# Kate Stobbart - video sculpture live-art 

> Video sculpture live-events


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- [Um Er Artist](https://katestobbart.uk/about-kate-stobbart/): I work in video, sculpture and live-art using every-day objects and materials.&nbsp;&nbsp;I’m fascinated by the ways we communicate with each other: particularly the words, pauses, tiny gestures and hesitations, that convey or obscure meaning – and affect understanding and rapport.&nbsp;&nbsp;I am interested in the ambiguities of familiar situations and often focus on moments where there is a mismatch between what is said and how it is said.&nbsp;&nbsp;My starting point is often an overheard phrase or an observed gesture.&nbsp;&nbsp;I want to make art that people can relate to, that reflects on the layers of meaning that shape everyday communication. Selected Exhibitions [&hellip;]
- [The Synchrocrispettes](https://katestobbart.uk/the-synchrocrispettes/): Old Star &amp; Shadow Cinema Newcastle upon Tyne The Synchrocrispettes are a synchronised crisp eating band.&nbsp; They first performed Synchrocrispicity at the old Star &amp; Shadow cinema in 2014.&nbsp; In this piece the band eat a bag of ready salted crisps in synchronisation with each other.&nbsp; The opportunity to join in was extended to the audience&nbsp; – with people receiving a bag of crisps and eating them in synchronisation with the band. A film of the Synchrocripsettes performing Synchrocrispicity was made in 2014. Film of the Synchrocripsettes (2014) Directed and produced by Kate Stobbart. Filmed and edited by Arto Polus. [&hellip;]
- [The Hills are Alive (2009)](https://katestobbart.uk/the-hills-are-alive-2009/): Exploring Nostalgia group exhibition with Carole Luby, Sophie Michael, Claire Rowlands, Stephen Walker Andrew Wilson. Curated by Hannah Marsden. Allenheads Contemporary Arts, Northumberland https://www.acart.org.uk/exploringnostalgia https://exploringnostalgia.wordpress.com When out walking in the countryside around Allenheads I found a farm fence with thirty eight dead moles hanging from it. I decided to make the moles some dresses and clothe them. I also displayed the words once upon a time written in the grass, using old sheets.  My final piece was “Blue Jacket with Brass buttons” &#8211; a blue cotton jacket to dress a dead rabbit. Dead moles, cotton dresses. Close up of dead [&hellip;]
- [Blowed (2010)](https://katestobbart.uk/blowed-2010/): Interim MFA show, Newcastle University Installation of a set of “lungs” made from discarded capri sun containers and old hosepipe. Close up of inflatable “lungs” and tubing Demonstration of “lungs” being inflated from adjacent room
- [Brick Clothes (2007)](https://katestobbart.uk/brick-clothes-2007/): Rynek, Krakow Poland I sat in the centre of Krakow wearing clothes that matched the brickwork behind me.
- [Hand gesture piece (2017)](https://katestobbart.uk/hand-gesture-piece-2017/): Gränsland Teckning group exhibition: Kat Auld, Helen Edling, Ben Faircloth, Bodil Lothman, Sally Madge, Zeinab Mozafari, Katarin Rosen, Jenny Soep, Kate Stobbart. Norrtälje, Sweden. Sponsored by the Swedish Arts Grants Committee. A one-hour silent performance of re-enacted hand movements, that were copied from observations of other people’s gestures when they were talking.
- [Metro Clothes(2007)](https://katestobbart.uk/metro-clothes2007/): Newcastle upon Tyne Metro I travelled on metro trains between Newcastle and Tynemouth wearing clothes made from exactly the same upholstery material as the metro seats.
