YVAN Header Artist Michael Barnes-Wynters
Michael Barnes-Wynters ( MBW)
Based in Kingston-Upon Hull, Michael is a multi-disciplined audio visual artist, mentorist, mischief maker and instigator. Originally from Bristol of Jamaican parentage, his long-term artist collaborations broadcast at the intersections of immersive experiential film installations and provocative durational actions/ performances. A longtime radio broadcaster and original management team member of the award winning Contact in Manchester who put 'explosive' into theatre, Michael has been the spark to ignite countless interventions in unsanctioned spaces, arts venues, virtual and public realm spaces whilst giving life-changing opportunities and the mentoring of numerous emerging artists, including the likes of music maker Mr Scruff and award-winning poet, playwright and performer Louise Wallwein ( M.B.E)
He has performed and exhibited internationally and has been commissioned by the likes of MoMA (NYC), Sonar (Barcelona), Tate Modern (London), FACT (Liverpool), Castlefield Gallery (Manchester), Hull UK City of Culture (2017) and The Lowry (2020).
Michael's collaborative arts activities eloquently asks blunt, relevant and meaningful questions that tackle human suffrage, racism, gender exploitation, injustice, control and the hyper normalisation of humanity.
BLACK LIVES MATTER
The Works
NO FEAR
Digital collage - 2020
Soon to be published in new Radical Arts Review
Resilience is Futile
© Sarah Smizz 2019
Image from the Resilience is Futile Launch at The Art House Wakefield on 1 August 2019
The first collaborative publication between Corridor8 and Yorkshire & Humber Visual Arts Network. In a series of contributions, Kerry Harker, Thomas Hopkin, Sarah Smizz and writer-in-residence Alice Bradshaw interrogate the commonplace use of the terms ‘resilience’, ‘ecology’ and ‘authenticity’ and what they really mean for artists practising across the Yorkshire region.
Afro- Butoh
2001
This image presents my dear friend, butoh artist Ken Mai whom I programmed at Contact (MCR) courtesy of my "Doodlebug Presents..." series, as an introduction to the profound world of Butoh.
Surveillance ( Bishopsgate-London)
2019
Part of the on going 'UP' photo series
