David Steans: Gruesome FX

Friday, May 25th 6–8PM

Performance at 7PM
No RSVP required

Building on recent works that explore the blurring of fact and fiction—specifically in relation to horror as an aesthetic category and genre—David Steans presents a new reading, ‘Gruesome FX’ at Triangle. Ostensibly a sales pitch by ‘Dave’, an employee of make-up effects company Gruesome FX, the work riffs off the format of the pitch, the promotional demo and the technical tutorial, collapsing and frustrating the expectations of each to deliver an elliptical, recursive narrative about simulated bloodletting, performance anxiety, and opportunities for career progression in a small business. 

David Steans is an artist and writer based in Leeds, UK. He is currently undertaking a practice-led PhD in Fine Art at the University of Leeds, and is a Lecturer on the BA (Hons) Fine Art course at Leeds Arts University. His multi-media practice encompasses written fiction, moving image, performance, installation and sound. Recent exhibitions and events include: Mantel, Copperfield Gallery, London (2018); Medieval-city One, Two Queens, Leicester (2017) and Crime World, The Tetley, Leeds (2017). His writing was recently included in The Other Room Anthology 10 (2018, The Other Room Press), RIPE (2017, Corridor8) and Cadavere Quotidiano (2014, Project X Foundation for Art & Criticism). He has been involved in several music projects, and has had work released by the record label Art into Life. He participated in the founding year of the alternative art school project The School of the Damned (2013-present), and is co-founder of ongoing collaborative project Medieval Helpdesk (2015-present).

Kindly supported by Leeds Art University.