I Am a Wee Bit Stumped

* As part of New Performance Festival
By Mark Harvey & Johannes Blomqvist (Auckland/Norrbotten)

A grand master rock-star modern choreographer and an artist’s nightmare. Falling over and over, crawling and crawling, uttering lie upon lie, making false promises, running backwards, weight lifting and even attempting to become Transformers.

Sitting both comfortably and uncomfortably between visual art and contemporary choreography, Mark Harvey collaborates with Sweden’s Johannes Blomqvist to create a performance that draws upon their shared disciplines – choreography, performance art, theatre and installation work.

Mark Harvey, an Auckland-based performance artist has presented his work in a range of local and international contexts from New Zealand to international festivals in Estonia, Denmark, Croatia and Finland. He lectures in Dance Studies at The University of Auckland and recently completed his PhD in performance practice at the School of Art and Design, AUT University.

Johanes Blomqvist is based in Norrbotten, Sweden. He has participated at many festivals, galleries and events in Norway, England, Spain, Portugal, UK, Germany and Brazil. He has recently started a new platform for performance art called PAiN (Performance Art in Norrbotten, Sweden), which organises events, artists residencies and workshops.

“Mark Harvey: awarded most dedicated artist.” - Dunedin Fringe Festival, 2006

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