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Silvia Ziranek

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TEN TIARAS (DOWN TO MY LAST)
auctioned performance for Art For Africa at Sotheby’s

SILVIA ZIRANEK

EXHIBITIONS / LIVE WORKS / PERFORMANCES / TALKS (ABRIDGED)

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"SOVIET SENSATION" NEW CONTEMPORARIES, ACME GALLERY, LONDON
79
"SORRY" WITH BRUCE MCLEAN, BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE, LONDON
80
"RUBBERGLOVERAMA, DRAMA" I.C.A., LONDON, PART OF 'ABOUT TIME'
81
"TRAGEDY AND CROSSWORDS (PSSST)" BASEMENT GROUP, NEWCASTLE
82
"ACH OUI, GOLDFISH ZUPPA" SCUOLA DI SAN PASQUALE, ANTHONY REYNOLDS GALLERY, VENICE, DURING APERTO / BIENNALE
"RARELY TALK, USED AIR" TATE GALLERY WITH AUDIO ARTS, LONDON
"THE RATHER OF WHILE TOO MUCH AT ALL" BBC RADIO 1'S FIRST PERFORMANCE WRITING COMMISSION FROM JOHN WALTERS
83
"A DELIBERATE CASE OF PARTICULARS / THE INTEMPERATE HEART / I ATE ART" 'BRITAIN SALUTES NEW YORK' FESTIVAL, FRANKLYN FURNACE, NEW YORK CITY, CURATED BY AUDIO ARTS
"CHEZ Z (SHE SAID)" RIVERSIDE STUDIOS, LONDON (MY NIGHT OF GLORY!)
"COOKING WITH G*D (I (H)ATE SOLITUDE)" AUDIO ARTS TAPE
84
"COSTA DEL TEARDROP" HARBOURFRONT, TORONTO
"THE (D)ANGER OF (CH)ARMS" PERFO 2, DE LANTAAREN, ROTTERDAM
"HUNGER FEEDS THOUGHT" U.K.TOUR "THE TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONISTS" WITH PROJECTS UK
"THAT'S THE WAY OF IT" WITH ANTHONY REYNOLDS GALLERY, VENICE BIENNALE
"SOME LIKE THEIR OWN F/ACTS (I'M EXPECTED, YOU SEE)" NOTTINGHAM PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL
"H(AMM)ER (HO)USE", CROSS CURRENTS, CURATED BY CHRISSIE ILES, R.C.A., LONDON
85
FEB MAY TOURING AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND WITH 'THE BRITISH SHOW'
MAY JUNE TOURING IRELAND CURATED BY JOHN CARSON
"WORDS ARE MUCH LIKE SOAP, AND MUSHROOMS" M.O.M.A. OXFORD
"I TEND TO AND SO ON" PERF & INSTALLATION, TATE, LONDON
86
TOUR OF NW AMERICA: NOVA SCOTIA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN; OPTICA, MONTREAL; FRANKLYN FURNACE, NYC
"BORN TO SHOP" LAING ART GALLERY, 'NEW WORK NEWCASTLE 86' CURATED BY PROJECTS UK, NEWCASTLE
"INTERNATIONAL WITH LIPSTICK" SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, PERFORMANCE, AND INSTALLATION @ ANTHONY REYNOLDS GALLERY, LONDON
87
"ASSENTING DIMENSIONS AND DIAGONAL VOCABULARY" TO OPEN '2D/3D' EXHIBITION, LAING ART GALLERY, NEWCASTLE
"ANYONE CAN APRON" KETTLES YARD, CAMBRIDGE
"VERY FOOD" EXHIBITION / INSTALLATION / READING / PUBLICATION LAUNCH, NIGEL GREENWOOD GALLERY AND BOOKSHOP, LONDON
88
"MOUTH AHOY" PERF, PLUG IN, WINNIPEG, CANADA
"VERY FOOD" TV PERF WITH AFTER IMAGE FOR ALTER IMAGE SERIES, CHANNEL 4
88
"I SAW WEE JOHN ONE DAY" PERFORMANCE CURATED BY BOOKWORKS, V & A LONDON
"OH BONJOUR SAUCEPAN (SILV AT THE PAV)" BANQUET AND PERF, BRIGHTON PAVILION, AS PART OF BRIGHTON FESTIVAL
"MOUTH AHOY" POLYPHONIX FESTIVAL WITH PROJECTS UK, POMPIDOU CENTRE, PARIS
"ONE TRIES TO LOOK ART" PERF TO OPEN 'DAS GLAESERNE U-BOOT', KREMS, FESTIVAL OF PERFORMANCE AND INSTALLATION, DONAUFESTIVAL, AUSTRIA
"HOW TO IN TEN EASY" PERF IN SHANGHAI PAVILION GARDEN, GLASGOW GARDEN FESTIVAL CURATED BY ISABEL VASSEUR
"ALOHA CLERKENWELL AND A COUPLE OF CARDIS" PERF, EDGE 88, CURATED BY ROB LA FRENAIS
"GA GA BONGO" PERF, LEADMILL, SHEFFIELD
