In live performance and on film, at the same time, we explore dreams, other living beings, brutality and survival, trees fighting back, how to pose, wearing the wrong clothes, undisciplined golfers, the Centre of the World and finding the Perfect Number.
Age recommendation: 12+ (not suitable for young children)
About the Artist
Richard Layzell has been showing performances, films and installations internationally since 1980. He is considered a live art innovator, and was one of the first artists to take experimental performance into education, publishing 'Live Art in Schools', with the Arts Council.
His multi-sensory installation 'Tap Ruffle and Shave' was experienced by 100,000 people across the UK. Hes worked collaboratively with communities in Bristol, Shanghai, Perth (Australia), London, Canvey Island, Glasgow and Dundee, amongst many others. He teaches at University of the Arts London and is a course director at the Atsitsa Centre in Skyros, Greece.
His highly praised recent work, 'Psychosomatic' (2023-4, 90 mins), is a unique combination of film and performance that crosses five continents. Hes the author of 'Enhanced Performance,' 'The Artists Directory' and 'Cream Pages.' He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, where he was taught by Derek Jarman and Stuart Brisley, and first encountered the I Ching.