ADAIN AVION incorporates the fuselage of an abandoned DC9 airplane that has been recycled and transformed into a mobile art space. This silver ‘wingless bird’ will travel across Wales ‘nesting’ in Swansea, Ebbw Vale and Llandudno, before travelling to Broughton for a celebratory finale.
ADAIN AVION functions as a social sculpture that comes to life in response to the people who occupy the space. Its 'roosting' week in each location will place the community at the core, developing welcoming ceremonies and subsequent arts, cultural, sporting and community activities in and around the space, reflecting distinctive qualities within each community. The resulting material will be stored and displayed beneath the plane’s interior glass floor, transforming it into a traveling time capsule.
ADAIN AVION is a portable piece of public art at its most porous, accessible, participatory and interactive.
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Marc Rees is one of Wales’s leading exponents of contemporary performance and installation. His innovative interdisciplinary artworks are known for their flamboyant, humorous and often extreme interpretations of history, culture and personal experience. His most recent artist curated site responsive project was En Residencia, sited at Laboral, Ciudad de la Cultura,Gijon, Asturias, Spain in February–March 2009.
In addition to working with some of Britain’s foremost physical theatre companies (Brith Gof, Earthfall and DV8) and Germany’s premiere choreographers (Angela Guerreiro, Thomas Lehmen and Tanz Compagnie Rubato) his own body of work includes the solo stage works Iddo Ef/Caligula Disco/Gloria Days, the installation/performances The House Project /RevolUn/Shed*light and the BBC film A Very Gladys night.
ADAIN AVION is co-produced by Taliesin Arts Centre, a long-time supporter and collaborator of Marc’s work.
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