Moving from music to poetry, to theatre to video art and currently residing in the 2D space of paper and paint.
Inside the Studio
Parm Kaur has won several National Arts Council of England Awards for her literature, theatre productions, and video art installations.
Textual Time Space
Inspired by Einstein’s theory of relativity. Universal and relative simultaneous actions and personal texts are interwoven through poetry, video, and sound. 4 installations.
Written, filmed, edited, and produced by Parm Kaur. Supported by the Arts Council of England, London. Shown at 198 Gallery, Brixton, London.
A Way Away
Commissioned Art Video, for DESIRE, Group Exhibition at Great Eastern Hotel, London 2005. Also exhibited in Valencia, Spain 2006.
A contemporary dancer dances on Millenium Bridge, London as dawn is breaking over London.
The audio background of fragments of English and Punjabi poetry by Parm Kaur, intercut with the sound of the dancer’s belled feet. A multilayered exploration of the desire for freedom. A multi-layered consideration of freedom from physical, political, cultural, and spiritual boundaries from the domestic to the public spheres.
Directed written, and produced by Parm Kaur. Commissioned by SONY PSP. Supported by the Arts Council of England, London.
From 2008 Parm has been focused on 2D works on pastels on paper, and oils on card and canvas.
Her work can be purchased online.
Theatre & Live Art
Theatre as a visual art is not a new idea. Since 1994 Parm has been combining dance, live music, poetry, and movement in unique performances.
Her work has been supported by the Arts Council of England and various private trusts including the Fenton Arts Trust.
Feb 2004 Protect me from what I want
Wrote and directed a short piece for 2 actors and 2 puppeters, performed at Young Vic Theatre, London
2003 Directed extract of Derek Walcott’s 2-hander for the festival at Contact Theatre, Manchester
Sept 1998 Wrote Relatively Sane – (monologue version), with video, commissioned and performed at the Brix Theatre, Brixton, London, (performed by Nina Wadia)
July 2000 Gibbering into the Mirror (2) Wrote, performed, and directed a one-woman show for Camden Peoples Theatre, London
May 2000 Gibbering into the Mirror, directed devised movement (2 dancers), video and sound performance at Gilmore Halls, Glasgow
Nov 1997 The Story of the Moon, wrote, performed, and directed (with 1 dancer and musician) at the Pegasus Theatre, Oxford, and Battersea Arts Centre, London
Sept 1996 Tracing the Lines of Our Palms – collaboration performance.Southwark Cathedral, London.
Oct 1995 Why are you so angry? Solo performance piece with sound and movement, performed at the Oval House theatre, London
Oct 1994 Head-heart affairs, wrote and directed spoken word performance, with dancers and London Improvisatory Music Collective musician, East Oxford Community Centre, Oxford, England
Staged Play readings
March 2002 Breathing Freely, commissioned short, at Soho Theatre, London, presented by Kali Theatre
2001 Relatively Sane (1) at Watermans Theatre, London with Kali Theatre Company
1998 One day my prince will come, Oval House Theatre, London
March 1997 Relatively Sane, 4 handers, read at Oval House Theatre, London as part of Kali Theatre’s play festival. Monologue version staged at Watermans Arts Theatre, West London as part of Southall Black Sisters 10th anniversary Festival Celebrations.