Opah Exchange

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3hr performance

Art's Birthday, Red Gallery, London.

Collaboration Fay Burnett & Katie Vowles

17/01/18

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We sung/called/whispered/shouted/hummed/

voiced 'Oo-Pah' as we threw plates through the air to one another, an action inspired by the Greek celebratory tradition. An exchange of voice and durational exhale of breath. A transformation of voice to action, harmonising with the challenge to trust and support. 

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Art's Birthday/The Eternal Network is an annual exchange-art event celebrated on January 17th by a loose collection of artists and artist organizations around the world, and was first proposed in 1963 by Fluxus artist Robert Filliou as a public holiday to celebrate the presence of art in our lives. Each year the Eternal Network evolves to include new partners working with ideas of exchange and telecommunications-art.