LOVE My Live

BECAUSE OF LOVE - Volume 1 - performance at The Place, London - 5th March 2013.
More info and tickets here >>>

Franko B makes his debut at The Place with the new multi-disciplinary performance solo, Because of Love volume 1. Drawing upon memories of vivid moments and experiences of art, film and dance from different stages in his life, this piece is about life, childhood, humanity, inhumanity, love and grief. 

Central to the work is the idea of the sentimentality of memory – the emotional charge and romanticism often applied to our experience of remembering culture. Experiences can be mediated by someone else’s voice or appropriated in a way which is both personal and political. 
Franko B was born in Milan and has lived in London since 1979. He has exhibited and performed widely, including at Tate Modern, the ICA, South London Gallery and Beaconsfield, and has presented work internationally.

There will be a post-show discussion between the artist and Gilles Jobin
The Place 17 Duke's Road London WC1H 9PY
Tickets: +44 (0)20 7121 1100

For more information about the Because of Love 2013/14 touring programme, visit http://franko-b-because-of-love.blogspot.co.uk.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FrankoBBecauseOfLove

Many thanks to everyone who has supported UNTOUCHABLE so far. The exhibition continues until 1st December 2012 at the Flying Dutchman, London, and there are more events still to come -

Sat 1st Dec, 5PM-1.30AM (in connection with World AIDS Day) - Discussion, followed by performances and closing party.

PERFORMING ARTISTS: Shabnam Shabazi, Leibnitz, Franko B

Franko B DJ and closing party.

For more info ask to join the Facebook group.

Cick here to read Franko's UNTOUCHABLE interview in the Southwark LGBT Newsletter.

I'M THINKING OF YOU - Franko B
performance at SHORT THEATRE, Rome, Italy.
7th September 2012
info@shorttheatre.org
+39 333.7993611

The piece will then be shown at Colchester Arts Centre on 27th May @ 7.30pm (doors open at 7.00). Tickets £10 / £5 concessions. More information and booking here.

Because of Love by Franko B
(in alphabetical order)

Kamal Ackarie - Lighting Designer
Martin Hargreaves - Dramaturge adviser
Gilles Jobin - Choreography adviser
Othon - Composer and pianist
Thomas Qualmann - Animator
Shabnam Shabazi - Franko B’s Assistant
Steve Wald - Production Manager





Because of Love is a major new performance piece by Franko B, aiming to bring his practices to new audiences - not only within the context of visual art, but also dance and theatre.

Collaborating with some fantastic artists from different fields to realize the piece, concerned with childhood, humanity, inhumanity, love and grief.

Because of Love is loosely autobiographical, drawing upon personal and cultural memories from different times in Franko B's life.

Central to the work is the idea of the sentimentality of memory, the emotional charge and romanticism often applied to the experience of remembering.

Ambitious in its scale and complexity, bringing together elements of human presence, projected video, live music and lighting to weave a loose, non-linear narrative. The performance will involve a duet betwixt Franko B and a life-sized, mechanical polar bear: not so much as a tightly controlled piece of choreography, but more as an instinctive response to the dynamic mis-en-scene and contexts in which the work is shown in.

The first two public presentations of BECAUSE OF LOVE will take place in May 2012 at LICA (Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts) and Colchester Arts Centre - more details to follow shortly.

Article by Maria Vittoria Berti for Exibart, published 20th December 2011:
FRANKO B - BECAUSE OF LOVE: L’ARTE SI FA CON IL FOUND RAISING


BECAUSE OF LOVE is a new multi-discplinary performance piece currently under development by Franko B. To find out more and support the project, please visit indiegogo.com/because-of-love.

I'M THINKING OF YOU - Performance at Gru, Geneva, 25th November 2011. Video by La Nuit La Nuit.

Franko B will perform I'M THINKING OF YOU at GRÜ, Geneva on November 25th. More information and tickets here.
www.grutli.ch

Franko B will perform I'M THINKING OF YOU at Montpellier Danse festival on 27th June.
More information and tickets here.

Testing Presence: The Unfolding Exchange (Keynote Conversation, Track 1), Auditorium, 04.02.2011