Category Archives: Platform / Liberate Tate

Art and Oil in a Cool Climate (pt.3)

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Steve Bottoms

In this third part of my retrospective reflections on recent work by London artist-activists concerned with the machinations of Big Oil, I want to consider Platform’s Oil City – a site-specific performance that tours small groups of participatinging audience members … Continue reading →

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Art and Oil in a Cool Climate (Pt. 1)

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Steve Bottoms

It’s oddly appropriate that, two weeks after posting a brief, “3 years on” blog piece remembering our Fountains Abbey network weekend, I found myself once again listening to John Fox, of Dead Good Guides, talking about his and Sue Gill’s … Continue reading →

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Revisiting London’s walks

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Helen Nicholson

Over the summer, I retraced my steps across the network’s London walks. I started at Paddington, where there was a spill of rainwater that was caught in oil buckets. I took photos, and it struck me that if this were … Continue reading →

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And while London burns…

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Steve Bottoms

So it’s Wednesday evening, and tomorrow I’m off to Bristol for our additional, follow-up network meeting, pursuing a potential collaboration with the Environment Agency. How might we use site/community-based performance to help highlight issues of flood risk (while also retaining … Continue reading →

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Reflections in Oil and Water (Part 2)

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Steve Bottoms

So here I am, weeks after the fact, finally finding the headspace to reflect on the discussions at our final network meeting in May. (See my previous ‘Part 1’ posting for commentary on performances that weekend.) To be fair, there … Continue reading →

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Oily Anatomies and Toxic Landscapes (Part 1)

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Steve Bottoms

The “performance footprint” network held its third and final scheduled meeting in London on May 20th/21st. At our second meeting, in Scotland at Cove Park, the emphasis had been on network members themselves making work in situ, but since this … Continue reading →

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