WEAK TRANSMISSION
POISON MARACAS
MONUMENTS OF
CUTENESS FORENSICS
THE TELESCOPE
THE VOICE OF NATURE
THE ASSEMBLY OF ANIMALS
CRYING
DEAD NATURE
THE PULVERISED PALACE
MOMENTARY PLUSH
TIM SPOOONER
born 1984
works in Cornwall


CHRONOLOGY OF WORKS:

A NEW KIND OF ANIMAL
2023 - 2024
solo survey exhibition + new installation
a national touring exhibition co-commissioned by Southwark Park Galleries and Bluecoat, made possible with thanks to Arts Council England and The Paul and Louise Cooke Endowment

DENKMÄLER FÜR DEN PLATZ DER KINDERRECHTE
(MONUMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS SQUARE)
2022
collaboration with children in Platz der Kinderreche
produced by Artsadmin
commissioned and presented by Fundus Theater, Hamburg

IN THE GARDEN
2022
participatory installation
commissioned by Marlborough Productions / Charleston for Queer Bloomsbury 2022

ANIMAL PLACE
2022
participatory installation
commissioned by The Spire / Brighton Festival 2022

A WAVE IN A CAVE
2021
solo exhibition
Commonage Gallery, curated by Sèamus McCormack

WEAK TRANSMISSION
2021
expanded version of installation commissioned by Norfolk and Norwich Festival 2021
featuring animations by Matthew Robins

THE MICROSCOPE SESSIONS
2020 →
online performance collaboration with Rhiannon Armstrong
Thanks to Unlimited and Jerwood Arts: our time developing this new work was paid for by money repurposed from a project that they funded that could no longer go ahead
shown online for:
Forest Fringe TV 2020
Unlimited Festival / Southbank Centre 2021
The National Gallery online programme 2021
The Place 2021

WEAK TRANSMISSION
2020
installation commissioned by Westflügel Leipzig / Schaubude Berlin
featuring animations by Matthew Robins
shown at
Theatre der Dinge, Schaubude Berlin 2020
The Temple, Westflügel Leipzig 2020

HIDING SHADOWS
2020 →
collaboration with Renaud Herbin
commissioned and produced by TJP Strasbourg
shown at
Actoral festival, Marseille 2020

POISON MARACAS
2019 →
shown at
Alfred ve dvore, Prague (3 hour version) 2022
TJP Strasbourg for Les Giboulées festival (15 minute version) 2022
South London Gallery for New Contemporaries Sounding Out Practice symposium (15 minute version) 2020
Dilston Grove, Southwark Park Galleries for Plastique Fantasique: A Friends Rendez-vous (15 minute version) 2019
Shaw Theatre for London Experimental Variety Show (5 minute version) 2019
Sutton House cellar for Steakhouse Live: NSA a Queer Salon (2 hour version) 2019

LE GAMBE HANNO TROPPE ARTICOLAZIONI
2019
video work commissioned by Lenz Fondazione
shown at Natura déi Teatri festival, Parma

MONUMENTS OF TOWER HAMLETS
2019
collaboration with year 2 of Canon Barnett Primary School, London
produced by Artsadmin
commissioned by 2 Degrees Festival
supported by ACE, Tower Hamlets and Imagine 2020 Creative Europe network
shown at
Toynbee Studios, London - ongoing
St Botolph-without-Aldgate Church, London
2 Degrees festival, Toynbee Studios, London

BEETLE FILM THEATRE
2019
commissioned for ANIMALS OF MANCHESTER, Manchester International Festival
a project by Theatre of Research / Live Art Development Agency

CUTENESS FORENSICS
2019 →
collaboration with Tom Richards
produced by Artsadmin
commissioned by The Yard Theatre
supported by Arts Council England
shown at
Theater der Dinge festival, Schaubude, Berlin 2019
NOW19 festival, The Yard, London 2019

MOMENTARY PLUSH
2018
commissioned by Lenz Fondazione
shown at Natura déi Teatri festival, Parma

DEAD NATURE
2018 →
collaboration with Enrico Aurigemma
produced by Artsadmin
supported by Arts Council England
additional support from Streatham Space Project and BAC
shown at
Battersea Arts Centre, London 2019
Streatham Space Project, London 2019
Battersea Arts Centre, London 2018

CRYING
2018 →
collaboration with Eleanor Perry
supported by Arts Council England and The Place
shown at
Duckie, London 2019
Touchwood, The Place, London 2018
Bastard Assignments, Block 336, London 2018

MONUMENTS OF PORTLAND
2018
produced by Artsadmin/b-side festival
supported by Arts Council England
shown at b-side festival, Portland

THE PULVERISED PALACE
2018
collaboration with Anne Ayçoberry
co-produced by TJP Strasbourg and Artsadmin
shown at Les Giboulées festival, Strasbourg

INFINITE CRUMPLE
2017
commissioned by Lenz Fondazione
shown at Natura déi Teatri festival, Parma

NATURAL HABITAT
2017-18
produced by Artsadmin
made for Shonky: the Aesthetics of Awkwardness, Hayward Touring exhibition curated by John Walter
shown at
Bury Art Museum 2018
DCA, Dundee 2018
MAC, Belfast 2017-18

