@armstrongtactic

Artist: rest and public space, performance, audio, digital. The Slow GIF Movement. Another Route international fellow. they or she

 London
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Joined July 2012
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In a convo with @vacuumcleaner this week I was reminded that I am a musician - often of the dark and full of feelings kind - and that not many people who know me as an artist know that. So here (for no good reason) is a thread of tracks I particularly enjoyed collaborating on:
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Sam Bowen@makedoandSEND20 Jul 2023
Lucy worked as a recording artist with @armstrongtactic's project White Noise Factory funded by @hrzn_showcase back in Easter. Together we explored a "non linguistic process of discovery" Photos by @Jemimayon emea01.safelinks.protection.…

The White Noise Factory experiments in being together: Lucy, Rhiannon...

Documentation of our R&D work on The White Noise Factory in April 2023, supported by a Horizon residency, conducted at South House in Faversham. Special thanks to Karen Christopher and CJ Mitchell...

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Sam Bowen@makedoandSEND20 Jul 2023
Working with @armstrongtactic was a powerful experience that taught me new ways of non linguistic communication & connection. Music has always been a language to us as a family this felt like an encyclopedia of new terms. Photo @Jemimayong @hrzn_showcase @edinburghfringe
Girl in a wheelchair hold a microphone in her left hand close to her mouth. Her mum sits to her left smiling up at her and arist Rhiannon Armstrong sits in front of her looking at her closely.

ALT Girl in a wheelchair hold a microphone in her left hand close to her mouth. Her mum sits to her left smiling up at her and arist Rhiannon Armstrong sits in front of her looking at her closely.

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today is taken up with listening to interviews with conservators and visiting the archive at @Pushkin_House ahead of Saturday's lunchtime workshop 'Monstrous Delicacy' pushkinhouse.org/events/mons…
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Pushkin House@Pushkin_House24 Apr 2023
🚨New workshop with artist @armstrongtactic on 20 May exploring public space, audio, performance and emotions. More details via link here: pushkinhouse.org/events/mons…
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On the train on my way to Leeds to live and work for the next three weeks, listening to the epic Frozen Field, Burning Field by The Monroe Transfer which I highly recommend when travelling, or when you need to go on an emotional journey. themonroetransfer.bandcamp.c…

Trials, by The Monroe Transfer

6 track album

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Sam Bowen@makedoandSEND6 Apr 2023
Part of our sound making exploration with artist @armstrongtactic today. Bear in mind Lucy only started self propelling her wheelchair a month ago... the power of the process and indeed "processing" is captured in this film. @WhizzKidz
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Sam Bowen@makedoandSEND4 Apr 2023
Day two of our recording sessions & what's screamingly obvious is that words are only one ingredient in music making. Lucy's a vocalist without them. Why do we use deficit based language to describe that of wordless others? Communication is beyond #Words & love needs none at all.
Meme of a peach background, three heart shapes (pink, yellow and mustard) and the text "love needs no words".

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Sam Bowen@makedoandSEND3 Apr 2023
Mixing sounds, making #ASMR recordings, singing, guitar playing and creating sounds with our wheelchair, I think Lucy is a natural born performance artist!
Young blonde girl wearing purple glasses a mustard yellow puffa gullet and black headphones, sits in her wheelchair, eyes closed and smiling widely.

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Sam Bowen@makedoandSEND3 Apr 2023
We're heading into a recording studio this week as Lucy has been picked as a vocalist by artist @armstrongtactic for her next big project. I often use my voice to campaign for Lucy’s, but this is all down to her skills. Beyond proud ❤️
Little girl blonde hair wearing blue glasses smiling. She holds ping pong balls which are lit by the sun. She also wears a Cape made from different fabric that makes sounds.

ALT Little girl blonde hair wearing blue glasses smiling. She holds ping pong balls which are lit by the sun. She also wears a Cape made from different fabric that makes sounds.

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Saw this at @ColchesterArts last night, it’s at @ThePlaceLondon today. I found it gentle but insistent in its joy, and full of permission to Just Be. Lovely. Also, buy the book.
Book cover for the publication that accompanies the performance 40/40 by Katherina Radeva. Pink cover with a black painted image of a person mid-movement, wearing an ornamented headdress. Title and author in white text.

ALT Book cover for the publication that accompanies the performance 40/40 by Katherina Radeva. Pink cover with a black painted image of a person mid-movement, wearing an ornamented headdress. Title and author in white text.

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It was my birthday recently, so I iced my Get Through January cake and I would like to offer anyone who wants one a slice.
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This might have made me more inclined to depression and negativity (I certainly have a lot of capacity for that) but I think it also helps me understand something about how to survive it. This is one of the ways.
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If you want a piece, message me directly before 21 January and I’ll try and get it to you in the post. #bluemonday
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We have a new workshop coming with the brilliant @armstrongtactic 😍. Ugly Singing is for artists in Scotland who use voice within their artistic practice. You don’t need to be able to sing, places are free but limited. More details on our website - imaginate.org.uk/artists/opp…

Ugly Singing workshop with Rhiannon Armstrong — Imaginate

Ugly Singing is a workshop led by Rhiannon Armstrong and open to artists based in Scotland who are interested in using their voice within their performance practice.  YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ABLE TO...

imaginate.org.uk
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Applause@ApplauseTouring6 Oct 2022
Poems Made from Words Found in the Bin is a creative writing workshop & a digital art intervention by @armstrongtactic In 2022 Applause commissioned a tourable outdoor version of the work for our network. Supported by @ace_southeast rhiannonarmstrong.net/projec… #nationalpoetryday
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being chronically ill and having to have rest days when you’ve got stuff to do is annoying, but sometimes you get just enough energy back to spend some of the afternoon chatting to people you love on the phone
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Hot off the press in York today.
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Today’s first animated Poem Made from Words Found in the Bin at @StreetLifeYork. Here until 4pm and back in a few weeks with a film of the poems written here and around the country. This one is from young Will.
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StreetLife York@StreetLifeYork2 Sep 2022
Poems Made from Words Found in the Bin will be in residence at the StreetLife Hub this Sunday 4th & Monday 5th September, inviting members of the public to work with @armstrongtactic to write poetry around shreds of paper found in bins in the city and beyond! – at York, England
An infographic with a medium brown background and the beige title text of Poems Made from Words Found in the Bin. There is an image of a poem and a hand holding a pencil and the StreetLife York logo in the bottom left.

ALT An infographic with a medium brown background and the beige title text of Poems Made from Words Found in the Bin. There is an image of a poem and a hand holding a pencil and the StreetLife York logo in the bottom left.

A light beige background with dark brown text. The text explains about the drop in event with Poems Made from Words Found in the Bin. For more information please see the StreetLife website.

ALT A light beige background with dark brown text. The text explains about the drop in event with Poems Made from Words Found in the Bin. For more information please see the StreetLife website.

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