Projects / Art Works

Who, What, Where, When, Why and How (2009)

'Who, What, Where, When, Why and How' is a collaboration with writer Steve Rushton that took place at SMART Project Space on the 11 July 2009 as part of the exhibition “ Peforming Evidence“, curated by Anke Bangma.

It was performed by Albert Welling and William Neenan and is funded by the Arts Council and has been supported by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst in Utrecht.

'Who, What, Where, When, Why and How' was photographed by Nicki Musgrave and filmed by Phil Hargreaves and Patrycja Cudak.

Rod Dickinson’s work explores ideas of belief and social control. Using detailed research into moments of the past and present, he has made a series of meticulously re-enacted events that represent both the mechanisms that enable belief, and the social systems that underpin much human behaviour. His previous works include a recreation of Stanley Milgram's infamous 1961 social psychology experiment Obedience to Authority (The Milgram Re-enactment, 2002), and a recreation of the media surrounding a bomb attack on Greenwich Observatory in 1894 (Greenwich Degree Zero, 2006).

Steve Rushton is a writer and editor based in Rotterdam. Rushton’s publications include Experience, Memory, Re-enactment, 2005 (co-editor); The Milgram Re-enactment, 2003 (editor). He writes essays and stories for artists’ publications and contributes regularly to DotDotDot. Recent projects include the exhibition After Neurath: Like Sailors on the Open Sea, Stroom, The Hague, 2006-07. He is a co-founder of the research group Signal: Noise, which investigates the prevalence of notions of feedback in contemporary culture.

Albert Welling is a professional actor and has worked extensively in theatre, television and film for over 35 years. He has written several plays for BBC radio and was co-founder of BTC theatre company in his home town of Bedford in the UK.

William Neenan is a UK/US dual national who has worked in both countries. Having started his career with Stefan Schnabel's Rainbow Theatre in America, he now lives in London and works primarily in television and film, including two roles for director Mike Leigh.