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"Z ON X" RECIPE FOR CLUB X, CHANNEL 4 TV, CURATED BY CHARLIE PARSONS (ALSO FEATURING YAZZ AND WET WET WET !!!)
VISITING PROF AND COURSE DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, CANADA
"Z IN W" LIMITED EDITION BOOKWORK (30) COMMISSIONED BY WAYNE BAERWALDT @ PLUG IN INC, WINNIPEG, CANADA
"ARTOCRACY S.P." PERF, BRITISH COUNCIL RECEPTION CURATED BY GILL HEDLEY, SAO PAOLO BIENAL, BRAZIL
"ICI VILLA MOI" GLOBAL PREMIERE, PERF & SCULPTURE INSTALLATION @ WATERMANS ARTS CENTRE, BRENTFORD, LONDON, CURATED BY ALISON MACLEOD & BEV BYETHEWAY, UK TOURING
90
"ICI VILLA MOI" PERF TEXT PUBLICATION, LEEDS CITY ART GALLERY (WITH NIGEL WALSH)
"LOGO LINGO" PERF, SERPENTINE LIVE ART FESTIVAL, LONDON, CURATED BY KATY SENDER
91
BIRTH OF FIRST CHILD! A SON! ALDO! 2.10.91!!!
PERF AS PART OF 'HOMAGE TO RIMBAUD' FESTIVAL, PLYMOUTH ARTS CENTRE
92
15 MONTH MOVE TO BERLIN
READING / PERFETTE @ CAMBRIDGE CONTEMPORARY CONFERENCE OF POETRY
"SOON UPON AGO" BIRTHDAY PERF COMMISSIONED FOR / BY JIM MOYES, SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON
"IN SPRACHEN UND BEWEGUNG" PERF AND READING, D.A.A.D. GALLERY, BERLIN
"GA GA BONGO" PERF, PODEWIL, BERLIN
"BELEGTE WOERTCHEN" PERF AND READING, T & A GALLERY, BERLIN
93
"A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A" PERF AND ARTWORK, WEWERKA GALLERY, BERLIN
"A FROM WHEN UPON WHERE" TEXT WORK FOR 'A SPACE WITHOUT ART / SENDEZEIT' CURATED BY KLARA WALLNER, BERLIN
PERFORMANCE COLLABORATION WITH WAGNER ON HIS GOETTERDAEMMERUNG FOR PROT THEATER, MUENCHEN
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"FEET WALKING" PERFORMANCE AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION, BRECHT ZENTRUM, BERLIN, CURATED BY INGE GELLERT
BIRTH OF SECOND CHILD! A DAUGHTER! YMA! 18.9.94 !!!
PERF / READING, GLASGOW ART SCHOOL CURATED BY PAVEL BUECHLER
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TEXT WORK, THE BOAT SHOW, CAF GALLERY, LONDON
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"HEY PESTO" WALL WORK, CAF GALLERY, LONDON
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"BIG PINK I" PERFORMANCE TO CLOSE CAF GALLERY, LONDON
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RECIPE FOR ARTISTS' COOK BOOK, DRUCKWERKSTATT, BERLIN
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'LIVE IN YOUR HEAD' PRINT & WALL TEXT PIECE, GROUP EXHIBITION, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, CURATED BY ANDREA TARSIA
"WHY A BUCKET? WHY?" PERF @ CONFERENCE FOR L/I/Y/H, CURATED BY ALASTAIR RAPHAEL
01
"RECAF: MORE NEW ENCORE (TO YOU?)" PERFORMANCE TO RE-OPEN CAF GALLERY, LONDON
VISITING LECTURER, RUSKIN SCHOOL, OXFORD
02
"MOST/LY MOTIF/LY" PERFORMANCE, 'PATTERN CRAZY' EXHIBITION CURATED BY J PONCELET & C MCNICOLL, CRAFTS COUNCIL, LONDON
03
"SOMETIME SUNDAY RISKS", PERF, SEMINAR ON THE RISK FACTOR, CURATED BY JAMES PUTNAM & SACHA CRADDOCK, BLACKS, LONDON
"wORk" PERF THEN DISCUSSION WITH KATHY BATTISTA AS PART OF 'WOMEN'S
WORK' COURSE LED BY KB @ TATE MODERN
"tANDem" PERF TO OPEN RSA ART FOR ARCHITECTURE ANNUAL DISCOURSE
"IN THE NAME OF" PERF, JAMES PUTNAM'S AND SACHA CRADDOCK'S 'LOVE' SALON @ BLACKS, LONDON
04
"FOR YOUR OWN GOoD" PERF, MODERN ART OXFORD, IN RESPONSE TO THE 'VEIL' EXHIBITION
