Geneva Foster Gluck

 EDUCATION

2020    PhD, Arizona State University. Theatre and Performance of the Americas. Tempe, AZ. Made possible through an ASU Fellowship.

2003    MA, (Distinction), University of Arts London, Central Saint Martins. Spatial Design London, UK. Made possible by Student Loans.

2000    BFA, University of Arizona. Studio Art - Performance and Sculpture. Tucson, AZ. Made possible by a Pell Grant.

PhD DISSERTATION

Performing the Electrical or My Heart is an Electromagnetic Chamber: Scenographies of Power, Ecology, and Speculative Practice, 2020.

COLLABORATIVE IMMERSIVE & EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

• SnakeBite Creation Space 2022-2023.

Is a creation space dedicated experimentation in performance, installation, and time-based practices. Organized by artists Geneva Foster Gluck and Racheal Rios the mission of the temporary venue is to extend space to artists to encompass curation, new works, and interdisciplinary programming.

• Border Arts Corridor (BAC) 2018 – 2021.  

President of Board of Directors and creative collaborator. BAC is a bi-national arts organization based in US/Mexico borderlands dedicated to cultivating arts and cultural programming. Responsibilities included educational programming, outreach, creative workshops, distribution of artist grants, project building with local Latin-x community leaders, and the development of a community arts center. Douglas, AZ and Agua Prieta, Sonora.

• C-Cinco Aerial Performance Space 2012-2016.

Co-founder, Aerial instructor, technical manager, and mentor for new physical theatre and contemporary circus performance works. C-Cinco was a community-serving rehearsal and performance space in Tucson, AZ.

• SHUNT Events 2005-2010.

Associate artist, performer, and Front of House staff. Productions include: Tropicana, Amato Saltone, and the Shunt Lounge. London, UK.

• Marisa Carnesky Productions 2003-2006

Original cast and collaborative devisor for Carnesky’s Ghost Train London, national touring including Glastonbury, European tour in Belgium, residency at Blackpool’s Golden Mile.

AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

2022    Creative Capital Award – Shortlisted.

2022     Banting Fellowship, Concordia University – Shortlisted.

2020     Tucson CARES Artist Award, Competitive selection funding support, AZ.

2019     Arizona State University, Graduate Fellowship, AZ.
2016     Arizona State University, Special Talent Award, AZ.
2015     Proyecto ÁCE, Artist Residency, Buenos Aires, AR.
2014     Arizona Commission on the Arts, Research and Development Award, AZ.
2013     Tucson Pima Arts Council, New Work Grant, AZ.
2013     National School of Circus Arts (Circus Space), Lab:time Award, UK.
2012     Circus Futures Award, Residency at The Great Yarmouth Hippodrome, UK.

2011     Blast Theory, Artist Residency for interactive media designers, UK.
2010     Arts Council England, New Work Grant, UK.
2009     La Breche, Cherbourg, Contemporary Circus Artist Development Award, FR.

2007     The Camden Roundhouse, Artist in Residency, UK.
2006     Arts Council England & National Fairground Archive, Research Residency, UK.

2005     Jeunes Talents Cirque Europe – Shortlisted. European Commission of Art, EU.

LEAD ARTIST & DIRECTOR

The Magnetic Chamber is an ongoing project that seeks to re-enchant electricity and its material, environmental and socio-political relations. Works include: Performance and installation combining video, hand-made batteries, piezo crystal sound costumes, and promenade telematic soundscape.

2023 Storytelling project with Southwest Folk Alliance: Culture & Climate in Community

2022                MC Performed by *this at Pidgin Palace Arts. Three-night sold-out performance and installation.

2022                When a Place is a Battery. Solo show at SnakeBite Creation Space. Tucson AZ.

2020                A Battery Makers Museum shipping container residency at the MSA Annex, Tucson, AZ.

2020                SATURNALIA RADIO “Mesmeric Radio Ritual” Sound collaboration with Max Ringham. Hosted by Gemma Brockis as part of Oddvent Project, UK..

