LARK
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LARK b. 2024 (Landi Kirkwood and Rebecca Allen) craft immersive, tactile installations and performances using analogue formats, found objects, and sensory materials. Rooted in queer feminist principles, our work explores lineage, memory, and resistance, reframing histories through connection, ritual, and emotive storytelling.
"Fight or Flight" performed at Belfast International Festival of Performing Arts, 2019Â
"Fight or Flight" is an examination of female trauma through meditative and ritualistic strategy. Drawing upon primal energies that dwell within the rawness of the materials used, the focus of the performance is to demonstrate the transformative nature of things and the processes involved.
Movement is approached in an intuitive manner as actions are guided by the characteristics of the materials handled. The paper is either discarded or repurposed in the creation of new forms, the performance involving its attachment to our bodies. The space will also be used to test sculptural forms attributed to our individual practices, which will be hung above our heads for the performances duration.
"She can rebuild herself" 2019
This work reimagines a solo piece from early 2019, acknowledging the impact of transgenerational trauma while challenging patriarchal structures in society. Drawing energy from the materials used, the performance emphasises the transformative potential of objects and actions, stressing the power inherent in choice. In reclaiming this power, the possibility of healing emerges, reinforcing the significance of the present moment. By sharing space, exchanging knowledge, and engaging with one another, a path towards the future is carved.
Symbiosis (2025)
Digital collaborative painting using images from past performances, installations and lens based work to create a rendering of an eye.
Landi Kirkwood
Landi Kirkwood
b. 1987, Landi Kirkwood creates work that reflects on identity through a variety of processes, including sculpture, lens media, and performance. The theme of legacy recurs throughout their practice, which blends archival techniques with an exploration of technology and the power of the glitch. Their work addresses both individual and collective trauma, focusing not only on its occurrence but also on the potential for healing in its aftermath. By questioning personal agency alongside social myth, they examine issues of gender, race, and class inequality, as well as the systems that continue to uphold these ideologies.
Guatavita
Guatavita
Glitched media, 2020
In the spaces between / LenguaÂ
Installation and durational performance
In the Spaces Between / Lengua blends text work, installation, and performance to explore identity, heritage, and resistance. Drawing upon my Colombian heritage and indigenous roots, the work addresses cultural disconnection and reconnection.
Untitled (She can rebuild herself) 2019
Solo performance
Video work
Burden, 2020
Saltscape, 2018
Rebecca Allen
Rebecca Allen
Rebecca Allen (b. 1997, Limavady, North of Ireland) is a queer, experimental artist whose practice examines body politics, societal issues, and environmental concerns. They work with found objects and materials, repurposing them into evocative installations, performances, and video works that integrate photography and ritualistic processes. Their work addresses themes of ecological decay, societal neglect, and human responsibility, blending personal narrative with broader cultural critiques. Through their creative practice, Rebecca seeks to inspire change, inform audiences, and take up meaningful space, challenging apathy while encouraging reflection on pressing issues. Each piece aims to provoke dialogue and foster collective accountability and transformation.
Their work also focuses on site art and festival art creaton snd installation. Having worked the better half of 10 years as the signage manager for Stendhal Festival with experience in visual art creating for large scale festivals like Electric Picnic.
To whom it may concern (2020)
To whom it may concern (2020)
To Whom It May Concern is a performance piece that explores societal and environmental issues through an evolving narrative. I address letters with phrases that progressively become more concerning, reflecting a growing urgency in the face of crises. This progression mirrors the way we often overlook mounting issues until they become undeniable.
Birds (2019)
Free, Safe, Legal (2018)
Performative photographs calling for abortion rights in Ireland, North & South.
Motherboard (ongoing)
Mixed media, sculpture
Motherboard reimagines discarded technology within landscapes I create by using natural materials like roots and mud, exploring humanity's impact on the environment. It transforms decay into evocative narratives about ecological collapse and responsibility.
"Our Queer Archives" (2024 - present) - a selection of photographs from ongoing works following the lives of members of the queer community in the North of IrelandÂ
Barcode Series (2024)
Collage, mixed media and typography
Email: larkartscollective@gmail.com
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