Individual Residencies
2019 | Gabrielle Leah New
Gabrielle is a multi-arts practitioner with an expanded performance practice working with textiles, installation, photography, text, video and live/participatory performance to explore themes of identity, relationship to self, other and place, transformation and the space between internal and external worlds. Her work is informed by her Butoh, Bodyweather and Improvisation practices and activity as a therapist to create surreal, otherworldly, psychological landscapes.
Extending upon recent investigations into humans’ symbiotic relationships with nature and climate collapse, she researched issues around deforestation, human relationship to trees and the importance of the natural world. Research included the mythology and practices surrounding forests, from Dr Seuss’ Lorax to the Dryads of ancient Greece and the Japanese practice of forest bathing, and quite a lot of tree hugging, micro-rituals, creation of nature shrines and movement-based improvisations for video and performance.