A production and participatory performance:
‘Bicycle, bicycle, I want to ride my bicycle...’.
- Participants are invited to make a prop (mask) and sing* a song.
* ‘sing’ in the loosest sense, it can be spoken as well.
- The participants take on the identity of Eddy Merckx, the legendary 1970s Belgian cyclist nicknamed ‘The Animal’, making a mask of his head using materials supplied: photocopied photographs of Eddy Merckx’s head (slightly larger than life size), cardboard sheets, wooden sticks and glue.
The time allocated for making the masks will be a period of 30 minutes.
- ‘I want to ride my bicycle’: the audio track lasts 3:03 minutes. The words will be displayed on a large sheet of paper and will be attached (or projected using a karaoke style video) onto the wall so that the participants can sing or chant the song (the words will also be printed being on the back of the masks). Perhaps the music, without lyrics will be played and the people taking part might be orchestrated or led in singing/chanting without accompanying music - this will be determined after an experimental period beforehand to ascertain its viability.
The time allocated for setting up and singing/chanting the song will be 20 minutes with an opportunity for repeats if demand warrants it and the number of participants indicates this to be feasible.
*People are invited to participant in both or just one of the activities – producing the props (masks) and/or participating in singing the song.
Equipment: speakers, and perhaps a video projector will be needed.
This participatory event looks at both identity (sporting) and popular culture (music) in combination. The people involved will be taking on the identity of a sporting star from the past, of whom they might be unaware, and the singing of a popular song by one of the most famous British rock bands, Queen, which they are more likely to have encountered. The mixture (or clash) of sporting culture and popular music may lead to an interesting dialogue.
Biography: Patrick Loan’s practice looks at the identity and celebrity of athletes and sport stars and the spatial environment of sports stadia. He undertakes performance based work taking on the identity of sporting stars using low-tech materials to make masks and props, and also works with video, photography and printmaking. His fascination with sport leads him to explore identity, place and architecture.
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Saturday 26 May 2018
5-6pm
‘Bicycle, bicycle, I want to ride my bicycle...’.
Patrick Loan
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