Making Your Mind Up
Radical feminist Bucks Fizz tribute at Alternative Eurovision, Southbank London. We came third. More info.
Cloud Atlas: Redux
This has been embargoed since February.
Over a period of 48 hours we reshot the San Francisco 1973 street scenes from Cloud Atlas, which were actually filmed in Glasgow.
The Scotsman gave it more stars than the actual film.
More info here.
I am currently casting Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving and Keith David. Send me your headshots! Buzzcut
Hino Shoes February 2013
Japanese Hino trucks built until the mid-noughties are distinguishable by the array of three green lights positioned above the windscreen:
One illuminated light means the truck is going slowly, two means it’s going quite quickly, and three means get out of the way!
No one has yet to adapt this system to other forms of transportation.
As such Richard has designed a pair of prototype Hino Shoes.
Into each toe shell of a pair of white sneakers are inserted three green LEDs, which illuminate as the wearer changes walking speed.
In this video Richard tests his Hino Shoes on the streets of Yokohama, as part of his recent residency at TPAM.
More info here.
3000 Yen House February 2013
As part of his recent residency at TPAM Richard built an inexpensive structure which uses modern lightweight materials.
Richard is interested in exploring the intersection of ‘Pet Architecture’ - a term coined by Tokyo architects Atelier Bow Wow to describe micro, ad-hoc buildings - and ‘Nojuko’ houses, semi-legal itinerant urban dwellings built by the homeless.
In this video he dresses as a Japanese construction worker and carries his 3000 Yen House to Yokohama International Port Terminal, in a performance inspired by the people of Kotobuki.
Click here for further info.
Notable theatre critic a changed man after seeing Popaganda.
Popaganda Preview January 2013
Come see the rest at Camden People’s Theatre on Saturday the 26th of January.
Bomb Predisposal Unit September 2012
A performance investigating the logical conclusion of vigilante justice in a hyper-vigilant world.
As attention turns to the legacy of London 2012, Bomb Predisposal Unit is a tangible way of bringing some of the security benefits of the London Games to the regions.
Thank the gods for puckish performance artist Richard DeDomenici, the thinking man’s Ashton Kutcher
Kendal Mint Cake Igloo September 2012
Richard worked closely with one of the three remaining manufacturers of Kendal Mint Cake to produce 64 unprecedentedly large blocks of the sugary confectionary popular with polar explorers, which he then used to attempt to construct an igloo, as part of his residency at the Mintfest art festival.
This summer I launched a new office chair-based international sporting competition, in part to test Locog’s enforcement of the London 2012 brand guidelines (outcome: there was zero enforcement). Become a Swivelymipian at www.swivelympics.com
Torch2012 Finale July 2012
For two magical months, artist Richard DeDomenici has been visiting specially selected towns around the UK, running moments ahead of the real Olympic Torch Relay dressed as a torchbearer and carrying his own homemade replica torch. This is footage from the London finale.
Thanks to Paul and Dani.
Torch2012 July 2012
For two magical months, artist Richard DeDomenici has been visiting specially selected towns around the UK, running moments ahead of the real Olympic Torch Relay dressed as a torchbearer and carrying his own homemade replica torch.
The project is designed to cause the kind of uncertainty that leads to possibility.
Many thanks to Amino, official DeDomenici Torch2012 Newcastle partner, The Basement, official DeDomenici Torch2012 Brighton partner, and to all the other supporting partners who remain anonymous.
Thanks to @domhoward for my favourite tweet of the tour:
Okay so that #faketorchbearer is an actual legend. How did you managed to get away with that?! Trolololol.
And a very special thanks to all the documenters. Comprehensive list coming soon.
Here’s to Rio 2016!
How To Disembark A Speeding Train June 2012
The Thames Gateway stretches 40 miles east of London and has been designated a national priority for urban regeneration. Home to around 1.6 million people, the area contains some of the most deprived wards in the country, characterised by lack of access to public transport, services, employment and affordable quality housing.
The government hope to build 120,000 new homes in the area by 2016 to tackle the housing shortage in London and the South-East.
In 2007 The Channel Tunnel Rail Link/High Speed One was completed — the first major new railway in Britain for over a century.
East of the Olympic Park the line passes through over 20km of the Essex Thames Gateway, yet no stations have been built until Ebbsfleet, south of the Thames in Kent.
Richard hopes that jumping out of a 300km/h Javelin service as it passes through Essex will stimulate support for a new station in the Essex Thames Gateway.
How To Disembark A Speeding Train has been granted the Inspire mark by the London 2012 Inspire programme.
The London 2012 Inspire programme recognises innovative and exceptional projects that are directly inspired by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Seb Coe, Chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games said: ‘The Inspire programme is ensuring the legacy of the 2012 Games starts now as projects like How To Disembark A Speeding Train are enabling people in Essex to make positive life changes.’
Cinematography: Iain Armstrong
Best Boy: Cat Harrison
With many thanks to Shauna Concannon and Southeastern Railways.
Produced by Artsadmin.
Richard DeDomenici is an Artsadmin associate artist.
How To Disembark A Speeding Train is a Live Art Collective East project.
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