Artist Statement
Live performance creates community. The heart of my research is the energetic exchange between audience and performer. What signifies performer? The resonance of nervous systems drives me to create events where sensation, thinking, and empathy intertwine to re-shape people’s perspectives.
Performances
Peter Redgrave (solo)
Under the Counter Culture curated by tactile BOSCH
(November 1, 2019) Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Participated in the opening night of a feast of performance with 60 artists and 20 performers. A celebration of night culture and the inclusive exploratory world of club culture.
The Audition
(work-in-progress showings January, May, and June 2019) : St. Louis, MO; Baltimore, MD; Los Angeles, CA; and Queens, NY
An examination of the history of the entertainment industry. Video excerpt or full
The PROP series
(November, September & February 2019, December 2018) : Baltimore, MD; Ann Arbor, MI; Amsterdam, NL; Oakland, CA, & Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Books that are dances that are books. There are currently 6 in the series. Videos - #2 #6
The Education of Icarus (touring performance 2018 and 2019)
Washington D.C.; Athens, GA; Atlanta, GA; New Orleans, LA; Tijuana, MX; Oakland, CA; Eugene, OR; Seattle, WA; Kansas City, MO; St. Louis, MO; Chicago, IL; Pittsburgh, PA; and Baltimore, MD
An offering to those who dedicate themselves to the ambitions of others. Review
H-O-T Improvised Music and Dance series, (April 2019, February & August 2017) Philadelphia, PA
An invited artist for a monthly series of improvised performance
High Zero Festival of Improvised Music (September 2018) Baltimore, MD.
Participated in free improvised music festival as movement artist.
Additional Artist - Philadelphia Free Form Festival (October 2016)
Applied and was selected to participate in a three day performance festival
From the Liquid ~ Of the Liquid, Fields Fest (August 2016)
A two hour solo performance based on the work of Neil Shubin, an evolutionary biologist. This piece was performed twice beginning at 4:00 AM and ending with the dawn chorus.
Crossing the Frame - Erfurt, Germany (July, 2016)
A series of five videos shot at crowdsourced locations and performed in public.
Collaborative performances
Celeste Neuhaus and Peter Redgrave
Watching The Witness Observe
(February 7, 2020) at the Center for PostNatural History in Pittsburgh, PA
A performance developed with Celeste Neuhaus that centers communal research into developing our capacity to not look away from the relationships between humans and the living world.
Orlando Johnson and Peter Redgrave
Crabs in a Basket [work-in-progress]
Baltimore, MD (July 2019 - ongoing)
Orlando Johnson and Peter Redgrave present a raw exploration of where history lives in their bodies. Teasers #2 #3
with Hoesy Corona (as a performer in ensemble pieces)
The Future is Now and I am It, A Parade to Mark the Moment curated by Carrie Mae Weems. The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. (September 2019)
Alie(N)ation Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (June 2017)
Peter Redgrave and Khristian Weeks
Passing Through
(September, March, and February 2019) Baltimore, MD
We bisect a space. We bring with us all we need.
The Birthday Piece
(April 2019, March 2018, June 2017, March 2017, March 2016, December 2015)
We mark the passage of time by doing the “Chair Bit,” where Redgrave tries to sit on a chair and Weeks tries to pull the chair out from underneath him, one time for every year the birthday person has been on the planet.
Feet Off the Floor
(December 2017, throughout 2016)
This bit has been performed numerous times, including at the Peale Museum, in Berlin, Germany, in Salisbury, MD, and at the Spawned Seed Post Butoh Festival in April 2017 in Chicago, IL. It entails crossing a space without touching the floor. It has been performed with tables, chairs, and even ladders.
Ups and Downs (January 2017) Premiered at Psychic Readings, Baltimore, MD.
A diptych of performances approaching the sisyphean nature of everyday life. Review
Serenade to 26th Street (September 2016) Akimbo Festival, Baltimore MD.
A site specific piece where two people carried all they needed from one end of the street to the other. It was an homage to freight train travel and human migration.
The Agony of Victory (June 2016) ZK/U The Center for Art and Urban Studies in Berlin, Germany.
Performed reenactments of victorious moments from a football match and election results.
Homage to Cage and Screen (April 2015)
Using separate scores generated using chance means, we created a piece in the manner
of John Cage and Merce Cunningham.
With Lynne Price
And&And&And - (March 10 and 11, 2018) Church on the Square, Baltimore, MD, Co-choreographed an evening length piece based on commitment. The score includes active invitations for the audience.
Dream State - Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD, May 2017
With Matt Williams
Coat Drop - Annex Theater, Baltimore, MD, November 2017
Co-created a durational score for a performance. Eye contact was maintained between the two performers for the length of the piece.
Smelling Salt Amusements - a Multi-faceted project co-created with Heather Romney:
In The Jungle - Set design and construction for a film by Stephanie Barber. Baltimore, MD performed 2015, film released 2017. trailer
Train Trip - Transmodern Festival, Baltimore, MD April 2011
The Pledge - Transmodern Festival, Baltimore, MD April 3rd, 2009
The Overlookeds - Transmodern Festival, Baltimore, MD 2008
The Hair Necklace - at Shattered Wig Night, 14 K Kabaret, Baltimore, MD, 2008
Softy~n~Softy project - (live audio collages) Berlin and Leipzig, Germany 2005-2007
The Simultaniacs - (dualing one person bands) Chicago, IL and Newark, NJ, 1997- 1999