A one hour, double screen, composite edit of over 80 contributors plus listed archival footage.
Edited by Anne Bean with Chris Bishop.
Invited artists from all manner of performance disciplines contributed films and audio works which were infused with the expanded vision of reality that was Burwell’s project...
It’s an extraordinary work that needs to be seen.
The film footage used in TAPS, includes:
Television South West, half hour BGE feature, 1984
BBC London Plus on BGE at the Place, 1985
South of Watford, 1986
‘The Work,’ ITV Tyne-Tees featuring BGE, 1986
Alter Image, Series 2, Channel 4, 51o 29’.9” North – 0o11’ East, Concrete Barges, Rainham, 1987
BBC ‘40 Years of the ICA’
Steel Bank Films, half hour documentary ‘Great Noises that Fill the Air’, Bretton Hall
The Late Show, BBC TWO, Paul Burwell 1989 and 1991, producer Alex Graham
Offshore Rig, (BGE with Z’EV), Alter Image for Channel 4, 1987
In C and Air, ICA, London (Bow Gamelan with Bob Cobbing), 1987
Paul Burwell at the Basement group, Newcastle, 1981
Happy Days, (Film by Miyako Narita), 2006
Clocks of the Midnight Hours, (film on Max Eastley including Whirled Music: Steve Beresford, Paul Burwell, Max Eastley, David Toop), 1988
Turbine Hall Swimming Pool, Dilston Grove, London (Richard Wilson), 2000
Promenaders, Brighton Beach (Steve Beresford, Paul Burwell, Lol Coxhill, Peter Cusack, Terry Day, Max Eastley, David Toop), Alter Image production, 1983
Seaclipse (Arts Catalyst commission Anne Bean, Marcus Chown), including a one minute work by Paul Burwell 2000
LIVE ART at AIR, Air Gallery rehearsal of At the Last Count: Pitched Battle (Paul Burwell /Sylvia Hallett 1987, London
Fire Station (Film by William Raban), 2000
Once Upon a Time in the West End, Covent Garden (Paul Burwell with Sean Dower, Steve Noble, Richard Wilson), 1985
Blast, Birmingham (Mark Anderson, Anne Bean, Ansuman Biswas, Helen Ingham, Bastiaan Maris, Kirsten Reynolds, Nick Sales, Richard Wilson), 2007
Paul Burwell, (events at Kingston Rowing Club), 2003
Many Hands, Battersea Park (Anne Bean LIFT commission with Mark Anderson, Ansuman Biswas, Paul Burwell, Viv Corringham, Mary Genis, Phil Minton, Laurence Upton, Aaron Williams), 2002
Zero Degrees, Greenwich (Anne Bean, Peter Fink with Mark Anderson, Ansuman Biswas, Paul Burwell, Shree Muktajeevan Pipe Band, Alan Tomlinson), 1992
Slice of Reality, 7 X 7 (Anne Bean, Ansuman Biswas, Paul Burwell, Sean Dower, Ashleigh Marsh, Kirsten Reynolds, Richard Wilson, Z’EV). Film by Helen Petts, 2005
Radiant Fields, Matt’s Gallery, London (Anne Bean with Ansuman Biswas, Paul Burwell, Mary Genis, Swarup Menon, Ezra Rubenstein filmed by William Raban and Begonia Tamarit), Matt’s Gallery commission, 2000
AvAnti, Architest’s Association (Anne Bean, Peter Fink, Architectural Association commission with Mark Anderson, Paul Burwell, Mary Genis, Steve Noble, Alan Tomlinson), 1997
Steve Cripps, ACME Gallery, (film by William Raban), 1981
Today’s the Day, Coleman Project Space (Anne Bean and 72 participants), Paul’s action in Hull 2004/05
Reap, Dilston Grove, London (Anne Bean, Mark Anderson produced by Artsadmin), Paul playing trumpet 2004/05
Paul Burwell reading Life of Nelson to swans, Hull, 2006
TAPS was made up of 74 individual videos from invited participants:
Mark Anderson with Nick Sales & Jony Easterby, Anne Bean, Steve Beresford*, Steven Berkoff, Ansuman Biswas & Mary Genis, Borbetomagus: Don Dietrich, Donald Miller & Jim Salter, Brian Catling, Shaun Caton, Trace Collective: Phil Babot, Lee Hassall, Eddie Ladd, Tony Schwensen & André Stitt, Mike Cooper, Viv Corringham*, Lol Coxhill*, Kim Creighton, Peter Cusack, Terry Day, Peter Davey, Hermine Demoriane, Sean Dower, Max Eastley*, David Ellis & Lee Merrill, Rose English, Susanna Ferrar*, Simon Finn, Chris Galdwin, Adalet Garmiany, Brian G Gilson, Charlie Hooker, Sylvia Hallett*, Martin von Haselberg aka Harry Kipper, P Jeck & Mary Prestidge, Jacky Lansley & Fergus Early, Lurca, Paul McCarthy, John McKeon, Ashleigh Marsh, Kaffe Matthews, Dan Maurer, David Medalla with Guy Brett, Alma Tischler & Marko Steponova, Gioia Meller Marcovicz, Phil the Messenger, Hugh Metcalfe, Phil Minton & Roger Turner*, Charlie Morrissey, Rev Nagase, Miyako Narita, Maggie Nicols*, Steve Noble, Hannah O’Shea, Marega Palser, Evan Parker, Brian Routh aka Harry Kipper, Tom Recchion, Carlyle Reedy, Rembrandt, Kirsten Reynolds with The London Dirthole Company, Ezra Rubenstein, Elliott Sharp, Brown Sierra: Paddy Collins & Pia Gambardella, Anna Thew, Alan Tomlinson*, David Toop, Toy Killers, Harald Uccello FoTyArT ORG, Patricia Wells, Mimi Westernhagen, Aaron Williamson*, Richard Wilson with William Raban & David Cunningham, Marie Yates, Yol, z’ev*.
*Filmed by Helen Pett
Each video is shown in full on Matt’s Gallery Vimeo Page.