was founded by Elizabeth Swift and Peter Ireland and works in collaboration with other practitioners on a project to project basis.
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Elizabeth Swift - has directed performance since the late eighties. She is a university lecturer specialising in the area of devised performance and technology. Previously a journalist and artistic director of Prema Arts Centre in Gloucestershire, she is studying for a Phd at Exeter University in hypertext and non narrative structures in performance.
Peter Ireland -
A performer since 1988 Peter has also taught performance, technology and design to youth and community groups and in higher education. He is a practicing
architect and designer, and in recent years has been developing these areas under the VOID name.
Practitioners who work with VOID:
Simon Turner - Musician/Sound arrangement and engineering.
Freelance musician and recording engineer equally at home with
found harmoniums and computerised recording and composition. Teaches
Music in Performance.
Owen Holland, then at Autonomous Intelligent Systems Unit,
University of the West of England.
One of this country's foremost teams researching Artificial Inteligence and developing robot technology.
Other practitioners who have worked with VOID include:
Lucy Baldwyn-
performer/technician
Matt Brennan-
performer/technician
Ross Mullan-
performer
Millie Taylor-
performer/musician
Jo Fry -
video and digital artist
Gary McCann-
designer
Danny Sullivan-
architect
Charlotte Hawkins-
performer
Jane McGinnes-
performer
Julian Brierly-
computer technician
Kim Lawrence-
technician
Stephen Clarke-
video maker
Lynsay Patterson-
performer/sound
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