[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The N.W.R.A. Variety Matinee > > 2.00pm Tuesday 3rd December > Edinburgh College of Art lecture theatre > Free, all welcome > > The North Walton Ratepayers Association and artist Paul Rooney present a > forty minute showcase for an Edinburgh audience of the best of the turns who > have performed at the club before it was condemned and bulldozed by Liverpool > Council last year. The bill will be: > > Scouse comic Ted Robbins > > A showing of ‘Warm Up’ video by Paul Rooney (7 minutes). > Ted (an N.W.R.A. regular over the years) is the ‘Stars In Their Eyes’ TV > audience warm up man, and this piece documents a chance meeting Paul Rooney > has with him during his routine. > > Rob Storm, a ‘Stars In Their Eyes’ David Bowie > > Will perform the songs ‘Andy Warhol’ and ‘China Girl’ backed by The > N.W.R.A. house band. > > The N.W.R.A. house band and the choir will perform their song ‘Norman Collier’ > > To the video of ‘I Am Not Going To America. An audio guide for a chair lift’ > by Paul Rooney (7 minutes). > The narrative touches on circles, singers, death and sanity in everyday > Northern England. The comic Norman Collier (another N.W.R.A. regular over the > years) has a pivotal role in the narrative. > > The famous Jock Rock > > Will perform one of his brand new songs, Finlandia. There will be dancing and > sweets. > > The N.W.R.A. Choir > > Will perform ‘All Over Now Fleur’ (4 minutes). An internet chatroom text set > to music for six vocalists: and ‘Stay Polite’. A song written with a taxi > phone operator (3 minutes). > > Cover versions of songs by the band Rooney > > The N.W.R.A. house band will perform Rooney songs about drinking shandy and > going down the filling station to buy Silk Cut Ultra. There will be > ventriloquism, dancing and a gallery assistant duet. To finish, The N.W.R.A. > house band will perform their theme song ‘The N.W.R.A.’, written by Mark E. > Smith. > > Biography > > Paul Rooney was born in Liverpool in 1967, and trained at Edinburgh College > of Art. He has had residencies at The British School at Rome, Durham > University and Dundee Contemporary Arts/University of Dundee VRC and is a > founder member of Common Culture, who have shown at EAST and had solo shows > at the Cornerhouse, Manchester and Gasworks, London. > Paul’s individual practice focussed from 1998 to 2000 on the music of the > ‘Rooney’ CD’s and performances. The song ‘Went to Town’ got into John > Peel’s Festive Fifty in 1998, and a Peel session was broadcast in October > 1999. Performances and events continue to be part of Paul’s practice, and > venues have included The Thread Waxing Space, New York, Ormeau Baths, > Belfast, Dundee Contemporary Arts and Cubitt, London. Recent work has been > shown in Amsterdam, Melbourne, Stockholm, Toronto, Las Palmas, Siena, New > York and Washington. Recent reviews include The Sunday Times, Mojo, The Wire, > Untitled, Sleazenation, Art Monthly, The Guardian, The Scotsman and The > Washington Post. > Recent commissions include ‘Crossing Over 6’ hosted by FACT; Barrow Borough > Council with The Arts Council of England; and The Whitworth Art Gallery with > Manchester Camerata (chamber orchestra). Paul is currently working on > projects for Grizedale, The Vardy, The Turnpike Gallery, Tramway, and he will > be part of a British Council show touring to Europe and South America next > year. Paul will be the Tate Liverpool MOMART Fellow for 2002-2003. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information > > to unsubscribe reply naming your email address ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
