Norwich Arts Centre is a major venue for live music in the region as well as specialising in exhibiting photography and new media work.

Bruce Lacey : My Life in Therapy
A journey through the bizarre world of Bruce Lacey showing his continual metamorphosis in the quest to discover himself, and his use of art as self-therapy. Born in 1927, he has always had a compulsive desire to perform and create things that reflect the emotional and passionate experiences of life. He also makes films such as ‘The Lacey Rituals’ which portrays everyday life within the family, and performances including attempting to fly from Hampstead Heath to Timbuktu in a flapping wing ornithopter. An artist of great diversity, how can one sum him up? To label him would be to limit him – he is Bruce Lacey unlimited.

Dates
4 July – 4 August

Zory: Waves
Iranian artist Zory (Farngis Shahrokhi) presents her moving installation featuring images, video and sculpture exploring themes of personal, individual and mass displacement. From sculptures consisting of 30,000 safety pins or sewn up masks, through to the central interactive video installation ‘Waves’, Zory examines the status of refugees and asylum seekers.

Dates
10th August – 10th September

Zory: Waves
Interactive video installation
Follows the journey of a woman escaping by sea, struggling through the waves to reach the shore.
Visitors to the installation are captured on CCTV cameras and become part of the story itself.

Dates
14th August - 18th August

Meet Bruce Lacey Q & A
14 July
2pm
Free

An informal discussion with the artist about his life and work.


Bruce Lacey’s 80th Birthday Happening
21 July
7.30pm
£10; £8 concessions
Late bar
Limited tickets available – book early
Compulsory fancy dress

A night of fantastic experiences! To be part of it you must adorn yourself in surreal costume. There will be a heart-stopping performance by Bruce Lacey. Music by Doom Weasel, Trevor Ash, The Sweetbeats and performances by Charlotte Arculus, Saffron Paffron, Berk Eke, Nick Warburton, Andrew Logan, Piers Atkinson and John Lacey. Amusing short films will be shown throughout the evening. Parade yourself in the surreal costume competition which will be judged by Robert Short, Lynda Morris and Andrew Logan. A night to remember; a night you will not forget!


Bruce Lacey Film Screening
29 July
3pm
£2
With Bruce Lacey in attendance

‘Every Body’s Nobody’
A film made by Bruce with his friend John Sewell in 1960 where he plays the part of a robot android exiting a packing case and showing his capabilities.

‘The Lacey Rituals’
A film of family life which Bruce made in 1973, recording the habitual activities on a daily basis. From going to the lavatory, having a bath, waking up in the morning, to Bruce’s children pulling his pants down.


Rub Me Up The Wrong Way
20 July
7pm – late
£5; £4 concessions
Late bar

Innovative live art event curated by Richard Dedomenici. This international performance art extravaganza takes place throughout the entire Arts Centre during the course of the evening. Featuring Rosie Dennis, a Sydney based artist who mixes movement and text to create deceptively simple and intensely evocative work; Hugh O’Donnell, a Belfast based artist interested in reacting to conventional objects and environments; Alexis O’Hara, a Canadian performance artist working with performance poetry, sound art and interactive live art; Gwendoline Robin an artist from Belgium using her body and controlled explosions; Sparklemotion, a spectacular dance troupe from Brighton; Townley and Bradby are Norwich based artists making interventions, performance walks and artists’ books; Helena Walsh, political work from an Irish based artist interested in the corporeal;  Virginie Mermet, a French performance and installation artist.

Participating artists
Rosie Dennis
Bruce Lacey
Virginie Mermet
Hugh O’Donnell
Alexis O’Hara
Gwendoline Robin
Sparklemotion
Townley and Bradby
Helena Walsh
Zory (Farngis Shahrokhi)

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