Marc Rees
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Marc Rees is an interdisciplinary creative with an established track record of delivering ground breaking, provocative and risk taking projects. He has an acknowledged reputation as an accomplished artist and visionary site-responsive curator.
Most recently, he has developed a number of more architecture-driven artworks; notably the location specific projects En Residencia and For Mountain, Sand & Sea, commissioned by Teatro de la Laboral and National Theatre Wales respectively. Each commission featured an array of international artists from differing disciplines who responded to the archive, artefacts and architecture of two very different sites: a former orphanage in Gijon, Northern Spain and the entire seaside town of Barmouth in North Wales.
Adain Avion is Rees’ most ambitious project to date. It will see the fuselage of a DC9 aeroplane migrating across Wales as a mobile art space and social sculpture.
Adain Avion brings his experience and aptitude as a curator, creator and enabler to the fore introducing an innovative take on in-flight entertainment.
www.r-i-p-e.co.uk
Siân Thomas
Siân Thomas has been working as Creative Producer with Marc Rees since 2006. They have worked together on two previous major commissions at Teatro Laboral, Spain in 2009 and with National Theatre Wales in their innagural 2009-10 season.
Her extensive history creating performance began as a founder member of Cardiff Lab in the mid 70's and includes 12 years based in Madrid as a performer and teacher with La Tartana Teatro.
Taliesin Arts Centre
Taliesin has a long standing working relationship with Marc Rees and was the main commissioning partner for earlier productions including Gloria Days (2007), a dance work examining the life of the 5th Earl of Anglesey and co-produced 3 Men Running (2009) with Tanzcompagnie Rubato.
Taliesin Arts Centre was designated as a Regional Performing Arts Centre in 2004 by Arts Council of Wales and additional, annual core funding was awarded in recognition of the centre’s experience, initiatives and innovative producing role. Since receiving this award, it has forged ahead in both producing and presenting international work and received an Arts Council of Wales Beacon Company Award 2008-2010 for outstanding contribution to culture in Wales.
Taliesin has a very experienced team of staff with administrative, artistic, technical and marketing skills and receives further support from administrative departments of Swansea University, the venue’s owner.
www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk
Simon Clode
Simon Clode is the Adain Avion Digital Archivist. Simon is an independent film maker working predominantly in the Arts and sometimes in political documentary. He takes pride in bringing creativity and innovation to all projects and is very enthusiastic about the future development of camera technology and gadgets in general.
simonclodefilms.com
Giles Parbery
Giles Parbery is the Adain Avion Technical Manager. He has over 20 years experience working internationally on site specific projects in venues including abbatoirs, sand quarries, railway stations and ice rinks. He has worked with Brith Gof, Test Dept, Earthfall, CPR, Made in Wales, Dalier Sylw and
Welsh National Opera.
From 2004 to 2006 Giles worked as Production Manager for Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and in 2010 he Production Managed the much acclaimed ‘Persians’ for National Theatre Wales.
His current projects include, Eddie Ladd - Ras Goffa Bobby Sands and touring the Wallace and Gromit’s World of Cracking Ideas exhibition for Stage Electrics Ltd.
www.illicit-production.co.uk.
John Hardy
After rigorous training at Oxford University and the Guildhall, and work with Cardiff Laboratory Theatre, Odinteatret, Roy Hart Theatre, Theatr Laboratorium Wroclaw, Brith Gof, Test Dept and DV8, John has composed extensively for theatre, dance, radio, films (including the Oscar-nominated Hedd Wyn) and TV of all kinds. He has been awarded the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Original Music Soundtrack on five separate occasions.
In April 2010 John became Head of Contemporary Music at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, where he is responsible for composition and creative music technology. Adain Avion will be collaborating with John and his students to create a sound score together with Ebbw Vale Male Voice Choir; this will accompany Tanja Råman’s 'Cold Rolling' at the Ebbw Vale nesting. He is also composer of the Adain Avion Arrival Anthem.
www.johnhardymusic.com
Warren Orchard
Warren Orchard is an editorial, film and television photographer with extensive experience across the industry. He has collaborated with Marc Rees on several projects, including 'En Residencia' in Spain and is the photographer for Adain Avion.
www.warrenorchard.co.uk
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