EXPLORING [ EULOGIES ]
EXPLORING [ TRAUMA ]
EXPLORING [ C0-DEPENDENCY ]
'Realized in live art and installations, the practice explores physical trauma, neurosis and catharsis through public engagement in the act of ritual.
Currently, the research has ventured into questioning the ethics behind Western burial techniques and how this specific capitalist burial market dehumanizes death and causes anxiety.
Most recent works explore the creation of eulogies and the tension between oral histories and digital archives.
Investigating a reclaiming of tactility and intimacy within death culture and asks who is responsible to care for the dead. It critiques the questionable notion of debt possessing the power to keep a soul from being released or transcended and what this means in a digital age where agency is taken away from our personal information and digital mourning, digital ghosts and virtual embalming are becoming embedded within our understanding of grief and remembrance.'
A permanent member of disORDER Live Art Collective
@disorder_liveart
Alumni of the Black Hole Club residency
@blackholeclub
Royal College of Art graduate class of 2019
Hannah Mary Taylor 2020
C o m p e t e n c i e s a n d P e r f o r m a n c e s
November 23, 2019
[ Do Digital Profiles Dream of Death ] - Under different stars
23rd November 2019
Supported by @blackholeclub under the season 'Under different stars'
A co presentation with @demelza.toytoy and @eemilyscarrottt
Live Art Installation | Video | Robots | Plants | Rituals | Death Discussions
A co-presentation of independent research led practises; Hannah Mary, Demelza Woodbridge & Emily Scarrott provide a discursive space to encounter discourses, centred around creating agency in the cleansing of our physical and digital ghosts.
November 08, 2019
Disorder Vol 3
Performance of [ Do digital profiles dream of death ? ]
Disorders Vol. 3 is the third in a series of collective exhibitions by Disorder Live Art collective featuring international artists working both individually and collaboratively, exploring the potential for the live action to re-think physical and conceptual exchanges in non-linear space and to disrupt traditional notions of spectatorship and participation in public art.
Friday the 8th of November with an evening of live performances and will continue on Saturday the 9th and Sunday the 10th of November with the screening of moving image works, performance documentation and a panel discussion with contributions by the artists and curators. The event is produced in-kind support from Ugly Duck
July 04, 2019
Disroder Live Art Festival
Disorder Live Art Festival Wolverhampton. Opening Day at Wolverhampton Art Gallery (artists in order of appearance) Demelza Toy Toy, Noe Iwai, Antonis Maros, Hannah Mary, Panicattack Duo. Friday 5 July 2019.
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The festival opening at @wolvesartandculture featured the work of Master Graduates from the Royal College of Art and Goldsmiths University of London. After Nigel Rolfe’s introductory speech, the artists presented five performance pieces in the Focus Gallery and the Georgian Room of Wolverhampton Art Gallery. Their works explored notions of identity, marginalisation and loss, reclaiming the institutional space as a site for collective critique, engagement and reflection.
April 05, 2019
TedX Wolverhampton
TEDX talk Wolverhampton on 'Regeneration through culture'
In 2019, TEDxWolverhampton explored how we can be mindful of these gaps and determine ways to build bridges, close the distance between our communities and fill the void in our knowledge and understanding to ultimately create a better world.
Education:
2017-2019 : Royal College of Art
MA Contemporary art practice: Performance
2010 – 2013: Aberystwyth University.
BA Drama & Theatre joint with Performance studies (2:1 Hons).
Residencies:
Jan 2019 -Dec 2019: Black Hole club artist residency | Vivid projects
Live art and moving image based. development program.
May 2017 - November 2017: Stryx Slow Cooker Artist Residency | Birmingham
Studio residency and 3 touring group shows