"JAM TODAY (I'M HERE TO SAY)", PERF TO ASSESS AND CELEBRATE THE NEW ARTS COUNCIL LONDON'S FIRST NEW YEAR, CURATED BY GREG HILTY
"MONDAY MONDAY' EVENTS AT WAPPING PUMP HOUSE
"DRESS MESSAGES" PERF AND INSTALLATION, arttextiles 3, BURY ST EDMUNDS ND TOURING U.K.
PUBLICATION OF "DRESS MESSAGES" TEXT AND SOUND RECORDING
"A SLICE OF SILVIA" PERF / READINGS, ARTSADMIN
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"DRESS MESSAGES" AT ABERDEEN ART GALLERY "MOST/LY MOTIF/LY" REWORKED AT A.I.U. "Z SAID", PERFORMED TEXT, HULL LITERARY FESTIVAL WITH HULL ARTS LAB
"BIGGER ART THAN LOOK", PERF TO OPEN "RAISED AWARENESS" EXHIBITION TATE MODERN, CURATED BY BILL WOODROW
"A FEW BIG FROCKS", A PERSONAL INTERPRETATION AND PERFORMANCE AS PART OF THE FRIDA KAHLO CONFERENCE, TATE MODERN
06
'EAT ART'S DANCE", A CELEBRATION OF THE 1ST BIRTHDAY OF THE CONTEMPORARY PATRONS GROUP, ROYAL ACADEMY
"I DO SHOE" A CURIOUS LIVE WORK AS PART OF "SHOES - THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY", A DISCOVERY MUSEUM TOURING EXHIBITION
07
"MORE OR, LESS ORder" , NRLA, TRAMWAY, GLASGOW
"rISk TOO", CAT FESTIVAL, CARDIFF SCHOOL OF ART
"THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU" 30 YEARS ARCHIVAL PUBLICATION
"NOT BRICK BUT BEING", PERF & ARTWORK, DE LA WARR PAVILION, BEXHILL, ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMME: "IT STARTS FROM HERE"
"I ARE OR", IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON, CAMOUFLAGE PROGRAMME ILKLEY LIT/FEST
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"CHASING SPACES" PERF IN THE 'MARKING SPACE' SYMPOSIUM @ UNIVERSITY OF SWANSEA
"DECLINING SILENCE" A VISUAL SPEECH FOR BSL SUMMER EVENT @TATE MOD
"WALL WORDWORK" READING AND ARTWORK IN 'CONCRETE DREAMS' CURATED BY COTTELL/HARRISON @ APT, DEPTFORD
"WALL WALK" PERF TO MOVE THE PHOTOGRAPHERS GALLERY
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"THE POMPOM YEARS" PERF IN 'KIDS FASHION THROUGH THE AGES' EXHIBITION @ V&A BETHNAL GREEN MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD
"TEN TIARAS (DOWN TO MY LAST)" PERF FOR ART FOR AFRICA @ SOTHEBY'S LONDON
THE FESTIVE TREE FOR THE CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION LONDON
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"FOOT FOOD AGO" PERF WITH HISTORICAL REFERENCE, NATIONAL REVIEW OF LIVE ART, CCA, GLASGOW
"HOW NOW AFFECTS HOW" A PRE PUDDING PERF IN THE SCULPTURE AND PERFORMANCE CONFERENCE @ HENRY MOORE INSTITUTE, LEEDS
WORKING TOUR TO N. AMERICA WITH TALK/PERF TO ACAD, CALGARY, ALBERTA; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA; SOTHEBY'S GRAD SCHOOL, NYC, USA
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"NOT UNDIRTY" PERF IN THE DIRT PROGRAMME AT THE WELLCOME COLLECTION
"WANT/MAKE/WEAR/LOVE" PERF TO LAUNCH TATTY DEVINE HOW-TO-MAKE JEWELLERY BOOK
"TATE-A-T8" TATE BRITAIN COLLABORATION EVENT

RECENT PUBLICATIONS: DESIGN BEHIND DESIRE EDITED LISA Z. MORGAN; NRLA 30 YEARS; THE M WORD: REAL MOTHERS IN CONTEMPORARY ART, DEMETER PRESS; ARTISTS PAGES, n-paradoxa THE BIOPOLITICS ISSUE
FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS: RENEGOTIATING THE BODY: FEMINIST ARTISTS IN 1970S LONDON, KATHY BATTISTA, PUBL I.B.TAURIS

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COIFFURE CURRENTLY CREATED BY RICK AT OASIS, hair and beauty

JAN 2012

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