modern society is one where the
ritual is imbued by the underlining absolute exposé.
The explicit body in contemporary society has
been attributed a sentience in the flesh of divine
reverence [...], Review by Art in Liverpool
Weblog, 2005. |
| Gary
Sollars at 340 Old Street Gallery, London, England,
2005. |
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Transvoyeur
Artist Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney interviewed on Radio Arts
Platform by Tracey Sanderswood, 2005 (The Foundry, London,
England).
Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney is interviewed by host Tracey
Sanderswood on Radio Arts Platform. This is based in
the Foundry Art Gallery in Shoreditch, London, England.
They discuss the concepts of spatial and temporal relativity
of the flesh and intervention in a multi-cultural society.
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Performance
Workshops with Transvoyeur Artists at 340 Old Street Gallery,
Shoreditch, London, 2005.
The artists Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney and Tony Knox work in
collaboration with the London based artist Rita Says.
The present a series of workshops to a London public audience
on the philosophies of gender and body politics by live
art interventions.
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(1): Workshop with Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney (Concept
and Direction) and Tony Knox at 340 Old Street Gallery,
Shoreditch, London, 2005. |
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Part
(2): Workshop with Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney (Concept
and Direction) and Rita Says at 340 Old Street
Gallery, Shoreditch, London, 2005.
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