2020                Performance Studies International, University of Rijeka Rijeka, HRV. (Canceled due to Covid19 Pandemic),

2020                ONCA Arts space, Brighton, UK. (Canceled due to Covid19 Pandemic),

2018               Animating Research, Biodesign Institute, curated by Liz Lerman. Tempe, AZ.

2018                CYCLIC performance at BIOSPHERE 2 (Afterparty). Tucson AZ.

2017                Convergence Cabaret. The Art Space Theatre, Toronto, BC.

2017                MC Work in Progress showing. C-Cinco Performance Space. Tucson, AZ.

2017                Sound Installation. Museum of Contemporary Art. Tucson, AZ.

 Geometry of the West is a touring audio-visual installation and a performance event that attempts to decolonize the Western. Developed with support from a Pima Arts Grant and a Arizona Commission on the Arts New work Grant. Music Score by Gabriel Sullivan of XIXA.

2015                Hosted by Museum of Contemporary Art at site specific venue. Tucson, AZ.
2014                Maker House. Tucson Pima Arts Council New Work Gala. Tucson, AZ.
2014/15           Touring Audio-Visual installation. Downtown Tucson, AZ.

Winter Shows are biannual winter performance developed with local artists in Tucson,AZ. Each performance works site-specifically to forge new collaborations between artists, musicians, performers and venues.

2016                Museum of Contemporary Art. Carnival Avant-Garde. Music by Spontaneous Response Squadron. Tucson, AZ.           

2014                C-Cinco Performance Space. Time Keepers. Music by Fur Family. Tucson AZ.

2012                San Agustin Public Market. A Winter Show. Music by Naim Amor. Tucson AZ.

{Event(Dimension):} was a performance exploring the crossover between quantum and meta physics. Developed with mentoring support from University of Arizona Centre for Consciousness Studies and a New Work Grant from the Arts Council of England.
2013                Towards a Science of Consciousness. International Conference. Tucson, AZ.
2012                Jackson’s Lane, London International Mime Festival. London, UK.

2011                Circomedia. (excerpt), Circus Futures, Bristol, UK.
2011                La Breche Creation Centre. (development showing), Cherbourg, FR.

2011                C-Cinco Performance Space. (development showing) Tucson, AZ.

Milkwood Rodeo was an autobiographical performance mixing live animation, archival video footage, and multiple projection screens based on my experience of working with the Raj Mahal, a traditional Indian circus.
2011                Royal Opera House. The Firsts, London, UK.
2011                Circomedia. Bristol, UK.

2010                The Roundhouse. London, UK.
2010                Solar Culture Arts space. Tucson, AZ.

2010                NEXT-International Festival of Arts. Lille, FR.

2009                Shunt Lounge. London, UK.
2009                Jackson’s Lane. London, UK.
2009                Bristol Old Vic. Bristol, UK.

The Sugar Beast Circus Show was performed by three female athletes to explore the relationship between science, circus and showmanship. Developed through a research residency at the National Fairground Archive at Sheffield University and a New Circus Award. The Sugar Beast Circus Show was shortlisted for the prestigious Jeunes Talents Cirque Award in 2008.
2014                Museum of Contemporary Art. Tucson, AZ.
2012                Le Théâtre Scène Nationale Mâcon. Mâcon, FR.

2010                La Breche Creation Centre. Spring Fest. Cherbourg, FR.

2010                The Roundhouse. Circus Fest. London, UK.
2010                Festival of Magicians. Warsaw, Poland.
2009                Shunt Lounge & City-Circ. London, UK.

2009                Jackson’s Lane. London, UK.
2008                Opt de Mark. Jeunes Talents Cirque Showcase. Belgium, BR.
2008                Croydon Clock Tower. New Circus season, London, UK.

The Powder Factory was an immersive theatre show for an audience of 10, set inside an examination/forensic tent. The show explored the relationship between photography, women, and power. Supported by the Arts Council of England.
2006                The Hackney Empire, Studio Theatre. London, UK.
2006                The White Chapel Gallery. Wormhole Saloon, London, UK.

2006                El Marato Festival. Barcelona, SP.
2006                Future Shorts Cinema, Glastonbury Festival. Glastonbury, UK.

2006                Electric Picnic Festival. Galway, IE.

PERFROMER & CREATIVE COLLABORATOR

2020-2022         *this a place-based performance and object making collaboration with visual artist Racheal Rios. Tucson, AZ.

2017                 Orkesta Mendoza stage design for Vive Latino Festival, Mexico City, MX

2014                 Puppets Amongus performance and choreography, Phoenix Symphony, AZ.

2014                 Puffball Show with Mark Storor, The Camden Roundhouse, London, UK.

2011-2012       The Invisible Circus, Bristol and Glastonbury Festival, UK.

