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30-600: The Battersea Arts Centre (" BAC ") is a performance space specialising in theatre productions. Located near Clapham Junction railway station in Battersea , in the London Borough of Wandsworth , it was formerly Battersea Town Hall . It is a Grade II* listed building . In March 2015, while a major programme of renovation works were underway, the Grand Hall was severely damaged by fire. Approximately 70% of

60-457: A "scratch" methodology as part of its "ladder of development" for new work. Performances are shown at various stages of development to an outside audience, whose input and criticism guides the further evolution of the work. The old Town Hall was used as a location in the 1975 film Slade In Flame featuring rock band Slade . The Town Hall was the location for the 21st birthday party of the character played by Dave Hill. On 8 and 9 October 2012,

90-542: A coordinated attack via microphone headsets, about 40 members of the Hells Angels from various chapters all over England arrived uninvited at the reunion armed with baseball bats, knives, iron bars and machetes. The Hells Angels proceeded to attack and beat various Outcasts. Two of the Outcasts, David Armstrong and Malcolm St. Clair, were killed during the melee. Only one Hells Angel was convicted of charges relating to

120-480: A fundraising campaign to help the centre soon afterwards., and in May announced that during the rebuilding of the Grand Hall, BAC would also create a large off-site theatre from mid-2016 to end of 2017 "for the presentation of visionary and exciting new theatre while we rebuild the Grand Hall". In 2018, the rebuilding of the Grand Hall was completed, overseen by architects Haworth Tompkins , who had been working with BAC on

150-755: A massive canvas on his studio floor. Situationists in France, led by Guy Debord , married avant-garde art with revolutionary politics to incite everyday acts of anarchy. The "Naked City Map" (1957) fragments the 19 sections of Paris, featuring the technique of détournement and abstraction of the traditional environment, deconstructing the geometry and order of a typical city map. At the New School for Social Research in New York, John Cage and Allan Kaprow became involved in developing happening performance art. These carefully scripted one-off events incorporated

180-434: A phased transformation of the centre for over a decade. The vaulted plaster ceiling of the Grand Hall was replaced with a similar design in three layers of CNC -cut plywood; adjacent corridors were left scorched and bare of plaster. The mosaic floor, manufactured by Jess Rust in the eighteen hundreds, survived the fire. Performance In the work place, job performance is the hypothesized conception or requirements of

210-654: A role. There are two types of job performances: contextual and task. Task performance is dependent on cognitive ability, while contextual performance is dependent on personality. Task performance relates to behavioral roles that are recognized in job descriptions and remuneration systems. They are directly related to organizational performance, whereas contextual performances are value-based and add additional behavioral roles that are not recognized in job descriptions and covered by compensation; these are extra roles that are indirectly related to organizational performance. Citizenship performance, like contextual performance, relates to

240-446: A set of individual activity/contribution (prosocial organizational behavior) that supports organizational culture . In performing arts , a performance generally comprises an event in which a performer, or group of performers, present one or more works of art to an audience . In instrumental music and drama, a performance is typically described as a "play". Typically, the performers participate in rehearsals beforehand to practice

270-476: Is a performance of the artist rolling and moving in mud, using their body as the art-making tool, and emphasizing the temporary nature of performance art. Valie Export , an Austrian artist born Waltraud Lehner, performed "Tap and Touch Cinema" in 1968. She walked around the streets in Vienna during a film festival wearing a styrofoam box with a curtain over her chest. Bystanders were asked to put their hands inside

300-456: Is also dependent on adaptation of eight areas: Handling crisis, managing stress, creative problem solving, knowing necessary functional tools and skills, agile management of complex processes, interpersonal adaptability, cultural adaptability, and physical fitness. Performance is not always a result of practice, but rather about honing in a skill. Over practicing itself can result in failure due to ego depletion . According to Andranik Tangian ,

330-606: The National Secular Society . Following proposals by London Borough of Wandsworth to demolish large parts of the building, a vociferous and ultimately successful campaign to save it was fought by the Victorian Society and Battersea Society it was given Grade II* listed protected status in February 1970. In 1901, a large pipe organ was installed in the Grand Hall by Norman & Beard . This

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360-561: The adrenal glands , and increased blood pressure. Battersea Beer Festival Battersea Beer Festival was a three-day-long annual beer festival held at the Battersea Arts Centre , Battersea , London , England . The festival offered opportunities to sample over 200 real ales , along with a range of traditional ciders and foreign beers, as well as bottled real ales and foreign bottled beers. The final, and 24th, festival took place from 5–7 February 2014, and

390-465: The 1950s with Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning gave way to action painting , a technique that emphasized the dynamic movements of artists as they splattered paint and other media on canvas or glass. For these artists, the motion of putting paint on canvas was just as valuable as the finished painting, and so it was common for artists to document their work in film; such as the short film Jackson Pollock 51(1951), featuring Pollock dripping paint onto

420-452: The audience into acts of chaos and spontaneity. These happenings challenged traditional art conventions and encouraged artists to carefully consider the role of an audience. In Japan, the 1954 Gutai group led by Yoshihara Jiro, Kanayma Akira, Murakami Saburo, Kazuo Shiraga, and Shimamoto Shozo made the materials of art-making come to life with body movement and blurring the line between art and theater. Kazuo Shiraga 's Challenging Mud (1955)

450-442: The best results are achieved when spontaneity and even improvisation are backed up by rational elements that arrange means of expression in a certain structure, supporting the communication (not just verbal) with the audience. Theatrical performances, especially when the audience is limited to only a few observers, can lead to significant increases in the performer's heart rate. This increase takes place in several stages relative to

