Twilight Suite

As part of 'Art after Dark' at The Louise T Blouin Institute, Stomper have collaborated with artist/curator Mark Melvin to present Twilight Suite. The conceptual framework of Twilight Suite is to bring together practitioners from different creative fields for a unique one-night event blurring the boundaries between the worlds of music and visual art.

Stomper has a history of carrying out events at venues both nationally and internationally. The idea behind the Stomper concept is to explore the collaborative possibilities for music, film, video, and visual art, which is something pertinent to Melvin's cross-disciplinary practice and curatorial endeavours. Melvin’s collaborative and curatorial practice has allowed him to participate in some of the most innovative multi-disciplinary projects happening today and he has worked with numerous performance practioners particularly from the worlds of music and theatre. The aim of the collaborators is to produce an event that crosses creative fields in a form that does not carry the characteristics of conventional exhibition, performance or screening. This conceptual strategy is echoed in the projects title.

Twilight is essentially a moment which marks an exact point of transition between one state and another and can be seen as analogous to the event itself in the way it marks a point of convergence where the viewer will encounter the works of the various artists in a constant state of flux and transition. In music, a suite is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral pieces that may be extracts from a work or entirely original movements. This idea is echoed in the curating of the event where works operate both autonomously yet simultaneously as a component part of the overall experience. Over the duration of the event the function of the space will morph between exhibition and stage as narratives start and finish, environments alter and audiences circulate. The aim is to create a format combining different creative agendas with DJ Culture, Internet art, light works, photography, contemporary classical music, installation and video existing alongside and complementing each other allowing the audience to move in and out of different creative realms.

Performing Artists:
Don Letts, Juice Vocal Trio featuring Dollyman, Paul B Davis, Greg Poole

Exhibiting Artists:
Mike Ballard, Aideen Barry, Craig Cooper, Mette Juul, Jim Palt, Jesus Jimenez, Owen Johnson, Alex Knell, Nina Lassila, Ruth Legg, Jasiek, Mischke, Mark Melvin, Bethany Murray, Paula Naughton, Oswaldo Ruiz.