Pierce Starre (b.1984 Liverpool) is a UK based artist with a practice situated in performance. Pierce situates their personal experiences within a broader social and political context. Their artworks provide the viewer with an opportunity to be immersed within an embodied experience, creating a platform for connection, reflection, and discussion. Pierce understands the capacity of performance art to engage the artist and the viewer in a transformative exchange both through the live performance of the work and through its documentation. Their previous work has explored their lived experience of being a Child of Deaf Adults and has critiqued the restrictive nature of institutional frameworks.

 

Pierce was awarded a commission by DaDaFest as part of their Artist Development fund; where they received mentoring support from Ireland’s leading Performance Artist; Amanda Coogan. Pierce performed at Word of Warning in Manchester and participated in Live Art Development Agency’s DIY16: 2019 – Ania Bas & Amy Pennington: Performance for Shy people. Playwriting for dyslexics.

 

In January 2020 Pierce participated in the CO-CREATION LIVE FACTORY “Dissenting Bodies Marking Time” at Venice International Performance Art Week.  and was also awarded a commission by Heart of Glass as part of their Home Work programme. Their most recent performance, Reflection, was shared as part of Performistanbul’s Stay LIVE at Home project, the work has been added to the British Library collection. Pierce is also a recent recipient of an Arts Council award as part of the Arts Councils Covid-19 Emergency response fund.

 

In June 2020 Pierce presented a live-streamed performance artwork in collaboration with their partner Nicholas Ball. The work explored what it means to be visible as a queer couple in a heteronormative world. The work  featured at the Arts Council funded Unshut Festival. In July 2020 Pierce was an artist in residence at METAL Liverpool, as part of the remote artist residency programme where they worked with Children of Deaf Adults and explored intersectional identities.

 

In October 2020 they will be presenting a new online performance work as part of Vivid Live’s VLTV.   They are also embarking on a new collaborative live performance work titled Trousers at Performance Platform and a second residency with METAL Liverpool in conjunction with the Independents Biennial 2021.

 

Pierce also runs Drip, an artist led platform facilitating the exploration and development of Live Art in Liverpool. Through Drip, Pierce has established SPILL YER TEA, an accessible and all inclusive experimental Live Art and Performance Art event that takes place online and at Constellations in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle.  Since August 2019 SPILL YER TEA has supported and platformed the work of sixty four emerging and established artists working both nationally and internationally. 

 

Upcoming Dates 

 

Vivid Projects – A new online performance artwork for VLTV coming in October 2020.  

 

The Changing Rooms – A series of workshops hosted by Tempting Failure, the workshops are designed to equip artists with skills, techniques and practical tips for developing and running workshops. September 2020 – February 2021

 

Performance Platform – Trousers; a new live collaborative performance with Nicholas Ball. Coming soon.