2009-2012        The Orpheum with Tai Shani, Barbican Theatre & NFT Watch This Space.

2011                 H-Plewis Duckie Vauxhall, London, UK.

2012                 The Great Spavaldos, with Il Pixel Rosso, London, UK.

2008-2012        Lost Vagueness Field with Glastonbury Festival, UK.

2008                May Day Celebration choreography at the London Tate Modern, UK.

2010                 Assembly Part 1, touring show with Linda Remahl, UK, Sweden, France.

2005                 Rotozaza, Anthony Hampton and Silvia Mercuriali, London, UK.

2004                 Burlesque! West End Show, The Arts Theatre, London, UK.

2003-2008        The Lady Greys dance troupe, London, UK.

2003                 Wapping Commission with David Harradine of Fevered Sleep, London, UK.

1998-2002        Flam Chen, Original member. Tucson, AZ.

GUEST LECTURE & CONFERENCE PAPERS

2020    Center for Performance and Civic Practice Summer Institute. Collaborative participant.

            - The Practice of Partnership: Civic Practice & Project Team Coaching, June 29-30.

            - Teaching Artistry, August 10-12.

2020    PSI International Conference, Rijeka, Croatia. Magnetic Chamber Performative-Lecture (Canceled due to Covid19).

2020    IFTR International Conference, Dublin, Ireland. Magnetic Chamber Performative-Lecture (Canceled due to Covid19).

2019    Prague Quadrennial. Participant (competitive selection) in result the driven Workshop “The Hidden Lives of Space: Site-Based Performance Ecology”. Workshop Leaders: Ian Garrett, Tanja Beer and Andy Houston.  Paper presentation with IFTR@PQ, Performing the Electrical, Prague, CZ.

2018    IFTR International Conference. Paper presentation: Power Geometry and Artist Interventions in the Americas. Scenography Working Group, Belgrade, Serbia.

2017    Hemispheric Institute of Performance Studies: Convergence GSI. Paper presentation: (Re)centering a Sacred Relationship with Electricity and the Aesthetics of Superconductors. Toronto, BC.

2017    Northwestern University Summer Institute of Performance Studies. Session topic: The Political Potential of Beauty, Improvisation and Narrative, led by Dr. Soyini Madison. Chicago, IL.

2016    IFTR International Conference. Paper presentation: Performing Nowhere: Environmental Propaganda and Wild West Shows. Scenography Working Group. Stockholm, Sweden.

2016    Protest Theatre, Summer Conference with Tobasi Ahmad and The Freedom Theatre of Palestine, hosted by The Camden Roundhouse. London, UK.

2014    Center for Science and Consciousness. Presentation of {Event(Dimension):}, a performance-led research project exploring theatre and quantum physics. Tucson, AZ.

2011    Guest Lecture, University of Arizona M.F.A Program, Tucson, AZ.

2005    Theatre Museum and Institute of Contemporary Art, London Lecture series: Feminism, Burlesque and the New Voyeurism, UK.

PUBLICATIONS (Writing)

“Performing Nowhere: Environmental Propaganda and Wild West Shows.” Theatre and Performance Design, Routledge. Taylor & Francis Online (In peer review)

“Animals, Circus & Spectacle” ShowWoman by Marisa Carnesky. Forthcoming Publication.

“Performing the Electrical: Ecologies of the Imaginary and Fem-technologies.” Body, Space & Technology, 18(1), pp. 108–125. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16995/bst.306. 2019

BIBLIOGRAPHY (Review of work)

Ellingsworth, John. “Sugar Beast Circus.” Side-Show Circus Magazine. http://sideshow-circusmagazine.com/. 2009

---. “{Event(Dimension):} An interview with Geneva Foster Gluck,” Side-Show Circus Magazine. Issue 1, Print. 2011.

---. “Sugar Beast Circus: {Event(Dimension):} Review,” Side-Show Circus Magazine. Issue 2, Print. 2012.

Hill, J.Dee. “Chapter: Flam Chen and Fire Theater,” Freaks and Fire: The Underground Reinvention of Circus. Soft Skull Press. 2001.

Hivernat, P. and V. Klein. “Geneva Foster Gluck,” Panorama Contemporain des arts du Cirque. TEXTUEL, France. 2011.

Jarvis, L. “The Great Spavaldos by il pixel rosso” Immersive Embodiment. Springer, 2019.

Morin, Nicole and Yves Le Gall. “Objects and A