The Quiz Mistress
Over the last few years, I've been hosting pub quizzes, using this popular and entertaining format to playfully explore art and life. Click here to read a review of a pub quiz commissioned by Lomabrd-Freid Porjects, New York.
Intrested increating a space for debate and dialogue around ideas exploring knowledge, the quiz askes questions like
Q: The actor Russell Crowe was reported as being the target of an Al-Qaida kidnap plot. Was this because
a.They wanted to destroy the western empire by removing the actor?
b.They wanted to use his gladiator expertise in their training camps?
c.They wanted a celebrity for their propaganda video clips?
Answer bottom of the page
My quizzes have been supported by Breathing Space, Arnolfini, The BBC, IKON Gallery, Tate Britian, The National Portrait Gallery, and Arthouse, Australia. My pub quizzes are hosted in either the context of a local pub or a bar in an art-related space.
Past Pub Quizzes
2011
6th October - National Maritime Museum, Greenwhich
5th August - Part of LCB DEpot, The City Gallery summerp programme, Leicester
2010
28th Sept - Horse & Dray, Tivoli, New York as part of the Bard College programme
15th May - BALTIC Cnetre for Contemporary Art
2009
9th December - Horse & Dray, Norwich, as part of Great British Art? at Norwich Castle Museum
10th September- Fiddlesticks, Greenwhich, New York as part of The Girl Effect, Lombard-Freid projects.
20th April - The Jam Factory, Oxford as part of Transmission Interrupted, Modern Art Oxford.
2008
Oct 8th - Melbourne Fringe Festival, Australia, Artist-in-residence
July 24 & 25th - National Portrait Gallery, London
June 20th - National Portrait Gallery, London
June 14th - The Sun&Doves, Camberwell arts festival,London
May 25th - IKON gallery, Birmingham
May 20th - The Montague Arms,New Cross, London
11th March - ARTfutures, London
10th Feb - Performing Rights, National Reveiw of Live Art, Feb 2008, Glasgow.
2007
14th Sept - Check in Check Out. Great Eastern Hotel, London
1st Sept - Westow House Pub,Signal 5, London
17th August - Greenroom, Manchester
7th June - Artsadmin Bar, London.
27th June - Artsadmin Bar, London.
10th May - Junction Bar, Cambridge. {Breathing Space}.
10th March - Arnolfini Bar, Bristol.{Breathing Space}
25th Jan - Live Art Development Agency Open night, Rich Mix.
2006
6th Dec - TheShakespear, 68 Prince St, Bristol {Power Of Art}
2nd Dec - Tramway, Glasgow. {Breathing Space}.
1st Dec - Tramway, Glasgow. {Breathing Space}.
22nd Nov - The Shakespear, Totterdown, Bristol {Power Of Art}
11th Nov - Greenroom, Manchester. Breathing Space,
11 th Nov - Faith & Identity in Contemporary Visual Culture Conference quiz.
Manchester University.
8th Nov - Hillgrove Porter Stores, Bristol. {Power Of Art}
25th Oct- Duke of York, Bristol. {Power Of Art}
22nd sept - Anti-static, The Brewhouse, Taunton
1st Sept - Interventions, Late at Tate, Tate Britain, London
18th June - Performance Studies International #12, London
20th Jan - An Invitation to Tea, Arts Council South East, Farnham
Answer: a) They wanted to destroy the western empire by removing the actor