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archive This pagecontains information and footage of past works and projects by hancock & kelly live. Any enquiries should be addressed to: Lisa Urwin Company Co-ordinator lisa@hancockandkellylive.com
in the parlour *In the Parlour* was a performance research project by hancock & kelly live, in conjunction with Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham. Tattooing, a medium that has its western roots in the workign class, the seafarer, and the prostitute, was considered as a political aganecy that marks both individuals and communities. In an environment for parlance, a dialogue opened up between the spaces of the domestic parlour and the tattoo parlour. In the Parlour was the research phase of hancock & kelly live's performance Tattoo. Click here for Quicktime documentation
the way of all flesh The purpose of structure is delay Eventually, the weight falls, strain is released. Years, decades, centuries later the event occurs. From Structures by Anna Rae Jonas *The way of all flesh* was a durational installation performed by Richard Hancock and Veenus Vortex, exploring questions of physical, psychological, and phenomenological construction. Throughout the performance the body was woven anew. Old patterns were repeated, performed and undone. A new architecture was imposed. What remained was replaced and re-ordered. Click here for Quicktime documentation
with held breath *With Held Breath* is the rush of air through an open window. It is the first kiss of love. It is the last gasp of desire. It is the pillow between your teeth at night. It is the moment just before. It is the fleeting chance of something more. It is the body's last stand. It is the death rattle. It is the vain hope that one day, one day... With Held Breath is a melancholic meditation on the moments that we can't control or afford, neglect or afront. It is a sequence of crashes, of new beginnings and of old endings. It is the dance hall sinking into the sea... With Held Breath is a 45-minute performance for theatre spaces, comprising elements of live action, video projection and text-based delivery. The audience are taken on a melancholic journey of highly evocative visual and textual images, ranging from the performers’ first memories of love and loss, to the Challenger space shuttle explosion of 1986. This highly personal performance is accompanied by a recorded soundtrack of string-pulling songs and explosive images. Click here for Quicktime trailer
nine performances with milk \|sensitive skin \| Images from the second version of the work, as performed as part of the Bonington Gallery's Sensitive Skin season (March 2004) at The Powerhouse theatre. Click here for Quicktime documentation
nine performances with milk \|plan b \| Footage from the first version of the work, performed across multiple sites as part of the Plan B/You Are Here festivals in Nottingham (summer 2003). Click here for Quicktime documentation
glissement Glissement is a collaborative work of video installation by artists Richard Hancock & Traci Kelly. The notion of collaboration is not one which merely surrounds the production of the work, but one which embodies it; dealing with issues of language, identity, and sexuality through physical acts of transference/transgression. These processes become physically embodied through the mingling of saliva, and a blurring of the boundaries between a definitive self and other. Glissement is a two-screen video installation. It was exhibited at eXpo as part of the NOW festival in Nottingham and at Fresh Art in London, in 2002. Click here for Quicktime documentation
© richard hancock & traci kelly 2005 - 2006 \| all rights reserved \| photography by manuel vason