- [Hand Cleansing Techniques number one:how to wash your hands with soap and water (2014)](https://katestobbart.uk/hand-cleansing-techniques-2014/): Globe Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne A demonstration of the latest Department of Health guidelines on washing hands in clinical settings. &nbsp;It included a brief talk about the risks of spread of illness via unclean hands and evidence of the extent of the problem in the UK ( 25 % of hands have faecal bacteria on them and 14% of mobile phones).&nbsp; People were then taught how to wash their hands with soap and water according to the latest advice from the Department of Heath.&nbsp; I demonstrated the hand movements required for thorough washing and the audience copied these techniques.&nbsp; Finally, [&hellip;]
- [The Great Forced LOLathon (2013)](https://katestobbart.uk/the-great-forced-lolathon-2013/): LOL: to laugh out loud. LOLathon: a marathon of laughing Collaboration with Ilana Mitchell/Wunderbar The Mining Institute, Newcastle upon Tyne A live event of collective forced laughter for 26.2 minutes.&nbsp; It was promoted in the manner of a sporting event, mimicking the promotion of the Great North Run which occurs annually in Newcastle. People who signed up for the LOLathon were emailed a training schedule beforehand.&nbsp; On the night, I briefly introduced the piece before the clock started, and we commenced laughing.&nbsp;&nbsp;Laughter stopped abruptly when the clock marked 26.2 minutes.&nbsp; Everyone who completed the LOLathon received a commemorative badge. Below [&hellip;]
- [Five Speeches (2011)](https://katestobbart.uk/five-speeches-2011/): MFA Degree Show, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne A 5-channel installation projection.&nbsp; Five silent films of the re-enacted hand gestures and head movements of prominent public figures when they were giving a speech: Barack Obama, Lady Gaga, politician Roy Hattersley, reporter Kate Aidie and artist Mark Leckey.&nbsp; The films of the re-enacted hand gestures were back projected onto paper screens which had been printed with detailed descriptions of the hand movements that occurred during that person’s speech.&nbsp; No details of the spoken content of the speeches were displayed.&nbsp; Five Speeches was selected by Katharine Welsh assistant curator at The Baltic, [&hellip;]
- [On the verge of a merge (2008)](https://katestobbart.uk/on-the-verge-of-a-merge-2008/): Intrude 366 Exhibition Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China I travelled for a day on Line 6 of the Shanghai underground wearing clothes that had been made to match the pink décor of the seating on the trains. Published in Intrude Art Issue 12 2008, Zendai Moma. On the train Leaving the station
- [Brush (2010)](https://katestobbart.uk/brush-2010/): Produced and directed by Kate Stobbart. Filmed by Toby Lloyd. A silent video showing the hair of a resuscitation mannikin being stroked. The film was back-projected onto sheets of paper used to cover hospital examination couches. It screened at: Newcastle University (2010) Centre of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi, Georgia (2011) Les Salaisons, Romainville, France (2011) 113 Dalston Lane, London (2011) The Public, West Bromwich (2011) &nbsp;“A medical resuscitation-Annie doll normally used to train people in emergency first aid is instead stroked and tended to like a sick child.&nbsp; Any drama associated with televisual and cinematic medical trauma is removed and we [&hellip;]
- [Outstanding Life Changing Sculptures made by other people and me when we were talking about something esle(2017)](https://katestobbart.uk/outstanding-life-changing-sculpture/): Old Library Newcastle University A collection of fimo sculptures made by other people and me when we were in talking with each other.  Most of the sculptures were made in cafes, parks, pubs and workspaces.  Some were made by the audience during a talk I gave.  The sculptures were all exhibited together in the Old Library space at Newcastle University
- [Hand Gesture Film (2018)](https://katestobbart.uk/hand-gesture-film-2018/): Filming Arto Polus. Production and direction Kate Stobbart A 22-minute silent film of a series of re-enacted hand gestures.&nbsp; The hand movements were all copied from observations of people in one-to-one conversations.&nbsp;
- [AAAAAGGGHH (2017)](https://katestobbart.uk/aaaaaggghh-2017/): The NewBridge Project, Newcastle upon Tyne A collective single scream to mark the inauguration of Donald Trump’s first presidency on 3rd February 2017.&nbsp; Mobile phone footage of the event is below.
- [GIMME A CALL WHEN YOU GET THIS (2025)](https://katestobbart.uk/gimme-a-call-when-you-get-this-2025/): The Bridge Gallery, Tynemouth Metro Station,Tynemouth An exhibition of snippets of overheard mobile phone calls, painted in acrylic onto card.&nbsp; Most are postcard size, a few are much bigger and painted onto recycled brown cardboard. Each card represents a different phone call.&nbsp; Each call is just one half of a conversation that has seeped into public space.&nbsp; The calls were overheard in public spaces: parks, streets, shops, cafes, pubs, the countryside, trains, buses and metros over the course of a year. The project started after overhearing someone being fired (over the phone) in the quiet coach on the train.&nbsp; The [&hellip;]
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