THE VOICE OF NATURE
2017-18
made and performed with Enrico Aurigemma (sound system design and engineering), Natacha Poledica, Marine Thévenet
produced by Artsadmin
co-commissioned by TJP Strasbourg and Cambridge Junction
supported by Arts Council England
shown at
Battersea Arts Centre, London 2018
Actoral festival, Marseille 2017
Internationales Figurentheater festival, Erlangen 2017
Watch Out festival, Cambridge Junction 2017
TJP Strasbourg 2017

THE SHAMBLES
2016
produced by Artsadmin
commissioned by b-side festival, Portland
shown at The Royal Manor Theatre, Portland

WATER VOICE
2016
shown at Extractor Space, Deptford, London

MILK VOICE
2016
produced by Artsadmin
commissioned by Cambridge Junction
supported by Arts Council England
shown at WATCH OUT festival, Cambridge

OWL VOICE
2016
shown at
London Institute of ‘Pataphysics
London Topophobia

BLIND SPOT
2016
commissioned by Lenz Fondazione
shown at Museo di Amadeo Bocchi for Natura déi Teatri festival, Parma

UNFINISHED INTERIOR
2015
commissioned by Lenz Fondazione
shown at Natura déi Teatri festival, Parma

CHEMICAL EVENTS I-VI
2015
performance commissioned for Alien Sex Club by John Walter, Ambika P3, London

THE MOST EXTREME FORM OF KNOWLEDGE
2014
commissioned by b-side festival, Portland
shown in two locations on the coast of the Isle of Portland

THE ASSEMBLY OF ANIMALS
2014 →
made and performed with Marty Langthorne (lighting design), Natacha Poledica (devising performance), Enrico Aurigemma, Susannah Hewlett
produced by Artsadmin
commissioned by Bamboo Creative Europe network
co-produced by TJP-Centre Dramatique National d’Alsace-Strasbourg
supported by Arts Council England
additional support from Cambridge Junction
shown at
The Tolmen Centre, Constantine 2020
LasFest, Białystok 2019
Westfluegel, Leipzig 2018
Imaginale festival, Mannheim 2018
Internationales Figurentheater festival, Erlangen 2017
Pesta Boneka festival, Yogyakarta 2016
NuArt Sculpture Park, Bandung 2016
Komunitas Salihara, Jakarta 2016
Ladang Tari Nan Jombang, Padang 2016
Llawn festival, Llandudno 2016
FIMFA festival, Lisbon 2016
Macau Arts festival 2016
Culture Station 284, Seoul 2016
Mini Vault festival, London 2016
Summerhall, Edinburgh festival 2015
CCN de Rillieux-la-Pape 2014
TJP Strasbourg 2014
The Egg, Bath 2014
STUK, Leuven 2014
Cambridge Junction 2014
Mayfest, Bristol 2014

INHABITANTS AND THEIR MONUMENTS
2014
exhibition at Lenz Teatro, Parma

THE HAUNTED SURFACE
2014
shown at
b-side festival, Portland
Greenwich Dance Agency, London
Tripspace, London
London Topophobia

WHEN I FIRST OBSERVED THE PLANET IT BLUSHED
2013
exhibition at St Paul’s House Project Space, London

SUBLIMING FURIOUSLY
2013
commissioned by Chisenhale Dance Space
shown at
Chisenhale Dance Space, London
SAMPLED Festival, Cambridge Junction

THE TELESCOPE
2012 →
produced by Artsadmin
supported by Juliet Gomperts Trust
shown at
The Bluecoat, Liverpool 2023
Southwark Park Galleries, London 2023
NoD, Prague 2018
On Sulphur, London 2018
Opera Prima festival, Rovigo 2018
Culture Station 284, Seoul 2017
Mima festival, Mirepoix 2016
Les Giboulées festival, Strasbourg 2016
Schiume festival, Venice 2015
Natura dèi Teatri festival, Parma 2014
Les Giboulées festival, Strasbourg 2014
Terni festival 2014
Monomania festival, Cambridge 2014
The Indifference of Objects symposium, London 2013
Toynbee Studios, London 2013
Manchester Science Museum 2013
St Paul’s House Project Space, London 2013
Whitechapel Gallery, London 2012
Whitstable Biennale 2012

24 GROTESQUE MANIPULATIONS
supported by Artsadmin Bursary
shown at
Les Giboulées festival, Strasbourg 2014
The Beautiful is Present, Hanmi Gallery, London 2013
TJP Strasbourg 2012
SW1 Gallery, London 2011
Toynbee Studios, London 2011

THE GRID OF LIFE
2010
shown at
Barbican Art Gallery, London
SW1 Gallery, London
APT Gallery, London
INFINITE CRUMPLE
MILK VOICE
OWL VOICE
BLIND SPOT
UNFINISHED INTERIOR
THE HAUNTED SURFACE
THE SHAMBLES
WATER VOICE
24 GROTESQUE MANIPULATIONS
THE GRID OF LIFE
THE MOST EXTREME FORM
NATURAL HABITAT
ANIMAL PLACE
IN THE GARDEN
A NEW KIND OF ANIMAL
THE MICROSCOPE SESSIONS
A WAVE IN A CAVE