The first Action Cover Party was conceived and developed in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain) in 2009, and was the brainchild of El Apartamento, an association of artists from Santa Cruz.
Its aim is to create an environment in which ‘participation’ is the key word. It is an open call to recreate famous performances from the 60’s to the present day.
Covering performances instead of songs is a different approach to art history and a recreational learning exercise. You can do it simply for the pleasure of experiencing what performance art was like in those days (we have little documentation about many of the early actions); to make a tribute to the artist; or to just enjoy yourself.
Nowadays, some of the members of El Apartamento are living in other cities and countries allowing the group to spread their knowledge about contemporary art and create bridges between other local art scenes in different parts of the world.
Action Cover Party has arrived to Manchester and everybody can take part. Just choose your favorite action and make it yours.
Send your proposal to: actioncoverparty@hotmail.com
The first edition of Action Cover Party took place in Tenerife, in Centro de Arte La Recova , and was just one of many activities that El Apartamento developed for the Second Biennial Of The Canary Islands: Architecture, Art and Landscape. The Faculty of Fine Arts of La Laguna University was its second home. Now the time has come for the UK to host one of our events, and on May 29th, 2010 the Action Cover Party will be part of the 24 hour exhibition Mill24 that will be held at the Islington Mill, in Manchester:
‘Mill24 is a series of 24 hour exhibitions taking place every last Saturday of the month in April 2010 and May 2010 at Islington Mill, Manchester, UK.
The project will utilise all 5 floors of the vastly versatile Mill space with a diverse range of work from both Local and International artists. The work will be innovatively presented, with site specific installation, performance, and time based media. Each exhibition will be a packed programme of up and coming artists, with each piece of work scheduled within a structured “day”.
The concept for this project was born out of an interest in the quick turnaround of exhibition programming and the short attention span towards art that comes with it. The 24-hour time frame is essentially one private view, prolonging the excitement of an opening but turning all of the artwork shown in the exhibition into “limited edition” works, once the day is over the work will not be seen again at the same venue. We have curated these engaging, interactive shows so that throughout one day several performances, happenings, and “openings” occur simultaneously.’
