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PERFORMANCE MONTHLY MEETS

Performance Monthly Meets exist as a free open performance space for unconventional dialog through action. They are a living concept of encounter which exists through practice and belongs not only to those who join in but also to those who witness same. Performance Monthly Meets have become the spirit of Bbeyond contributing to the development of praxis and idea/s through actualities, resulting in growth at both the individual and collective level.

Inspired by Alastair MacLennan, Boris Nieslony, and Black Market International, performance monthly encounters have taken place since 21st June 2008. Boris Nieslony’s workshop in 2007, had a tremendous impact on the artists in Belfast, his dedication, passion and discipline to this living art process presented a conscious experiential awareness of the impact that artists could have when they worked simultaneously. This workshop experience, furthered by some discussion between Alastair MacLennan and Boris Nieslony, resulted in the idea of creating simultaneous performances, allowing more scope and room for development for both the individual and the group, as a whole and as a collective.

Prior to this paradigm shift Sinéad O’Donnell had organised Excite, a series of nine performance meetings where artists presented solo work in various locations around Belfast. However as a consequence of Boris Nieslony’s workshop, a lot of the participating artists during the next Excite meeting chose to work simultaneously rather than presenting solo work. Later, these performance meetings evolved into Performance Monthly Meets, which began on the 21st June 2008 and have continued to date.

During the period of Lockdown restrictions these Performance Monthly Meets continued remotely online via Zoom, edits of these Remote meets can be found on our Vimeo Channel | Bbeyond (vimeo.com)

BBBEYOND PERFORMANCE MONTHLY MEETS - GET INVOLVED

Performance Meets are generally on the Third Saturday of the month – Please Note that the dates and times may vary – keep an eye out on our Facebook Page  | BBEYOND FACEBOOK

PLEASE NOTE | PARTICIPATION IN OUR PERFORMANCE MEETS IS SUBJECT TO OUR DIGNITY AND RESPECT DOCUMENT WHICH CAN BE FOUND HERE | bbeyond.live/bbeyond-members-area

January 2023

JANUARY 2023 – ONLINE – EMAIL SANDRA AT bbeyond@europe.com for Zoom Link – Time | 12.30PM – 1.30PM | All Welcome

FEBRUARY 2023

FEBRUARY 2023 – AS PART OF THE NORTH BELFAST FESTIVAL – ST. JOSEPH’S DECONSECRATED CHURCH | 9 Princes Dock St, Belfast BT1 3AA | SATURDAY THE 25TH OF FEBRUARY – Time |12 Noon – 1.30PM | All Welcome

March 2023

March 2023 – AS PART OF THE IMAGINE FESTIVAL – WRITERS SQUARE | Cathedral Quarter, Donegall Street, Belfast | SATURDAY THE 25TH OF March – Time | 1PM – 2PM | All Welcome

APRIL 2023

APRIL 2023 – Time | 12 NOON – 2PM | All Welcome

Our April Performance Monthly Meet will be hosted by PS2 at Maker Mall (A pilot from Pssquared )
unit 59 2nd Floor
Castlecourt
OCTOBER 2023

October 2023 – AS PART OF FIX | CATALYST ARTS | 6 Joys Entry 
Belfast
BT1 4DR | 
SATURDAY THE 14TH OF OCTOBER – Time | 12 NOON – 2PM | All Welcome

Image | RE-EMERGING – Peformance Monthly | Hambly & Hambly Gallery | Courtesy of the Artists | 2020

Photography | Jordan Hutchings

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