Bio:
Conor has facilitated collaborative works across a variety of visual, performative, and therapeutic disciplines, working with professional theatre companies, community sector organisations, and community arts organisations. Conor has undertaken roles within performance arts such as artistic director, facilitator, and performer, and has a passion for medium and large scale puppetry and interactive installations.
Conor enjoys facilitating processes which allow people within marginalized groups to rebuild resilience through active participation. To date he has worked with a range of people including those with intellectual, physical, and sensory disabilities, from indigenous and refugee backgrounds, and within areas recovering from civil war or natural disaster. (Retrieved from website above)
Made.In.Newcastle Project:
Presenting his work at the Top Shelf Excellent Mid City Launch Party, Conor explored and addressed the subtle effects Covid-19 has had on public space, interpersonal relations and our physical senses. He set up a simple hand-washing station. 2 stools and a table with a basin with warm soapy water, towels, hand sanitiser, scented moisturisers and flowers. A sign invited people to come and have their hands washed.
Conor offered to wash their hands, or participants washed each other’s, adding extra hand care with creams and oils. This interactive installation aimed to reframe hand hygiene from a fear-based protective behaviour into an interpersonal act of care and connection. The use of rich, comforting sensory stimuli aimed to shift focus from sterility and clinical space to a more wholesome, embodied experience.
Links:
Website: http://conorfox.weebly.com