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MESS<\/em> is a series of participatory, live performances \u2014 which leave a growing installation behind them \u2014 allowing audiences to create, alter and inhabit a material landscape. Layered with live music and movement, the piece takes what seems to be an immutable object and explores its plasticity, to ask questions about our relationships with built environments and our capacity to effect change within them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conceived by Finn Beames and architect Paloma Gormley, the piece was initially a response to some research undertaken by Finn\u00a0in Brazil as part of the 2015\u00a0Lina Bo Bardi Fellowship<\/a>. Awarded by the British Council, this Fellowship promotes the exploration of Bo Bardi\u2019s work and her impact on culture as it is still felt today. In its first stage in early 2016,\u00a0MESS<\/em>\u00a0was supported by the\u00a0British Council<\/a>\u00a0in the UK and\u00a0Stroom Den Haag<\/a>\u00a0in the Netherlands. It was then developed further with support from the\u00a0Jerwood Choreographic Research Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concept + direction: Finn Beames and Paloma Gormley
Text: Finn Beames
Music: Tiernan Beames<\/p>\n\n\n\n