Rebecca French graduated in 1998 with a BA in
Fine Art from the University of Wales Institute,
Cardiff, having specialised in Time-Based Media.
Prior to collaborating with Andrew Mottershead, Rebecca performed,
installed, and improvised
her work at the European Media Arts Festival, Osnabrück,
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff and
London's Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA).
She was invited to be Assistant Festival Director
for the Cardiff Art in Time (CAT) Festival, 1999.
Andrew Mottershead graduated with a Site-Specific Sculpture MA from Wimbledon School
of Art in 1995. Since then he has developed and produced artworks
that experiment and actively engage with urban social and cultural
infrastructures in cities across the UK. He began staging site-specific
performance events in 1997, creating a social space to explore
interventionist possibilities thrown up by the technology of
the Karaoke machine, venue context and geographic realities
of London, including London's Institute of Contemporary Art,
a Hospital, a bus and a Thames sailing barge.
Individual works prior to FrenchMottershead
2000
Untitled Performance First Class at Hoxton Hall, London,
curated by Kandis Cook and Nick Till
1999
Mamilapinatapei Performance with Marcus McLaughlin Cardiff Art in Time Festival, Cardiff
1998
Untitled Performance Andrew Mottershead presents New Year,
New Year at the Orange Bar, London
Untitled Installed performance interventions The Owl and the Pussycat, London
Close To You Performance Andrew Mottershead presents
Frank Sinatra Dead at the Beric, London
The Infernal Triangle Solo and group improvised performances ICA, London
Une bon mot Performance Untitled Video installation Exhibitionists Festival, ICA, London
Little Balls, Big Tummies Performance Osnabrück Festival, Germany
The Infernal Triangle Improvised performance Platform One at Chapter Arts Centre
2001
Viva Pablo The Bart Wells Institute, London
2000
Enough or Too Much? (William Blake's Proverbs of Hell)
Shop Tactics, London
John I'm Only Dancing The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Margaret Harvey Gallery, University of Hertfordshire
1999
Alternative Turner
Prize Frank Magazine
Vauxhall Tavern, London
Andrew Mottershead Presents Bladdered Karaoke performance The Aquarium, London
1998
Andrew Mottershead Presents Site-specific Karaoke performance's Saturday Night Service ICA, London Frank Sinatra Dead The Beric, Thames Sailing Barge, London Private Christmas Party
Nash Rooms, ICA, London New Year New Year
The Orange Bar, London
1997
Andrew Mottershead Presents Love Me Tender, Wandering Stars and 29th
Floor Love Lift The worlds first high-rise Karaoke performance club at Guy's Hospital, London
The Panel Site-specific poster intervention Lewisham High Street, London.
Plus related work at Hales Gallery, London
