about eden
eden (they/them) is a movement artist based in Bristol.
The diverse meanings of movement* underpin eden’s artistic practice, and offer inspiration for the performances and installations they create.
*physical/ideological/political developmental/musical/communal
eden is interested in reframing how audiences interact with their movement works, alongside presenting dance outside of the traditional theatrical context. Their practice often uses improvisational movement and writing as a starting point to explore recurring themes of abstracting contexts, grief and artistic canon.
Currently, eden is working on their ACE funded R&D project working on Perspective Piece II, which will continue into 2025. They recently developed and presented a new work white piece (2024): the ideas behind works such as White Paintings (1951) by Rauschenberg, the role of AI in artistic process, and semiotic whitening were starting points in making this performance installation.
In early 2024, eden worked with Amelia Hawk and Spike Island as part of their engagement fellowship, exploring themes of safe spaces and care, as well as performing in Young In Hong’s Five Acts at Spike Island. They also worked alongside MoveManchester to continue developing Queeries, performing in Company Chameleon and Waterside Arts in Manchester.
In 2023, eden was part of the Creative Futures residency hosted by Creative Youth Network, at the end of which eden premiered their performance art work Perspective Piece I alongside an exhibition of process-oriented works titled giglio. eden also worked with MoveManchester as a dance artist/performer as part of an ACE-funded R&D project developing their new piece of dance theatre Queeries, which aims to demystify queerness amidst a period of widespread anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and politicking.
eden graduated from Bath Spa University in 2022, receiving the Talbot House Award as well as the award for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Dance Practice for their dissertation work Hamartia. In the past, eden has worked with Impermanence, Move Manchester, Creative Youth Network, WEVAA, Amy Morvell, Isabel Potter, Chris Owens, Sarahsson, and Bath Spa University as a dance artist, assisting in research, and as a teacher.
eden is interested in Queer Studies, Performance Art, Dance, Verbatim Theatre, Somatic Studies Inter-disciplinary Work, Grief, Installation Art, Autotheory, Autofiction, Feminism, Site-Specific Performance, Fashion, Collaboration and Dramaturgy (the list is quite exhaustive, but the line had to be drawn somewhere).
The diverse meanings of movement* underpin eden’s artistic practice, and offer inspiration for the performances and installations they create.
*physical/ideological/political developmental/musical/communal
eden is interested in reframing how audiences interact with their movement works, alongside presenting dance outside of the traditional theatrical context. Their practice often uses improvisational movement and writing as a starting point to explore recurring themes of abstracting contexts, grief and artistic canon.
Currently, eden is working on their ACE funded R&D project working on Perspective Piece II, which will continue into 2025. They recently developed and presented a new work white piece (2024): the ideas behind works such as White Paintings (1951) by Rauschenberg, the role of AI in artistic process, and semiotic whitening were starting points in making this performance installation.
In early 2024, eden worked with Amelia Hawk and Spike Island as part of their engagement fellowship, exploring themes of safe spaces and care, as well as performing in Young In Hong’s Five Acts at Spike Island. They also worked alongside MoveManchester to continue developing Queeries, performing in Company Chameleon and Waterside Arts in Manchester.
In 2023, eden was part of the Creative Futures residency hosted by Creative Youth Network, at the end of which eden premiered their performance art work Perspective Piece I alongside an exhibition of process-oriented works titled giglio. eden also worked with MoveManchester as a dance artist/performer as part of an ACE-funded R&D project developing their new piece of dance theatre Queeries, which aims to demystify queerness amidst a period of widespread anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and politicking.
eden graduated from Bath Spa University in 2022, receiving the Talbot House Award as well as the award for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Dance Practice for their dissertation work Hamartia. In the past, eden has worked with Impermanence, Move Manchester, Creative Youth Network, WEVAA, Amy Morvell, Isabel Potter, Chris Owens, Sarahsson, and Bath Spa University as a dance artist, assisting in research, and as a teacher.
eden is interested in Queer Studies, Performance Art, Dance, Verbatim Theatre, Somatic Studies Inter-disciplinary Work, Grief, Installation Art, Autotheory, Autofiction, Feminism, Site-Specific Performance, Fashion, Collaboration and Dramaturgy (the list is quite exhaustive, but the line had to be drawn somewhere).
