Three Year's Tours in Review.

There is the rather wonderful looking 15th Urban Research Plaza's Forum taking place in Bangkok next month which I had hoped to attend but will be unable to make it to. In my stead there will be this short video outlining some of the creative tour output of the last three years. Putting it together made me realise what a lot of travelling I've been doing and recall all the people and institutions who've helped make it happen. Thank you all, and may it continue over the next three years.

Harry Slinger's North Amsterdam Tour

This video, shot from the window of a car travelling around Amsterdam North, features the song Mijn Amsterdam Noord by Harry Slinger. It is made from the car driver's point of view, which I find very interesting to take, as it totally changes my impression of the area. I have been getting around on a bike for the last week and consequently, have mostly been using different routes. I have also noticed, however, that several locations on this car's route intersect with the route of my bike tour, which has now been fixed. Unfortunately, this video does not trace a consequent route from A to B but is instead an edited video of the highlights of Amsterdam North. All the same, it is the closest I have got yet to a tour of this forgotten side of the city. 

The London Tour of All Tours Video

This is a simple promotional video giving a flavour of the London Tour of All Tours. The music is a remix of Mozart's Turkish March, I now see there are quite a lot of DJs busy with remixing classical music.  

New dates have also been announced, there will be a tour on February 5th 7PM and one on February 7th 2PM both starting outside of Richmix in East London.

Documentation and Tours: performances and their records

I recently had an article published in the online arts journal Felt Acts. The issue is devoted to the theme of 'Approaching Documentation' and also features the writing of Harriet Thompson, Aparna Sharma, Jesc Bunyard, Rafaela Lopez, Georgia Rene-Worms, Antje Seeger, Simon Farid, Joana Quiroga, Joanna Bucknall and Bryony White.

Video still from Lijiang Tour 

Here is a sample:

There is no standard way I approach documenting my own projects and The Tour of All Tours is a case in point. The performance has had to develop as a performance in its own right first and only in the project’s second year have I begun adapting it for the camera. This I have done by doing away with the live public altogether and concentrating upon performing the work directly to the lens. 

If that floats your boat then do take a look at the downloadable journal for the full article and the articles of the other authors too. Best of all, its free!

The Tour of All Tours Bath video

A short promotional video of the Bath Tour of All Tours.

Interview on the Bath tour

With thanks to Martha King (camera) and Cheryl Pierce (interviewer). Recorded outside the Roman Baths in Bath City Centre, October 2014.

European Culture Forum Talk on Tours

This is a short address I made to the main assembly at the European Culture Forum 2013 in Brussels on the theme of cultural tourism.

I should admit to being a just a bit nervous before stepping out onto the stage as earlier that  same day Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, had spoken from the same spot to the same crowd of over 1000 delegates from the cultural field from across Europe.