Louise Birgitta Adkins

My practice has grown out of a series of performance, video and installation works produced collaboratively under the name ‘Lisalouise’ as well as individually as Louise Birgitta Adkins.

Since 2006 I have focused on my individual practice looking at the relationship between live performance, film and new media. This research through practice explores how digital technologies can foster additional and alternative narrative within performance-based practice and has resulted in a series performance/moving image installation works. Additional research interests include the appropriation and re-enactment of seminal moments within popular culture in particular choreographed dance performances for stage and screen.

As an artist I see collaboration as an intrinsic part of my practice and have worked with artists and professionals from a variety of backgrounds including audio arts, classical music, digital media, amateur radio, dance and theatre.

From 1998 to 2006 I collaborated with the Glasgow based artist Lisa Le Grove under the name ‘Lisalouise’. This collaborative practice was predominately performance based and directly explored collective personal histories as well as referencing the diverse yet shared cultural landscapes of England and Scotland.

·       ’The Pursuit of Happiness’ (2010) - Arsenal Gallery Poznan, Poland

·       ‘Pressure Point: Between Tracks’ (2009) - The ‘Badhaus’ St Gallan, Switzerland. Curated by Nextex, Switzerland, The International3 and Salford Restoration Office Manchester, UK.

·       ‘Open West’ (2009) - Summerfield Gallery, The University of Cheltenham Art.

·       ’Outcasting Season 6 & 10’ (2008 & 2009) moving image gallery. Online programme web link – www.outcasting.org

·       Artists Moving Image Programme (2009) - Another Roadside Attraction Gallery, London.

·       ’Artranspennine 08’ (2008) - Various locations across the North West

·       ‘Et Tu Tribute’ (2006)- Edinburgh Collage of Art Sculpture Court, The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh.

·       ‘The Magic of Real Life in Real Situation’ (2005) - The Centre of Contemporary Art, Glasgow. A CCA commission.

‘Bishops Move’ (2005) - Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh.

‘New Work Festival’ (2002) – The Arches, Glasgow. Funded by Scottish Arts Council, The Arts Council of England, The Big Idea and My Beautiful TV. A festival commission.

‘Paradise Revisited’ (2001)- Bury Art Gallery, Manchester.

‘Philadelphia International Festival of Visual and Live Art’ (2000) - Philadelphia, USA. A festival commission.

‘Expo 99 & Now 99’ (1999) - Royal Moat House Hotel, Nottingham. An Expo commission.