Psychic Communities –_ Drift Fright
New Noveta
Elena Bushueva
Sophie Sleigh-Johnson
Saturday 23rd November 2019, Performance & Live Installation 7pm – late
Trapped in Drift Fright
Around the walls, the bed * We cutting, find the flow***Flee, but while fleeing, pick up a weapon Now, levels will be layered for the love of disruption***The head, wrangles
Crossing over crossing***makes drills see the person***Opening new lines of panic and joy.
New Noveta (the Taskers) are trapped in Drift Fright, a sinister force that prevents their leaving and is the current that transmits them, where co-performers Elena Bushueva (the Judge) and Sophie Sleigh-Johnson (Remote Viewer) mediate and weaponise their Drift in the Horse Hospital.
Disturbing the construction of the real: through projection, and digital avatars, temporal zones within and without the Horse Hospital, give time, presence and technology a life of its own. The Drift Fright is a current that carries this panic, sinister currents of city: but also a galvanising weapon.
Site-specific dj Live set: Terriblis
Live sound processing and mixing: Vindicatrix
Make up: Crystabel Riley
Hair: Adriano D'Astolto
Nails: Pem Pem Nailz
Admission*: £2 - unwaged / £5 - low on funds / £10 - waged & general admission
*includes 'Psychic Communities' publication
Drift Fright will remain open to the public on Sunday November 24th 2019, 12-6pm. Free, all welcome.
Psychic Communities is a programme of exhibitions and events curated by Letitia Calin and Sholto Dobie at The Horse Hospital looking at the processes by which friendships and communities come into being and the emotional infrastructures necessary to sustain them. Drawing on modes of relating that operate beyond the verbal and the conscious, through sensual, psycho-sexual, spiritual, embodied or tacit forms of communication, it aims to bring into focus both real and imagined instances of affiliation and inter-dependency and their collective enunciation.
As part of the programme, The Horse Hospital will host Drift Fright, a one week residency resulting in a new commission by collaborative performance duo New Noveta in collaboration with Elena Bushueva and Sophie Sleigh-Johnson. Drift Fright considers how anxiety and other invisible disabilities’ immaterial manifestations can be made perceivable and explores their mediation through sensory performance practices, disembodied affects and audio-visual technology.
Events:
Drift Fright – Reading salon with Sophie Sleigh-Johnson
Atlantis Bookshop, Tuesday 19th November 2019, 7pm – 9pm
Admission: £2 - unwaged / £5 - low on funds / £10 - waged & general admission
Drift Fright – Spatial Augmented Reality workshop led by Elena Bushueva
Wednesday 20th November 2019, 11am – 2pm
A workshop for Cockpit Wednesday Studio Project artists from Action Space a visual arts organisation dedicated to artists with learning disabilities.
Acces Information:
Limited wheelchair access. No services or facilities for sensory impaired people.
Nearby stations with step-free access include Euston Square, King’s Cross St Pancras, and Tottenham Court Road.
Nearby bus stops include Russell Square, Tavistock Square, and Goodge Street Station.
We aim to make our events as inclusive as possible. If you have any accessibility requirements or enquiries please contact us at popculture@thehorsehospital.com.
More info on our Accessibility.
Supported by Arts Council England.
