Member Profile
Name
James Stenhouse (aka Action_Hero)
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About me
Region:
South West
Artforms
Live Art, Experimental Theatre, Installation, Site Specific, Public Art, Intervention/ Action, Socially engaged practice.
Occupation
Practising Artist/Practitioner.
Statement
Action Hero is the collaboration of Gemma Paintin and James Stenhouse. We have been working together as Action Hero since August 2005.
Our work aims to create celebratory events that use the audience as the co-creators of the work. We are interested in ideas that link audiences together and unify them as part of a collaborative, live event.
Our work is defined by necessity: Limited resources become the essence of our performances. With small failures and unsuccessful attempts we find moments of accidental beauty.
Action Hero are Arnolfini Associate Artists.
Networks
Projects
Watch Me Fall
By Action Hero
We're interested in the Daredevil. Those who attempt the impossible, the futility of those attempts and the inevitable fall from grace.
Watch Me Fall is an intimate live performance. It is an experiment with the relationship between a...
Posted: 11/7/2008 13:20:52
PL:ay - a festival of adventure, anticipation and encounters
By LOW PROFILE & one.c
PL:ay is a one day festival of adventure, anticipation and encounters, showcasing artists predominantly from the South West presenting live art, video, photography and installation with a strong performative quality to an audience who may not have se...
Posted: 3/7/2007 14:53:33
History
By Action Hero
As part Of Chelsea Live's Sacred programme Action Hero made a new work mentored by Third Angel....
Posted: 30/4/2007 10:09:17
To My Island
By Action Hero
To My Island is a site based work that takes place on and/or around a traffic roundabout....
Posted: 1/3/2007 16:59:45
Events
Watch Me Fall
17/02/2010
Category: Performance
'Watch Me Fall' at Colchester Arts Centre tickets are £6 Box Office: 01206500900 A new performance by Action Hero touring the UK. Watch Me Fall is for the daredevils. Its about our obsession with those who attempt the impossible, the futilit...
Watch Me Fall
04/11/2009 - 05/11/2009
Category: Performance
A new performance by Action Hero, commissioned by Arnolfini, and touring the UK Oct - Dec. Watch Me Fall is for the daredevils. Its about our obsession with those who attempt the impossible, the futility of their attempts and their inevitable f...
A Western
01/11/2009
Category: Performance
New Work Network members get discounted tickets! As part of Chelsea Theatre's Sacred season. A double bill with Stacy Makishi...
Watch Me Fall
20/10/2009 - 21/10/2009
Category: Performance
A new performance by Action Hero, commissioned by Arnolfini, and touring the UK Oct - Dec. Watch Me Fall is for the daredevils. Its about our obsession with those who attempt the impossible, the futility of their attempts and their inevitable f...
Watch Me Fall
20/05/2009
Category: Performance
Action Hero: Watch Me Fall BAC, London Wed 20 May 2009 7:30pm www.bac.co.uk " I'm going over in a barrel. I'm leaving the cannon, hitting the ramp at 90mph and clearing ten double decker buses. I might fall. I might break my body into sever...