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Photos : Mario Martin

BLOW Toro Spacio, Ronda Spain 2018

 

A performance made in response to the SURFACE WORK exhibition of paintings and drawings by Scots artist Roanne O'Donnell at Toro Spacio Ronda 31st May - 1st July 2018.

BLOW, a participatory performacne work, introduced vivid colour and air into the space as Clare breathed on the large graphite drawings and paintings referencing the coal mining tradition in Scottish mines of Roanne's family, and the deleterious impact on their health of the coal dust. The audience were directed to tour Roanne's work through this conduit of action and sound and were then led out into the street singing "My Bonnie Lies over The Ocean", a much loved Scottish folk song important to Roanne. Ex-pats in the audience knew the song and those who didn't responded to the smiling invitation to participate and were animated by the song and the sense of celebration. 

Clare says of the experience “Roanne and I are both Celts and share a sense of respect for the struggles our ancestors faced as migrants from Scotland and Ireland. Both pieces of work, Roanne's exhibition, and my performance, act as contemporary response and revelation of a history that is disappearing, as well as an homage to our family histories and an affirmation of the bond that she and I share as artists and friends."

With thanks to Roanne O’Donnell and to Claudio Carrillo Godino at Toro Spacio.

Thank you to Mario Martin photographer at Foto Estudio Juan Manuel in Ronda 

In the U.K. thanks to Helen Richardson Couture for my costume and to Hidden Beauty Oxfordshire for my nails.

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