All content © Jamie Hamilton 2011/12 unless otherwise credited.
May 2011
'The Black Balloon | Northbank's display has been extended until the 11th February 2011. It can be seen from 4-11pm on Paul's Walk, London EC4 until then. On the 11th there will be a closing event. More details of this event will be posted in the blog.
January 2011
The private view for 'The Black Balloon | Northbank' - a sound and video installation collaboration with Charlie Hope - is on the
16 December from 6-8pm at St Paul's Walk, London EC4. It will run daily from 4-11pm until the end of January 2011. It is supported by
Hive Projects, City of London, The National Lottery and FeONIC Technology Ltd.
More information (Hive Website) - Project Page - FeONIC - Map
December 2010
'Always Have Paris' is a dance installation developed in collaboration with physical theatre company Dreckly Productions. It is running for two days as part of 'Curiouser and Curiouser' at the Old Vic Tunnels, London SE1. 20th and 21st November.
November 2010
April 2011
My latest collaboration with Dam van Huynh - 'Black Square' - is a dance work featuring 21 dancers, with an immersive multi-channel score. It was commissioned by the HKAPA. It is being performed on April 15th and 16th at the Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong. Tickets cost HK$50-110.
Tickets - More information (HKAPA's website) - Project Page - Van Huynh Company
On the 3rd and 4th June, excerpts from "Black Square" - my most recent work with Dam van Huynh/Van Huynh Company - are being presented on the Haeundae Stage at the Busan International Dance Festival, Busan, South Korea.
June 2011
'Unexpectedly Here' - a new collaboration with choreographer Dam van Huynh - is being premiered over two nights at the Hong Kong Academy of the Performing Arts as part of the Hong Kong Dance Festival 2010, on the 19th and 20th November.
Hong Kong Dance Festival - Programme Note - Project Page - Van Huynh Company
A new HKAPA/Van Huynh Company commission is being shown outdoors in the Plaza of the HKAPA on Wanchai Road, Hong Kong on Monday 19th December. It begins at 7pm and will last approximately 35 minutes. Attendance is free.
December 2011
"The Condition of Not Being Dead" - a performance collaboration with Charlie Hope and Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome - is being performed at the DR Koncerthuset, Copenhagen as part of the Re-New Digital Arts Festival on Tuesday 17th May. Tickets can be purchased from the DR's website.
February 2011
A workshop performance of my new collaboration with Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome and Charlie Hope, for perfomers with heart-beat responsive light suit, biometric sensors and drone, is happening at the Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts (ICIA) in Bath on 26th February. It forms part of the event 'Practice'. Tickets £7/5.
A re-working of 2010's dance collaboration "Unexpectedly Here" is being presented at Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler's Wells, London on the 6th and 7th September, as part of Rite of Passage in collaboration with Dam van Huynh and Dance United. Also on the program are works by Maliphant and Sarah Dowling. Performances are at 4pm and 7pm. Tickets at £10 are available through the Sadler's Wells box office.
September 2011
A preview performance of 'Raudive Surrogate', a new work for solo performer with multimedia, is happening at the QRC in London, E1. The work is being performed by Martyna Poznanska, and will last approximately 40'. It will also be accompanied by installation works derived from the themes in Raudive Surrogate. Doors - 7pm. Performance - 8pm. Attendance is free.
March 2012
An extended, full-length performance of 2011's Van Huynh Company commission [Black Square] will headline the closing nights of the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival. 25th and 26th February. Tickets are $30/$19 (SGD).
Project page - Tickets - Information (Singapore Fringe Website) - Van Huynh Company
February 2012
'For Jörg, Beatrix (After Study no. 20)' is a new work in which Conlon Nancarrow's 'Study no. 20' is transcribed onto 12 pre-recorded voices, which combine to relate some of the correspondence between Nancarrow and Jörg and Beatrix Borchardt.
It is being played every half hour in the foyer of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London on the 21st and 22nd of April as part of the festival "Impossible Brilliance: The Music of Conlon Nancarrow". Listening in the foyer is free.
Project page - Festival Website
April 2012