Adam James: Monkeys / Blind Animals

Monkeys

This is the first of two short workshops focused on the implementation of simple yet powerful alibi. In this workshop, we will adopt the collective alibi of the monkey. Join us in the departure from your tailless self.

Blind Animals

This second workshop will employ the effective alibi of anonymity, achieved by playing with our eyes closed. By turning to our other senses we open portals to fantastically vivid worlds filled with strange and incredible creatures.

These workshops are from the Nordic lap community. Locating their exact origin is difficult, but it’s something along the lines of Kristtofer Thuroe pinched it from Nina Runa Essendrop, who borrowed it from Pete Munthe-Kass, who loaned it from Peter Schønnemann, who stole it from Elliot W… Further workshops such as these can be found at https://workshophandbook.wordpress.com

Bio

Adam James (b. 1978) is a British artist. His works use larp, performance, film, sculpture and installation to play with the concept of the outsider. Through the immersive structure of larp, James invites audiences to characterise and unite opposed groups, forces or objects. James works use enforced physical hindrance to evoke a state of otherness, leading to divergent reconsideration of social and cultural difference. James is interested in the attainment of new empathetic states achieved through playful interrogation of the cinematic space.

James received his BA in Fine Art at the University of Brighton in 2003. In 2007 he completed his MA in Fine Art at the Royal College of Art. In 2017 he worked with the Serpentine gallery to produce a larp based resource to help children deal with transitioning to secondary school. During his time in London he helped to establish the now thriving Nordic larp scene, cross pollinating artists, directors, larpers, dancers and gamers. He is currently researching Larp as participatory practice at the University of Kent. He most recently exhibited as part of SMACH, an international arts biennial set in the Italian Dolomites.