480-473: The borough was transferred from the county of Surrey to the newly formed County of London . It is built from Suffolk red brick and Bath stone , on the site of Jane Senior ' s Elm House , a villa with a small wooded estate. Bertrand Russell 's essay Why I Am Not a Christian was originally given as a talk in the hall, on 6 March 1927, under the auspices of the South London Branch of

510-457: The box and touch her bare chest. This commentary on women sexualization in film focused on the sense of touch rather than sight. Adrian Piper and her performance Catalysis III (1970) featured the artist walking down New York City streets with her outfit painted white and a sign across her chest that said "wet paint." She was interested in the invisible social and racial dynamics in America and

540-469: The incident. Ronald "Gut" Wait, the vice president of the Angels Essex chapter, was convicted of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. On 13 March 2015, during a major renovation programme, a fire broke out in the roof, and engulfed the building, causing severe structural damage, including the collapse of the tower. The Grand Hall and Lower Hall were destroyed. No injuries were reported. The fire

570-457: The performance itself, including anticipatory activation (one minute before the start of subject's speaking role), confrontation activation (during the subject's speaking role, at which point their heart rate peaks) and release period (one minute after the conclusion of the subject's speech). The same physiological reactions can be experienced in other mediums such as instrumental performance. When experiments were conducted to determine whether there

600-666: The pop band McFly used the location to film a video for their single Love Is Easy . The Sky Arts TV series Portrait Artist of the Year is filmed at BAC. Every February since 1991, the BAC has hosted the three-day-long Battersea Beer Festival . On 31 January 1998 the Annual Rockers Reunion was held at the centre. Members of the Outcasts Motorcycle Club served as the security at the reunion. In

630-512: The soundboards and much of the pipework survived as they were off site undergoing restoration. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register . The building became a community arts centre in 1974. BAC currently receives grants towards the building's operating costs from Arts Council England and the London Borough of Wandsworth , among others. The centre is a registered charity. The theatre

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660-584: The theatre, including the 200-capacity Council Chamber, the Scratch Bar and the Members Library, was saved from the fire and remains open. The building is now used for theatre shows, weddings, filming, shoots and meeting room hire. The building, designed in 1891 by E. W. Mountford , opened in 1893 as Battersea Town Hall, the administrative headquarters of the Borough of Battersea , shortly after

690-577: The way in which an actor performs. In a solo capacity, it may also refer to a mime artist , comedian , conjurer , magician, or other entertainer. Another aspect of performance that grew in popularity in the early 20th century is performance art . The origins of Performance art started with Dada and Russian constructivism groups, focusing on avant-garde poetry readings and live paintings meant to be viewed by an audience. It can be scripted or completely improvised and includes audience participation if desired. The emergence of abstract expressionism in

720-437: The work. An effective performance is determined by the achieved skills and competency of the performer, also known as the level of skill and knowledge. In 1994, Spencer and McClelland defined competency as "a combination of motives, traits, self-concepts, attitudes, cognitive behavior skills (content knowledge) that helps a performer to differentiate themselves as superior from the average performer". A performance also describes

750-417: Was a correlation between audience size and heart rate (an indicator of anxiety) of instrumental performers, the researcher's findings ran contrary to previous studies, showing a positive correlation rather than a negative one. Heart rate shares a strong, positive correlation with the self reported anxiety of performers. Other physiological responses to public performance include perspiration , secretion of

780-508: Was an unusual instrument designed by Robert Hope-Jones , a pioneering organ builder who invented many aspects of the modern pipe organ. His ideas went on to form the basis of the Wurlitzer theatre organ in the 1920s and 30s. It was said to be the largest Hope-Jones organ to survive, and was partially restored in 2008–2009. In the 2015 fire, although much of the organ was destroyed, including the console, bellows, wiring and architectural cases,

810-611: Was determined to encourage civic-mindedness and interruption of the system. Carolee Schneemann , American artist, performed Interior Scroll in 1975, where she unrolls Super-8 film "Kitsch's Last Meal" from her genitals. This nude performance contributes to a discourse on femininity, sexualization, and film. Williams and Krane define the ideal performance state as a mental state having the following characteristics: Other related factors are: motivation to achieve success or avoid failure, task relevant attention, positive self-talk, and cognitive regulation to achieve automaticity . Performance

840-536: Was founded in 1981. Following the departure of Tom Morris in 2003, David Jubb became Battersea Arts Centre's Artistic Director in 2004, serving as Joint Artistic Director with David Micklem between 2007 and 2012. In October 2018, David Jubb announced that he would step down from his role in April 2019. Tarek Iskander is Battersea Arts Centre's current Artistic Director and CEO, appointed in December 2018. BAC operates

870-494: Was opened by Michael Hardman, one of the four original founders of CAMRA . The event has not been held since 2014. This was initially due to a refurbishment of the venue but following a major fire at the Battersea Arts Centre there have been no subsequent events 51°27′53″N 0°09′39″W  /  51.4648°N 0.1607°W  / 51.4648; -0.1607 This beer or brewery -related article

900-409: Was tackled by about 80 London Fire Brigade firefighters and 12 fire engines . Firefighters were able to save a large part of the building including several of the smaller theatre spaces. Two shows went ahead as planned one day after the fire, and BAC has maintained much of its artistic programme, despite losing the ability to hire out the larger venues (a significant source of income). Jubb launched

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