psi: mid space 2003-04

Arts Council England funded performance project touring South West England, (March – July 2004) including Dartington College of Arts Gallery (work in progress), Cheltenham Festival of Science, Exeter Phoenix, Quest Mind Body Spirit Festival (Devon) and The Phoenix Project  (Somerset).

The project engaged performance, video, intensive research and conversation with audiences to explore psychic phenomena and the power of thought. Through the work, we undertook research and experimention into ‘psi’ with the internationally recognised parapsychologist Dr Serena Roney Dougal, and clairvoyant/artist Carolyn Findlay.

‘psi: mid space’ was made in collaboration with performance artists Vic Llewellyn, Lisa Griffiths and filmmaker Stephen Clarke. The archived project website holds much of the research gathered on psi and the ganzfeld, links to significant sources, quicktime movie clips and photo library.

Research papers presented:

‘On psi and performance’ at the International Conference of the Society of Psychical Research September 2004, Winchester UK.

“psi: mid space: the ganzfeld as source for performance” at Altered States: transformations of perception, place and performance, a transdisciplinary conference, The Planetary Collegium, University of Plymouth, July 2005

“psi:mid space” paper published in The Liquid Reader, The Plantery Collegium, Plymouth University 2005